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Bubba
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I might've already mentioned that I'm quite into Stukas, and that I'm getting the Airfix 1/24 for Christmas. Well, I couldn't wait that long, so I bought myself the 1/48 version a couple of weeks ago to get my hand in! 
I just thought I'd share a few pics of the build so far.
I think the kit is pretty good, but I was totally bummed out by the thick, solid canopy. More about that later!
These are views of the nice, detailed cockpit. I wasn't overjoyed with the gunner/navigator's chair as it was a solid piece instead of the mesh-type I was expecting, so I made one using fuse wire and superglue. :D I used the old seat to make a bit of the sidewall detail. I made cushions for the pilot out of blu-tack, and I made a bulkhead/partition for between the pilot and gunner's compartments, because there wasn't one. The painting was done with satin black underpainting dry-brushed with a Humbrol cockpit green.
I built the rest of the plane up quite quickly. Fit was good, but there were quite a lot of faint flash lines, especially on the smaller parts.
Time to talk about the canopy. If I'd glued it on in one piece, all the hard work I'd put in on the cockpit would've been lost, so I decided to cut it. When I'd done it I was less than impressed with the results! I thought to myself "Better get in touch with Airfix for a new part, Bob". :D One of the cuts wasn't perfectly straight, but as I intend to display it with the cockpit open I thought I might get away with it. :pray:
I built up the cockpit sills where the canopy parts will be slid back, added some seatbelts made of paper and painted the canopy framing - I'm MUCH happier with it now.
My next job is to do the splinter camouflage with my airbrush - the first time I will have done masking on an aeroplane kit. I'm a bit dubious about doing it but nothing ventured......
Thanks for looking.
I just thought I'd share a few pics of the build so far.
I think the kit is pretty good, but I was totally bummed out by the thick, solid canopy. More about that later!These are views of the nice, detailed cockpit. I wasn't overjoyed with the gunner/navigator's chair as it was a solid piece instead of the mesh-type I was expecting, so I made one using fuse wire and superglue. :D I used the old seat to make a bit of the sidewall detail. I made cushions for the pilot out of blu-tack, and I made a bulkhead/partition for between the pilot and gunner's compartments, because there wasn't one. The painting was done with satin black underpainting dry-brushed with a Humbrol cockpit green.
I built the rest of the plane up quite quickly. Fit was good, but there were quite a lot of faint flash lines, especially on the smaller parts.
Time to talk about the canopy. If I'd glued it on in one piece, all the hard work I'd put in on the cockpit would've been lost, so I decided to cut it. When I'd done it I was less than impressed with the results! I thought to myself "Better get in touch with Airfix for a new part, Bob". :D One of the cuts wasn't perfectly straight, but as I intend to display it with the cockpit open I thought I might get away with it. :pray:
I built up the cockpit sills where the canopy parts will be slid back, added some seatbelts made of paper and painted the canopy framing - I'm MUCH happier with it now.
My next job is to do the splinter camouflage with my airbrush - the first time I will have done masking on an aeroplane kit. I'm a bit dubious about doing it but nothing ventured......
Thanks for looking.
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