1:32 Spanish Civil War Ju52/3m g3e

[Iain Ogilvie]

This one's been on the go since '07 (my usual glacial buuild rate) but yesterday I dug her out for a looksee and made lots of progress (for once!):

 

Inner walls double skinned with corrugated plastic sheet and brass box section side rails added to straighten the sides:
 

 

Start made on more bulkheads - rectangular 'blanks' of correct width made up - and one 'notched to fit around brass 'rails'. Later I'll shape to fit roof and cut out middles - so the form upturned 'U' shapes:

 

 

New doors made/cut out to convert the fuselage to correct mark of Ju52:

 

Wing roots boxed in with plastic sheet cut oversize - will be cut back and shaped to profile later:

 

Wings loosely on - only a few minor tweaks need then fit's a good'un...

 

All control surfaces now prepped and bonded together:

 

Wheels assembled, spats assembled, cowl rings cut out and replacement canopy sourced from a spare Combat Models kit (hoping the original will turn up somewhere):

 

Fuselage top - next stage gun mount opening:

 

And reinforced internally with more corrugated styrene sheet:



Back later (prolly with some other random project! )

 

Iain

[Matt_]

Forgot you were even doing this Iain....

 

Matt

[GAJouette]

Iain,

Wow talk about a trip down Memory Lane. I'm glad to see you're back at this big bird my friend. Looking forward to the next update.

Highest Regards,

Gregory Jouette

[Iain Ogilvie]

*I'd* almost forgotten about this one!!

 

Thanks to a little sunshine I managed to get the last two exterior window sills replaced - so now back on models...

Thought someone might find my method of adding windows useful (you never know!)

 

Using a brilliant sheet of clear acrylic sheet (Bayer Vivac) = beautifully clear it comes with both sides of the sheet coated in a blue protective film:

 

New panes are cut using the openings as a template:

 

Once happy we have panes that fit - remove the protective film - and it's out with the black permanent marker - once around the outer edges of the clear pane and once around the window opening:

 

Excuse the finger prints!

 

All fitted nicely in place a fine brush is used to flow Plastic Weld into the joints from behind - pointing the brush sideways in towards the joint on the white plastic side (not the acrylic - marks easily!):

 

And Bob's your Aunty:

 

Panel loosely tacked in place - panes will be polished with Plastic Polish before masking again ready for paint:



Right - back to the slog...

Iain

[James H]

Iain, you have my total attention, and respect. 

[nmayhew]

Wow - hard core!!

[Wingco57]

Love it Iain,

Thanks for posting it here.

Cees

[Iain Ogilvie]

Further progress...

 

Internal frames shaped to fit under fuselage top section and wing root areas cleaned up after boxing in:
 

 

Starbord door and window section prepped and 'windows' removed for glazing

 

Wing roots trued up and pretty good fit now!







Iain