Completed..... 'Huff' Hfuhruhurr's Ju 88 lost in the Libyan Desert in 1941. Found again 1977.

[spanner570]

In June 1941, whilst bombing the British Garrison of Tobruk in N. Africa, 'Huff's Ju88 was hit by AA fire.
His port engine was badly damaged. He managed to get his crippled aircraft back into friendly territory where he crashed landed miles from his base.
The crew were all rescued and anything salvageable was removed from the wrecked aircraft. This included the starboard engine and weaponry.

The wreck was left abandoned and forgotten for over 30 years, until a group of adventurers stumbled across the 88's remains in 1977.





























Cheers and thanks for the posts during the build.

Ron

 

[Tworrs]

Brilliant work Ron, very believable. Well done mate.

 

[Scratchbuilder]

And another excellent model and a good story to go with it..... Genious.

 

[JayCee]

Excellent, Ron. In all respects. From initial idea, through build/finishing to photography.
John.

 

[Jim R]

Excellent. Very believable photos. So glad that Huff and his crew were rescued. I do like a happy ending.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps.
I'm chuffed you like the end result.

As I wrote at the start of the build, it's one awful kit and deserved to end up where it did!
However, once I decided on its fate, I certainly enjoyed attempting the conversion and there was no way I was going to 'Bin it', as sometimes happens to kits here on Scale Models.

Thanks again for all your input.

Ron

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Another master class Ron. Incredible result.

 

[SteveT]

Just Superb! Well done.

 

[Gern]

Beautiful. Again!

 

[Andy T]

Wonderful stuff Ron.

 

[Ian M]

Nicely done Sir.

 

[langy71]

Beee-autiful build Ron, another testament to your scratchery skills....

 

[Waspie]

Excellent depiction of a downed aircraft.

 

[Mickc1440]

Another excellent piece Ron

 

[spanner570]

Thanks ever so much for all your great posts.

You good people can only guess just how much such nice comments mean to me at this present time.......

Best tonic EVER!

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Allen Dewire]

Well Ron, now you can crack open a bottle of Gin to go with that tonic! The first 2 photos tell the whole story so well, Ron. Excellent photography and it looks like there is even a sandstorm coming in them. The wheatabix do make a fantastic ground cover and if you get hungry, I guess you could eat the base. Of course after getting rid of the garage sweepings. Is is a case of chucking down, as opposed to chucking up? Just wondering........

Prost
Allen

 

[spanner570]

Thanks Allen. Always nice to have your views on my stuff.

Well observed for the first two pictures, good buddy. I waited an age for the sun to re-appear, then gave up and took a couple of 'As is' snaps and yes, it does look a bit like an approaching storm.

........chucking up (Mind yer 'eads) Then down!

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Miko]

Brilliant!

First class!!

Bravo!

Miko (a bit envious!)

 

[David Lovell]

Outstanding Ron as usual every picture tells the story thanks for sharing. Dave

 

[yak face]

Fantastic job matey , a brilliant result with a very old , some would say unusable kit . Great back story and its nice to see another ropey old tooling making a re appearance ( the dreaded Unimog ) . As always superbly composed and photographed , the chucker having a well deserved day off too , cheers tony