Ju-87G-1/2 Stuka 1/35 Border

[lyle]

This is amazing to read through. Your attention to detail is commendable! Beautiful work.

[thug626]

Feb 2, 2024 12:25:08 GMT -5 lyle said:

This is amazing to read through. Your attention to detail is commendable! Beautiful work.

Thank you kindly for taking the time to read through this build and the compliment.

Cheers
Dave

[tanksami]

Dave,

An absolutely beautiful build!! I have the old Hasegawa 1/32 version to build, I will be checking to see if they do those seats in 1/32nd for sure!! Very inspiring!!
Cheers
Mike

[thug626]

Feb 3, 2024 17:34:06 GMT -5 tanksami said:

Dave,

An absolutely beautiful build!! I have the old Hasegawa 1/32 version to build, I will be checking to see if they do those seats in 1/32nd for sure!! Very inspiring!!
Cheers
Mike

Thank you kindly Mike! HGW has a lovely assortment of offerings.

[thug626]

I've started back up on the decals. They are coming along OK, but touch ups will be needed when done. I am realizing that I should have weathered the camo first then sealed the paint. Let's just chalk this up to learning and polishing up some finishing skill sets.

What looks like silvering on the balkenkreuz decals is actually the paint that basically, got "chipped/weathered" under the decal. A first for me. Once fully dry, I'll load up my trusty Iwata and correct that. Or, I'll weather up the bird and make it work for me. Creation by mistake.


Not the most uniform white border around the black markings.  At least the Werk number went on without much fuss. 

[lyle]

That is looking very nice.

[thug626]

Feb 11, 2024 15:42:32 GMT -5 lyle said:

That is looking very nice.

Thank you kindly.

[hasenpfeffer]

Yeah, it looks fantastic, Dave. What, the chevron is shifted slightly down? Absolutely not noticeable unless you're looking for it. I hear ya though... I had a heck of a time centering the yellow triangle petrol callouts over the white on the A3.

[thug626]

Feb 11, 2024 21:44:53 GMT -5 hasenpfeffer said:

Yeah, it looks fantastic, Dave. What, the chevron is shifted slightly down? Absolutely not noticeable unless you're looking for it. I hear ya though... I had a heck of a time centering the yellow triangle petrol callouts over the white on the A3.

Thank you! The chevron on the port side fractured right at the apex Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Those double decals that you mentioned make me want to chew on aluminum foil.
These decals are not the worst I’ve worked with, but they are trying.

[hasenpfeffer]

Feb 11, 2024 22:00:47 GMT -5 thug626 said:

Feb 11, 2024 21:44:53 GMT -5 hasenpfeffer said:

Yeah, it looks fantastic, Dave. What, the chevron is shifted slightly down? Absolutely not noticeable unless you're looking for it. I hear ya though... I had a heck of a time centering the yellow triangle petrol callouts over the white on the A3.

Thank you! The chevron on the port side fractured right at the apex Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Those double decals that you mentioned make me want to chew on aluminum foil.
These decals are not the worst I’ve worked with, but they are trying.

It certainly is a PITA, but I think I prefer it over decals that are printed off registration. IIRC the same yellow over white petrol callouts were printed that way on my stencil sheet for one of the 1:32 Fw190s I did. I ended up painting the white triangles and then trimming the white off the decal and centering that. The struggle is real, my man.
Keep it up, you're doing awesome.

[thug626]

Feb 11, 2024 22:11:33 GMT -5 hasenpfeffer said:

Feb 11, 2024 22:00:47 GMT -5 thug626 said:

Thank you! The chevron on the port side fractured right at the apex Gaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!!!!! Those double decals that you mentioned make me want to chew on aluminum foil.
These decals are not the worst I’ve worked with, but they are trying.

It certainly is a PITA, but I think I prefer it over decals that are printed off registration. IIRC the same yellow over white petrol callouts were printed that way on my stencil sheet for one of the 1:32 Fw190s I did. I ended up painting the white triangles and then trimming the white off the decal and centering that. The struggle is real, my man.
Keep it up, you're doing awesome.

Thank you for the words of encouragement. At least they got the petrol callouts printed correctly. Now to determine where some of the maintenance stencils go. I like your solution of painting the white triangle.

[406 Silverado]

I’m not one for those double decals either Dave. Despite your hardships this is turning into one good looking model.

[tcoat]

Feb 12, 2024 13:43:03 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I’m not one for those double decals either Dave. Despite your hardships this is turning into one good looking model.

Probably no worse than the guys that actually had to paint them in 2 layers on the real aircraft. Not likely that they were perfectly even and straight since the stencils must have slipped more than once. 

[thug626]

Feb 12, 2024 13:43:03 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I’m not one for those double decals either Dave. Despite your hardships this is turning into one good looking model.

Thank you kindly Joe.

[thug626]

Feb 12, 2024 14:39:49 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Feb 12, 2024 13:43:03 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

I’m not one for those double decals either Dave. Despite your hardships this is turning into one good looking model.

Probably no worse than the guys that actually had to paint them in 2 layers on the real aircraft. Not likely that they were perfectly even and straight since the stencils must have slipped more than once. 

Good point. Keeping in in perspective.

[thug626]

I made progress with the non-referenced stencils. I used the decal sheet from an Airfix Stuka in the stash. It took care of most of the stencils. There are a couple left that I have no idea about, so I may just let them go.

Last night I was getting the last of the markings on and this chevron was the very last. The apex tore apart at the last second. Fortunately, I was able to mostly salvage it. I'll get some touch up done on it later. 



Here's the second decal I worked with.  It's the balkenkreuz that had a chunk fracture loose.  I had removed the chunk in anticipation of doing an airbrush fix.  The AB fix was completed this evening. 




Cheers
Dave

[kyledehart5]

That’s looking fantastic. Great working on saving that decal. This is all looking wonderful.

[handiabled]

Great save with the balkenkreuz decal!

[cheyenne]

Beautiful job on your build !!!
Every aspect , very well done !!!
I've got the Border 109 , but it scares me , so I'll just stare at the box till I get the cojones .

[lyle]

Looking very good. Nice work on the decals

[reserve]

Whupped 'em again Josey

[thug626]

Feb 12, 2024 22:16:09 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

That’s looking fantastic. Great working on saving that decal. This is all looking wonderful.

Thank you kindly. Sometimes the simplest tricks make the biggest saves.

[thug626]

Feb 13, 2024 2:21:12 GMT -5 handiabled said:

Great save with the balkenkreuz decal!

Thank you kindly! I did get some paint touch up done for the upper balkenkreuz decals as well. I'll get some pics up later. It was one of the fixes where my initial thought was, "it's not so bad". After the fix, my thought was, "Oh! It really was that bad".

[thug626]

Feb 13, 2024 5:04:12 GMT -5 cheyenne said:

Beautiful job on your build !!!
Every aspect , very well done !!!
I've got the Border 109 , but it scares me , so I'll just stare at the box till I get the cojones .

Thank you kindly! Jump on into the build. It's often the best way to get better at it. Think of it as a was to improve your skill sets. Often, I've found, that several other skill sets will get a polishing along the way. Moreover, it's a hobby, have fun with your builds.

[thug626]

Feb 13, 2024 7:29:14 GMT -5 lyle said:

Looking very good. Nice work on the decals

Thank you kindly. The decals work ok, though I am not a fan of them. No AM decals that I am aware of for this scale of Stuka.

[thug626]

Feb 13, 2024 9:12:56 GMT -5 reserve said:

Whupped 'em again Josey

Thank you kindly.

[thug626]

I touched up the paint around and on the upper balkenkreuz decals. The setting solution reacted rather strongly with the paint. I hadn't had that happen before. The important part was the decals went down and didn't blow up.



The paint under the decals between the chevrons making up the balkenkreuz, mostly went away and exposed the metallic undercoat. Which would have been fine, had I not blindly followed the botched color callout for the splinter scheme. It really did look odd. So, I cut out some stencils and sprayed around the white chevrons and voilà! Fixed. I did not give it a full uniform coverage, to lend to a weathered, and used aircraft.

[kyledehart5]

Oh excellent. Brilliant!!

[thug626]

Feb 14, 2024 21:39:18 GMT -5 kyledehart5 said:

Oh excellent. Brilliant!!

Thank you kindly. I had an instructor years ago that introduced me to the term, “creation by mistake”. Or as Bob Ross would say, “a happy little accident”

[Leon]

Looking really good Dave!