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JU 87D Stuka
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England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 01:20 AM UTC
Jim Whitbread (MrMtnMauler) has sent in a build story of his Revell of Germany''s 1/32 scale Ju 87D kit.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
SGTJKJ
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 07:51 AM UTC
Beautiful build, Jim. Great looking Stuka.

Thanks for sharing
MrMtnMauler
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Washington, United States
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 09:32 AM UTC
Thanks for the kind words Jesper, it was a fun build for sure.
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 04:23 PM UTC
nice...very nice ,what are those things sticking out of the small bombs?
MrMtnMauler
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Posted: Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 04:36 PM UTC
Hi Dave, those things sticking out of the small bombs are ground proximity fuses. They caused the bomb to explode before it burrowed too deep into the groud at the time of impact facilitating better fragmentation. Thanks for the kudos by the way. Take care, Jim
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