SPA Modeler

Hi all,

I've just finished this build of the Trumpeter 1/32 Junkers Ju 87A 'Anton', in Spanish Civil War colours. This project preceded the Fw 189 I'm building, but this one was postponed a while due to waiting for masks and decals to be made. All national markings and serial are masked, with the spat emblem and stencils as decals. Model has the cowl corrected and a number of Eduard sets glued in there. All in all, a really nice model kit, not without accuracy issues. I've been in the modelling doldrums for a few projects now, so I needed something that would restore some faith in ability and drive me on to complete the Fw 189.

This one will be in the next issue of Military Illustrated Modeller, published mid-April.

I hope you like her.

I am happy to be the first one in this tread to compliment to on this excellent build!

How did you correct the cowl, AM item?

The cowl barely allowed the exhausts to pass through to the exterior, so I thinned this out quite a lot. Also, there are two forward facing cooling openings either side of the main radiator mouth. On the kit, these aren't fully circular, so once glued into please, this is opened up with drill bits, cutting plastic away from the cowl part. A little filler is also needed too.

The first I have seen build. Only thing that I am not sure about is the shape of the propeller blades; they also look bend backwards. Maybe due to distortion of the picture?

All in all I like this one, especially the clean approach. Colours are Mr.Paint, I guess?
Very well done, a flawless finish!

You're right, the prop does look odd in these pics. I didn't notice anything when I was building, but that's not unusual for me.

All paint here is MRP, with Gunze RLM65 mottled over lower MRP RLM65 too (Gunze is darker).

I am bumping this one because I think it needs some more admirers.

BorgR3mc0 wrote:I am bumping this one because I think it needs some more admirers.

And here comes one admirer more, great build James!

& appreciated that you share your fantastic builds also in our forum pages!

- Kari

Make it #3! Awesome work!