Special Hobby's re-release of the 1:72nd Academy Junkers Ju 87 G has been given the Giampiero Piva treatment!
Academy's Ju 87 G-2 is a nice kit, and certainly looks looks impressive in the box with its very crisp, finely engraved panel lines, thin clear parts (two canopies included, one multi-part) and decent detail, especially in the cockpit which includes a nicely rendered radio set. GP has re-worked the model, added the superb Aires resin cockpit and much more detail to the cannon.
The kit features the longer-span wing and two 37mm anti-tank guns slung under the wings. The underwing 37mm cannon pods are especially well done. As might be expected in this scale, some of the more subtle elements are oversimplified. These include the "Zwilling" twin machine -guns in the rear of the cockpit and the hinge arrangement for the flaps/ailerons.
Subject of the model is a 10.(Pz)/SG 3 'Panzerknacker', as seen operating from Schippenbeil (Poland) or from Jakobstadt (Lithuania) in the winter of 1944. According to Giampiero. "..all my models are brush-painted, which makes my output somewhat slow. I post models made recently but also others made a while ago.."
Thanks to Del (James V. Crow collection) for images of the real machines - which are fairly rare. Note the 'Wolfskopf' emblem on the cowling of 'S7+ET' (see below)
Ebay sale album depicting Stukageschwader 3 Junkers Ju 87s, including images of the BK 3.7 anti-tank Panzerknacker Kanonenvogel cannon toting variant. - note unit prefix 'S7' partially visible.
Also on this blog; More on Rudel's Ju 87 Kanonenvogel
The kit features the longer-span wing and two 37mm anti-tank guns slung under the wings. The underwing 37mm cannon pods are especially well done. As might be expected in this scale, some of the more subtle elements are oversimplified. These include the "Zwilling" twin machine -guns in the rear of the cockpit and the hinge arrangement for the flaps/ailerons.
Subject of the model is a 10.(Pz)/SG 3 'Panzerknacker', as seen operating from Schippenbeil (Poland) or from Jakobstadt (Lithuania) in the winter of 1944. According to Giampiero. "..all my models are brush-painted, which makes my output somewhat slow. I post models made recently but also others made a while ago.."
Thanks to Del (James V. Crow collection) for images of the real machines - which are fairly rare. Note the 'Wolfskopf' emblem on the cowling of 'S7+ET' (see below)
Also on this blog; More on Rudel's Ju 87 Kanonenvogel
Thank you !
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