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Offline Rod The Fixer

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Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« on: January 26, 2023, 06:30:23 AM »
Hi everyone,
I started to assemble this classic Revell kit:


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to make the Junkers JU 88A-4 - 9./KG 30 "Adler-Geschwader" (Catania, Italy-June 1941)


Source: Asisbiz.com

A quick look inside the box:


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Cockpit ... first steps


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2023, 07:39:20 AM »
Gee, a lot more detail in the cockpit than the old Airfix kit I built back in the '60s  :smiley:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2023, 10:53:35 AM »
Looking good Rodolfo  :smiley:

Quote from: raafif on January 26, 2023, 07:39:20 AM
Gee, a lot more detail in the cockpit than the old Airfix kit I built back in the '60s  ...

Which was jam-packed compared with the offering from Frog!  ;D
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2023, 09:38:44 PM »
Wow! :icon_surprised:

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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2023, 02:20:12 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2023, 07:47:06 PM »
Cockpit completed with some imperfections ... but it is the best I can do in 1/72 ...


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2023, 09:48:24 PM »
Oh, is that all! ???

 ;D ;D ;D

I missed the scale on the box, earlier, & thought it was 1/48! ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2023, 11:16:54 PM »
In the assembly phase I encountered this small fitting issue which I solved with plasticard ...


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... here's the kit ready for painting ...


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2023, 08:18:07 AM »
Oh, nasty! :-X

Good fix, though! :smiley:

That cockpit is (still) stunning! :icon_alabanza:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2023, 07:14:27 PM »
he lower side color hue has been highlighted and shaded switching from base color mixture to white and base to dark blue.


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2023, 11:14:45 PM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2023, 11:24:27 PM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on February 03, 2023, 08:18:07 AM
Oh, nasty! :-X

Good fix, though! :smiley:

That cockpit is (still) stunning! :icon_alabanza:

Pretty much says it  :smiley:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2023, 06:10:34 AM »
Amazing color . I will never ever get it nearly like that . 
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2023, 06:59:33 PM »
Camouflage painted ...


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2023, 09:18:50 PM »
And  :smiley: again!
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2023, 10:50:31 PM »
Ready for decals and weathering ...


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #16 on: February 18, 2023, 02:11:41 AM »
Looking good...as usual.
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #17 on: February 18, 2023, 03:08:24 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on February 18, 2023, 02:11:41 AM
Looking good...as usual.

What Greg said. :smiley:
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #18 on: February 21, 2023, 08:31:44 PM »
Ready for takeoff ...


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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #19 on: February 21, 2023, 09:56:49 PM »
Don't know how often I can keep writing this before I get RSI but;

Awesome work, again, Rod! Excellent! :smiley: 8)
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Re: Junkers JU 88A-4 "Adler-Geschwader" - Revell 1:72
« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2023, 01:15:11 AM »
Yeah that is some tight work!

Stitching on 72nd aircraft seatbelts...  :icon_surprised:
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