Oh No!!!! Not
another 'Rudel' Stuka?....................... Yeah, but I decided early on
to do the winter camo thing because there doesn't seem to be so many of 'em
getting about and I'm fairly pleased with the way this one turned out and
hope you are too.
Except for
some cockpit goodies from Eduard, its more or less out of the box which
is OK given the general standard of Hasegawa kits, but I did try and find
some metal barrels for the guns to no avail.
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As always, I
started by rescribing and deepening the rivets but didn't add any more
than the kit provided because I felt that to do so would over-busy the
surface and distract the eye because of the light colour of the finish.
The kit goes
together very well with a minimum of putty and sandpaper. Scribers beware,
however, because some parts (like the flaps and trailing edge of the
tailplane) are wafer thin and easy to damage.
Finish was
pre-shaded, then undersided, then the splinter cam (not so sure this is
necessary given what comes next) before the 'distemper' of quite thin white
was applied using a fairly low pressure. A light post-shade of Tamiya smoke and
black was applied before a final dirty up of the panels was done with pastel
dust spread in the direction of the airflow. The exhaust stain was put on by
first applying and building up using the post-shade mix, then black which was
dusted over with a light spray of grey before being blackened again closer to
the exhausts............Future, kit decals, dry brush silver for wear 'n tear followed
by a satin clear and voila........hope you find the pics useful,
informative and/or entertaining; thanks for looking.
Mike Pattison
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