1/48 Hasegawa Ju 87B-1 "Desert Stuka"

Gallery Article by Rafi Ben-Shahar on Aug 25 2010

 

Although problematic at some areas, such as the crudely joined actuators to flying surfaces and fuselage-wings fit, Hasegawa's Stuka series can be built into a fine representation that retains the characteristics of the notorious bomber.

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In this example, I added Quickboost's undercarriage, but had to modify it extensively to give it an authentic look. The model represents a Stuka that served in North Africa at the time when it was transferred to 3./Stg 3. but retained 'Hans Huckebein' bird of Stg I.

Enjoy the photos.

Rafi Ben-Shahar

Photos and text © by Rafi Ben-Shahar