Hi Madwolf. Thanks. The Verlinden box contains their German Aircraft Guns. I used the photo-etch gunsights for the Stuka from their set. It's cool to see everyone's work areas and see how they have them set up. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

Hi Michael

Don't forget to give me a shout when this one's finished! I know the Ju-87 is one of your favourite subjects and you've built a real beauty this time (of course, I expect no less from you!) - I want to see it on the front page as a Feature!

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan, thank you. I applied the "snow'. I tried a product from TechStar, microballoons.If these are actual balloons, they're the smallest balloons I've ever seen. It didn't take so I went with a white glue layer and then some baking soda. Looks O.K. I"ll paint the edge of the base tonight and then take some final photos after that. I just finished watching Flyboys. I don't know, I think they should keep the love stories out of movies like that. I'm looking forward to that new movie about the Red Baron, I think it's still in production. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

Hi Michael,
Another wonderful Stuka, I think that I made a bad decision letting you have the etched flap links, they look good
I'm working on a mask Miracle Masks for the Desert Stuka snake, I will be doing masks for the rest of the markings as well, so let me know if you are interested?
Mal

Hi Mal. Thanks for the kind words. Thanks again for the actuators, they make a big difference than the molded on affairs on the kit. It will probably be awhile 'till I build another Stuka. I think I'll start that Ju88 next, but I would be interested. I hope everything works out well with your business venture. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

Hello. Finally finished.

Thanks for looking and following the build log everyone. I think I'll move on the Ju88 Balloon Cutter next.

your Stuka looks good. your interior comes out better that mine. I'm not a super detailer though,especially when you can't see much of the interior anyway. Hopefully you will not kit the kit with blackened panel lines, Every real a/c I've seen never has blackened panel lines
Cheers
Bob K.

Bob,

..most Stukas operating in the depths of a Russian Winter got very black and very dirty indeed

Hi Bob!

Do you mean contemporary warbirds or WW2 combat aircraft? In the latter case there are many picture of planes with blackened panel lines, especially, as Neil mentionned, those with winter wash or light camouflage colors. I even saw pictures of natural aluminium planes with very dark panel lines. In fact it's like weathering and paint chipping, you can find everything and it's contrary in photos of original combat aircraft.

Finally, it's the modeler's choice to apply the finish he/she likes. If the Stuka model would be mine, I would do as Neil suggested. I think it is very well done and the interior is superb, but still too clean for my taste.

Jean-Luc

Hi guys. Thanks for the kind words. I can see your point, they do take a beating with the harsh weather and regular servicing. I'm going to keep her the way she is. When I do another aircraft with a winter scheme, I'll make her a bit more weathered. I really like the photo. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

I think you did an enviable job just the way it is. Looking forward to seeing the Balloon Cutter.

Wingman, great job. Those winter wash Stuka's are always good to see.


Derek

Hello. Thanks for the nice comments guys. I was a little leary about using baking soda for the snow, but it turned out pretty good. I'm going to start the balloon cutter tonight. The cockpit looks like it's gonna turn out pretty nice. I hope the balloon cutter itself is strong enough that it won't sag, I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks again to everyone that followed the Stuka build, it you keeps you motivated to keep building after reading everyone's nice comments. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

Very impressive, Wingman. A good job for sure. It has been fun following your progress.

Interesting about the ballon cutter. I have only seen that on JU88s.

Thanks for sharing - looking forward to see the ballon cutter

Hi Jesper. Thanks for the kind words and following the Stuka build. I just started the Ju88 Balloon Cutter build. I'll post some photos as I go along. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

That's one great looking Stuka! I love the winter camo and the weathering effects. As a beginner, I'm sure I can learn a lot from these great builds of yours

Hello. Thank you for the nice comments, you're very kind.The most important thing to remember is to enjoy what you are doing. If I find myself starting to get frustrated and things aren't going right, I stop and continue on another day. Another important thing is to take your time, don't rush it. It takes me a awhile to finish a build. One of the things I like to do before I start a new build is to sit down with the new kit I'm going to start and give it a look over. I might be sitting in front of the T.V. with my new kit and going over the directions and looking at the parts trees and just getting myself familiar with the kit and thinkng what kind of "scene" I would like to put the model in. If you can, get some reference material about the model you'll be building to help you along as far as weathering and accuracy. You can go to the internet for all sorts of information. It sounds like your just starting out. If you can, look at a lot of books and magazines about model building. Look at other builders work, like the great work here on this great website, use some of their ideas and see if they work for your build. Remember, constructive criticism can be a good thing. I said it before, it's great to see and read about other modelers builds and read their comments and how they go about creating their works of art. It's really cool how we can take these boxes of grey plastic parts and glue them together and be proud to show them to fellow builders. I got started building models when I was off of work for 5 months while recovering from burns I received at work. I started on a little tray table in my living room in 1996 and now I have a wonderful work area in our basement[thanks to my very supportive wife, Laura]. I am totally hooked. I have a nice stash of unbuilt models, I'm sure I won't build them all but I'll try. Good luck with your future builds and don't forget to post some of your photos here on Aeroscale so we can see how you are doing. Thanks for looking, Wingman out.

Some great tips there mwolfe, cheers!

As I create a lot of WW2 art and illustrations, I am lucky to have an extensive library. I was building quick, non-painted models for my reference materials, and thought what a waste not to have any of them painted and detailed.

Thus I joined this site and enjoy viewing your wonderful models and reading the helpful tips as you have given above.

Hello. Did you think about posting some of your work in the General Aircraft Forum. It might be some inspiration to us in a different way. By the way, I'm a huge fan of aviation artist John Shaw. I have his "Warrior and the Wolfpack" and "Tigers in the Gorge". Google "John D. Shaw and you can see some of his work. The guy is amazing. Hope to see some of your work, Wingman out.