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

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
Something in 1/144th again but a little larger than the Me262's I have just finished. This one is the Revell Re-boxed Eduard kit of the Junkers Ju52 Trimotor, often referred to as 'Tante Ju, by the Germans, and  by the Allies as 'Iron Annie' in service.
Kit is moulded in 2 Dark Grey and 1 Clear Plastic sets of sprues, with two decal options One for the Russian Front, and the other a Norway Campaign aircraft.

Some pictures of the sprues and instructions:-

[cph64]

A 'Tante Ju' to bring spares and supplies for the 262s? Looking forward to seeing this build.

[Bigkev]

A 'Tante Ju' to bring spares and supplies for the 262s? Looking forward to seeing this build.

Planning either an unloading scene, or receiving a section of paratroopers  

[chriswil42]

Looking forward to this one Kevin.

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
Well back to the bench. I've started on the wings and got them together, but they needed a little cleaning up as there was some flash on the flap/aileron attachments. I also dis a quick dry run of the fuselage parts and could see a gap either side where the wings met the fuselage. So I have 'lined' the wing roots with some thin plasticard. This has been shaped roughly to match the wing section and some minor adjustment will be need to get a neat fit.
The windows on the fuselage have been attached and masked using bare-metal foil. I applied a full strip, then ran a wooden stick over to show where the windows were and then these were cut around. The waste then removed to leave the windows masked. A little WD-40 applied with a micro brush then removed any glue residue from the bare-metal foil.
In the fuselage I have made a representation of the bench type seats fitted, though on checking they shouldn't go as far forward in the fuselage so I'll trim the length back to match my references. The fuselage door has been cut out, thinned and ready to be shown open to receive its band of Fallschirmjager troops, which came over the weekend from 3djson.
A general test fit of the major parts then carried out.
Some pictures, thanks for looking.

[cph64]

As ever Kev your work gives me something to aspire to. Looking good so far.

[Joe]

Looking good Kev

[chriswil42]

Plenty of work there Kevin. Coming along nicely.

[Bigkev]

As ever Kev your work gives me something to aspire to. Looking good so far.

Thanks Chris, it means a lot, and the other guys comments too.

[Bigkev]

Hi All,
Moved a bit further with my Ju52. I have reduced the benches on the fuselage sides and have now added some radio boxes to the fuselage bulkhead. I have also lined the gunners position, and given him a floor from the cabin to his position.
Some cabling added inside fuselage just to busy things up when viewing from open door.
A bit of a chore with the engine exhausts for the centre engine. As can be seen one has been tackled, thinning the pipework and opening up the end of exhaust. I used a small drill to open the exhaust, going in vertically, then gradually using a more horizontal approach to create the opening.
In the cockpit I have made two control columns, and added some representation of cabling runs and instrument boxes, which will be picked out during painting of the interior.
Some pictures of the above, thanks for looking

[zak]

Great modelling Kevin, you always go the extra mile!

[cph64]

Amazing work, as ever.

[chriswil42]

Yes amazing work indeed.

[Bigkev]

Thanks for your comments guys much appreciated.
Have now got the fuselage interior painted, and decal applied to the instrument panel. I made a mistake with the floor colouring initially, painting it a pale brown colour in readiness for some oil paint to represent wood. However, a bit of research revealed that the floor was corrugated metal, so it was repainted gunmetal and then had some brown airbrushed on the area's that had boots trampling over them.
I used a mix of RLM 02 Grau mainly on the interior, the fabric seat bases being a pale brown to represent canvas. I used a mix of black and grey to pick out the radio boxes and some dots of white, yellow and blue to represent switches and lights. Once painted the whole thing was given a coat of Kleer, then when dry a wash of brown oil paint to highlight crevices/shadows. When dry a final Matt varnish to tie everything together. The masking from the windows on the insides removed to show the bare metal foil masking still in place on the outside.
Finally the fuselage interior glued in place and the fuselage glued and closed up.