Another Zvezda 1/200th Ju-52

 Regular readers will recall that I already have a Zvezda Ju 52, but I got another one as I had a vague idea of doing a Condor Legion bomber. The 'plastic kit man' at Partisan was selling these cheap. 

Here it is in in its raw state. It was much easier to assemble than I remembered, I think I was mixing it up with the horrible Zvezda Dakotas, which were real pigs to put together.

I need to do something about that join line on the fuselage but generally it was a nice clean model. Even at 1/200 scale it is quite a large aircraft. 

And the underside with a nice sturdy undercart. It is hard to see in the photos but there are beautiful fine corrugations moulded into metalwork. 

And here is the finished thing in daylight.

And rather gloomy artificial light.

In the end I fairly obviously didn't do it as a Condor Legion plane, but I did find this interesting three tone splinter camo scheme used by some units at Crete. It is enhanced by the flashy yellow bits all over it.

The decals are largely those supplied with the kit, although I didn't put loads of fuselage markings on, just a cross and a single letter. As usual I didn't bother with decals on the underside.

Zvezda don't supply any swastika decals, so the tail swastikas are from one of the Doms Deals packs. German planes look much more in keeping with their crooked crosses on.

I'm rather pleased with how that came out, and if the Condor Legion really need a Ju 52, I can always buy another one! I've even got a couple of scenarios in mind where I might be able to use this and its pal. Watch this space.