In 1943, 5 Ju-52s
retired from Lufthansa were sold to Turkey. They served as passenger planes in
the inventory of Devlet Hava Yollari (former Turkish Airlines) for about 5-6
years and decommissioned. When Revell released this outstanding kit of Ju-52, I
decided to build one of these five planes. Despite the lack of documentations
and any additional info I managed to finish the kit with the help of 4
pictures.
Since we are having
our Victory Day on August 30th in Turkey, I thought it would be meaningful to
submit my first entry to ARC for the memory of this day.
Click on
images below to see larger images
|
|
|
|
No putty was used during construction. After the wings and the
horizontal stabs were applied, it was time for painting.
The overall green of the model is a mix of several Tamiya
Acrylic greens and greys. After the general painting was done, I applied
some post-shading.
All the markings on the plane were
masked and painted. The masks were drawn with Corel Draw and printed onto
tracing paper. I applied them onto the model using 3M's Spray Glue. The
usual masking tapes were not good to cut, sticker paper had a too strong glue on
its backside and after a couple of try and fail operations the solution was
there. It took me a couple of weeks to find out the "tracing paper-spray
glue" combination. The tracing paper was thin enough for a clean cut and
the spray glue wasn't strong enough to harm the paint. The uneven surface of the
model was another reason to choose the thin tracing paper.
Click on
images below to see larger images
|
|
|
|
Only decals were used for the
small "Devlet Hava Yollari" (State Airlines) markings on the both
sides of front fuselage.
If you think the 1/48
Ju-52 is a big boy with its 24,21" (61,5 cm.) wingspan, you should see
MPM's 1/48 Me-323 Gigant. The #12 picture gives a hint for comparison
:). The Gigant is built by one of our countries best modelers, Ozkan Turker. ARC
Fellows should remember his name with the MPM's 1/18 Me-262 model. As far as I
could see on internet, they both are the only accomplished models of these MPM
kits. It's a great honour for me to be able to work with Ozkan, I have learned a
lot from him.
The kit was really outstanding.
So, I decided to build another one, before the TC-RUH project was even
completed. In these days, I am building another Ju-52 as Goering's private
aircraft: "Lufthansa's Rote Tante - named Manfred von Richthofen". I
hope to send its story to ARC as well.
Tayfun
Click on
images below to see larger images
|
|
|
|
|
|