1/24 Junkers Ju87B Stuka (A18002V) In-Box Review

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History:

An aircraft considered by many to be the most infamous in the history of warfare, the Junkers Ju87 Stuka was designed not only to inflict devastating strategic damage on opposing military forces, but to do so by spreading fear and confusion amongst their ranks, thus further reducing their effectiveness as a fighting force. A Stuka dive-bombing attack employed the use of a siren intentionally bolted to one of the aircraft’s undercarriage legs, which emitted a terrifying wailing cry, which would continue until the aircraft pulled out of its dive, only to be replaced by the sound of exploding bombs. Signifying impending devastation, the Stuka was the aviation manifestation of Blitzkrieg.

In-box Review:

Description of the kit: This is the 1977 vintage super kit in 1/24 scale.

Dimensions are:

Length – 368mm

Wingspan - 437

Parts count is 171 pieces.

Skill Level is 4 and 4 Flying Hours are printed on the box.

Everything was sealed in plastic bags, but many parts had become detached from the runners. Moulded in grey, clear, and black styrene, with rubber tyres, detail quality is fair.  A stand is included.

At the time of its initial issue this was state of the art, and a big step forward. That was forty-six years ago, and modelling has advanced incredibly. That’s not to say this is a bad kit, just dated hence the re-issue as a Vintage Classic. 

The country of manufacture is India.

Instructions are printed in a 12-page, A4 booklet, over 61 steps in monochrome. 

Pages 11 and 12 are full colour images for painting and decal placements. Colours for the crew uniforms are not called out.

Paints advised:

3 Gloss Brunswick Green

11 Metallic Silver

19 Gloss Bright Red

21 Gloss Black

27 Matt Sea Grey

33 Matt Black

53 Metallic Gunmetal

61 Matt Flesh

65 Matt Aircraft Blue

70 Matt Brick Red

72 Matt Khaki Drill

74 Matt Linen

76 Matt Uniform Green

78 Matt Cockpit Green

79 Matt Blue Grey

99 Matt Lemon

241 Matt RLM70 Schwatrzgrun

242 Matt RLM71 Dunkelgrun

249 Matt RLM79 Sandgelb

These are not included in the kit.

The decals are of good quality, produced by Cartograf.

The marking options are:

(A) Junkers Ju87B-2 Stuka, 3/St.G2 based at St. Malo/Lannion, France, August 1940. 

(B) Junkers Ju87B-2/Trop Stuka, of 3/St. G1 based at Derna, Libya, 1941. 

RRP £96.99

[Geir øivind-377380]

hi!

i just wait for this kit to come to Norway, and i have checked little around the history of the aircraft and the units they represent and i have question about the desert version:

is`t that actually a ju87r not a ju87b2 as shown, the ju87r is a long range version fitted for droptanks, that same unit did airsupport during operation Weserubung ( german attack on Norway) few of them was shot down by RAF and FAA.

Happy for a answer!

MVH

Geir Angell

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is`t that actually a ju87r not a ju87b2 as shown, the ju87r is a long range version fitted for droptanks,

 

 

Which one?

I have built one as a Ju87R but it's not in this post.