Losing my 'wingy thing' virginity - which kit?

[Hinksy]

Hi fellas,

Sorry - a lot of you probably won't have spoken with me as I'm a through and through WWII Armour Modeller and only tend to find myself on the GB and Armour sections (usually 1/35, usually early war and usually Axis).

Anyway, as the thread title suggests, I want to build an aircraft. Apart from building a couple of Spits and 109's when I was very young I haven't attempted to seriously build anything with wings!

I do know that I want to build a Stuka. I'm not sure about cockpit detailing or leaving exposed engines etc yet but the option may be nice?

I plan to do some research and top up on my Stuka knowledge - it's definately a favourite of mine and more than once I've heard of it being described as 'Flying Artillery' so it would be an ideal addition to the cabinet.

I've looked back through books and magazines and recall seeing a Stuka painted in 'Night Fighter' colours - I liked that but am not sureif that was a 'what-if' scheme or real.

Our model club has a table at a show being held here in England in a couple of weekends time. It's a pretty big show with many a bargain to be had! Apart from buying an armour kit I'll be on the lookout for my Stuka - can anyone recommend a good, solid Stuka kit? I like a bit of Brass and PE btw but obviously not essential! So I have an idea of scale can anyone tell me the length and wingspan of both a 1/48 and 1/32 Stuka?

I'd prefer to keep the price below £40.

Thanks chaps,

Ben

[Tojo72]

Say it ain't so Ben !!! 1/48 Stuka wingspan might be about 12" Aircraft,a whole diffrent ball game,but still lotsa fun,diffrent challenges.Sometime ago I built the Hasegawa Tankbuster with the 37mm cannons on each wing,very cool you might like that variant.Most aircraft kits don't come with a lot of extras,you may have to pick up the extra details.Eduard and Airies come to mind as good AM companies.Don't forget to keep us posted.

[modelfreak72]

Hey Ben! Welcome to the darkside! The 1/32 Stuka is huge, about 30in wingspan! The Hasegawa 1/48 is your best bet. Eduard makes a nice color PE set for the Stuka and I will highly recomend that you get the masking for it. It's almost as bad as trying to mask a japanese plane!

[bullardino]

I have 1/48 Hasegawa's Dora, and that's a nice kit, although it has some fit issues and a lot of missing or too simplified details.

I read somewhere that a new 1/48 Ju 87B is out, but I can't recall who makes it.

If you can afford Hase's one with a new resin 'pit, go for it.

[bish]

Welcome to the world of wingy thnigs. I don't have any experiance with 48th kits, and my only experiance with 32nd is looking at them in the box waiting for the day i can build one.

I would say that with most modern kits, even in my chosen scale of 72nd, you can get a pretty decent build OOB if you don't feel up to loads of AM. But the general rule is, the smaller the scale, the more choice you have.

As for a Stuka in Night Scheme, no its not a what if. Late in the war, many Stuka were forced to operate at night. They were fitted with flame dampeners and painted accordanly. But you would have to go for a D model. I just checked Hannants, which i am sure you have done also, and there is a new Hase kit due out, a D-3N. Given that i now nothing about the kits in this scale, i would go for one of the Hase kits, all are under 40 quid so you are withing budget.

[bullardino]

I did a fast research and the contendent to the Hase kits is Italeri's B-2. It all depends on which model you want to do... I chose the Dora as prefer it in whitewash.

[bbd468]

Ben!!! Your tryin' your hand at the wingy's? Allway fun to venture out into other areas Ben and a Stuka 1/48 sounds just like what the doctor ordered! You build...im in!!!

Gary

[deafpanzer]

Wait a minute! I thought Ben lost his virginity long time ago. Ohhh wingy thing... oops! Back to the Stuka topic... I am following this with keen interest because I want Stuka to be my first wingy build. Just don't ask me when...

[bish]

Seems to have been a proficancy of Stuka's on here lately. Maybe we can get a Stuka build going. Break some of you Wingy Virgins in gently.

[Deleted]

Whats up with you fellas....doesn't ANYONE want to build a British,proven Tank Buster..?? .....What's up with a nice Typhoon.or Tempest, for Ferks sake!!!!!

[bish]

Tell you want Chris, i'll root for the Stuka, and you can take the pretenders, and we can have a Dive Bomber head to head.

[Deleted]

Andy,the Typhoons and Tempests were used against the V I's,and very successful they were,as well!!! I'll match them against a slow poke Stuka,anytime mate!!! .....Except maybe as a Dive bomber!!!

[sturmbird]

well opinions are like certain body parts that we all have! <g> For a 1/48th Axis aircraft, I'd be looking for a Zvezda BF109F4 without a second thought. I've got two of them, and have decided that I'm going to need two more of them before long! Without a doubt the best 109 in any scale! I'd kinda like to build a JU87 one of these days, but like you; I'm undecided on which kit. I do see a lot of nice builds off of just about everybrand. Another fantastic kit to look out for (if you don't mind 1/72) is the Revell JU88. Without question the best JU88 out there (I also need two more of these kits). The Tamiya He162 kits are nice, and their Me262's are also pretty nice (both 1/48th).
gary

[Mence]

Does anyone do a good Typhoon or Tempest in 48?

[bish]

I don't know for sure if there good, but the only jkits i could find in that scale were 3 Typhoons from Hasegawa.

www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php?product_category_id=&product_division_id=&manufacturer_id=&code=&product_type_id=all_aircraft_kits&scale_id=955&keyword_search=Typhoon&setPerPage=100¤cy_id=

[wbill76]

Mar 8, 2013 15:25:27 GMT -5 Mence said:

Does anyone do a good Typhoon or Tempest in 48?

Using the Hobby Intel system to search for 1/48 scale Typhoons, you have the following results:

Hasegawa Typhoon Mk.Ib kit #09059

Hasegawa Typhoon Mk.Ib Teardrop Canopy #09060

Hasegawa Typhoon Mk.Ib 'Shark Teeth' Ltd. Edition #09978

Revell Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB #85-5258

For the Tempest, only know of 1 in 1/48:

Eduard's Tempest Mk.V Limited Edition kit# 1169

HTH!

[Mence]

Bish, thanks buddy.

Darn it, should have used the H.I. But forgot, doh!

[Deleted]

I've got the Hasegawa 'teardrop',and the Eduard Tempest......

[bullardino]

The Eduard Tempest shouldn't be easy to find, it has been reissued as the first edition had gone in a little. And the second issue had the same success, AFAIK

[Hinksy]

Thanks for the feedback guys,

I'll have a chat with the fellas at the meeting tonight and see what they say. No doubt one of them will be happy to walk around the show we are at in a couple of weeks to help me pick the right stuff.

Hasegawa 1/48 it is - 1/32 sounds a tad 'wide'!

Thanks again chaps, it won't be straight away but I'll make a start on getting every together asap - this should be fun!

Ben

[bullardino]

Which version will you do, B or D?

[Hinksy]

Mar 9, 2013 8:36:08 GMT -5 bullardino said:

Which version will you do, B or D?

LOL!

Oh dear this is going to be quite a learning curve!

I'm afraid that question went right over my head - I'll be getting my next planned AFV build out the way then I'll be doing my much needed research and looking at kits.

All I know is that 1/48 will be ample. The guys at the club will sort me out and hopefully I'll find something suitable at the show in a couple of weeks.

I'm not going to fork out for extra PE and stuff for a first Stuka build (unless the additional PE or Resin sets are cheap and will improve the kit).

I'm looking at a tankbuster? 30mm cannons rings a bell?

I'll need some help here!

Ben

[bullardino]

Then it'll be a G, the Dora modified to carry two underwing gun pods. It's the one Bish built

[bish]

Ben, the B is the early models, first introduced in 1938 and used in Spain. This is probably the most well known model as it was the model used during the early war Blitzkrieg and the BoB. The D first entered service in 1942 and went on until the end of the war. As Luigi rightly says, the cannon armed version was the G. The cannons were 37mm Flak guns. The G entered service in 1943 and its use was pinoneered by the great Hans Rudel.But the G didn't replace the D, they were used alongside each other.

[M1Carbine]

Ben - Just remember the larger in scale you go, the more detail can be seen

Bob

[thug626]

Hello Ben and welcome to the world of wingy thingies. Those things that buzz around above the ground crawlers and generally make life quite difficult for them. I will keep a weather eye out for this build.

Dave