Scratch building: Junkers Ju 52 in 28mm by MorTap

Merry Christmas!. Some time ago we presented you an impressive work from our friend MorTap, who showed us how to build Old West houses using foamed PVC. Now, once more, MorTap presents another awesome work, a Junkers Ju 52 in 28mm!.

Because the great versatility of the foamed PVC, in this ocassion I pretended to build something different, a Junkers Ju 52 in 28mm. But I decided to build it in a smaller size, in order to avoid to place an enormous element in the battlefield, which can disturb rather than beautify the game.

Materials:

2 and 4mm foamed PVC
High density cork
Three plastic caps
Four sticks of lollipops
Wire
Small pin or button

Using scaled blueprints, we start cutting the different pieces of the plane body. You can find the sizes used expressed in centimeters. The foamed PVC is too easy to «sculpt» using a model knife or pencil.

Now, we start preparing the roof. «No sirve» = ‘it’s not necessary’ (the internal area). Note the roof is preceded by an inclined panel in both sides. Once the roof is completed, we prepare the cockpit. To simulate the rotors of the plane, I find these interesting caps from juice jars!. We will need three of them.

But first, we have to mount the wings. Prepare this to fix the rotors made with cork. We apply a light coat of primer to cover the high cork and thus facilitate the painting phase.

We can use cork and the «table» used in the pizzas to build the weels.

We use a button to build the rear wheel.

Finally, we paint our plane. We can apply a disruptive pattern using masks. And this is the result!

10 Comentarios

angusin el 27 diciembre, 2013 a las 12:14 PM

Just… WOW

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atticusmactapia el 27 diciembre, 2013 a las 1:54 PM

No es un trabajo dificil, tarde tres semanas porque estaba liado con otras cosas, creo que en tres tardes se puede hacer perfectamente.

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angusin el 27 diciembre, 2013 a las 2:05 PM

Hay que ser MUY manitas para poder hacer esto. Yo, aparte de que no tendría paciencia, no sabría ni cómo empezar. Gracias por el tuto, es un lujazo poder ver un paso a paso tan ambicioso como este.

You have to be a real handyman to do this. Excepting that I would not have patience, I would not even know where to begin. Thanks for the tutorial, it’s delightful to see a step by step as ambitious as this.

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