Junkers Ju52 'Tante Ju' 1/144th Revell (Eduard)

[Bigkev]

How long had the paint been lurking in the drawer?

Only about 45 years........
But it still sprayed beautifully............

Here is the Ju52 with the masking removed, and the amount of masking used! Only a few tiny spots of bleed onto the blue by the nose, so not bad.

[Bigkev]

Engines.
The three Bramo engines in the kit are okay, but lack the cooling inlets on the front faces. I have an Eduard set designed for the Ju52 airliner. These have the said faces in etch, so I had an idea to copy them using decal film.
I took a piece of decal film, placed it behind the etch parts and then sprayed Tamiya matt Black through them, acting as a stencil. The result is I have three decals that I can cut to size, place on the engine fronts and in this scale will look like the cooling vents missing.

[zak]

Great tip.

[kiwichappers]

I am impressed Kev. Lovely detail additions for interior and an obvious understanding of the Ju 52. I look forward to seeing it on the club runway.

[chriswil42]

10 out of 10 for ingenuity.

[Bigkev]

Thanks Guys for the comments.
Moving on, the airframe has been given two coats of Kleer. Once dry, I started adding the decals. Given the nature of the aircraft skinning I wondered how they would react and how much silvering might occur. Luckily not much did, but I did have to resort to some Daco 'strong' decal softner to help them along. There are still a couple of small bits that stubbornly refuse to seat, I will overpaint them in the appropriate colour to hide them, once varnished they should disappear. The engine fronts worked as I had hoped, looking like cooling vents.
The Swastika marking on the tail, despite being an xtradecals replacement was out of register with the white outline being more heavy in certain places. Again some delicate over painting with the appropriate colour will neaten and balance things up. 

[chriswil42]

Looking good Kevin.

[cph64]

Looks great and the decal tip is briiliant.