Subject: Re: Gallery Submission in template form for ARC
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Konley Kelley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 16:00:00 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Konley Kelley 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Cc: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 9:59 PM
  Subject: Gallery Submission in template form for ARC

  "1:48 Revell Ju87B Stuka"
  "3D Ju87B Stuka" 

  by Konley Kelley
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  Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here 

  I built a heckuva lot of models when I was a kid. I remember working on 2-3 models at one time. I spilled paint and glue everywhere but it was a lot of fun. 

  Of all the models I built, I liked my "Snake" Stuka the best. It was a Revell 1:32 kit. It turned out cool and was one of the few models spared the junk pile or a firecracker. I gave it to my Mom to take care of when I left for college. That was the last time I ever saw it.

  Now that I'm modeling again, I've been looking for a Snake Stuka to build. It's hard to find the big kit on eBay and you'll definitely pay a lot for it. Last year, I bought a 1:48 Snake Stuka at the 2006 Squadron Open House.

  Even after building more than 100 models, I have done very little airbrushing. I go to contest after contest and know that I have to invest in a good airbrush and learn how to use it. So, when I got my Snake Stuka from the Squadron, I tried the Silly Putty masking method I read about in FineScale Modeler. As you can see from the pics, it left ugly ridges (due to blasting too much spraypaint from a can). I coated the model with Dark Yellow again but wasn't up to sanding the ugly ridges away and losing the surface detail on the model. I scrapped the kit.

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  At the 2007 Squadron Open House, I picked up another Snake Stuka on the discount table. I also bought another cheap Wally (Walmart) airbrush. I had better luck this time. The Ju87B Stuka with Snake decal is below along with one shot of her ugly sister, a Ju87G-2 Stuka "Tankbuster."

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  After finishing the scale model Stuka, I began building a 3D version on my Mac. I scanned my decals from the scrapped kit. I had a blast making this in 3D. A few renderings are below. 

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  I've animated the 3D Stuka dropping bombs at:

  http://home1.gte.net/konman/StukaAnimated.html

  And, Mom won't be the caretaker for my Stuka this time around :)

  Thanks!

  Photos and text © by "Konley Kelley"

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