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Vader’s Model Desk: Junkers JU-52
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:00 pm
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:00 pm
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The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju ("Aunt Ju") and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. First introduced during 1930 as a civilian airliner, it was adapted into a military transport aircraft by Germany's Nazi regime, who exercised power over the company, for its war efforts over the objections of the company's founder Hugo Junkers.
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Testors 1/72 Junkers JU-52
Luftflotte 4
Stalingrad, December 1942
(This is an old Trstors kit. I’m guessing it’s about 40 years old. I picked it up at a model show a year or two ago. This one lived up to the Testors name in that it truly Tested my nerves. I came close to trashing it more than once)
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Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:01 pm to Darth_Vader
You need to clean up the nose of that plane baw. Take some pride in your work.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:06 pm to Errerrerrwere
What do you mean? That’s how the nose is supposed to look.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:08 pm to Darth_Vader
It was not an aesthetically pleasing aircraft.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:13 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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It was not an aesthetically pleasing aircraft.
Very true. Kinda reminds me of the Ford tri-moter.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:15 pm to Darth_Vader
The metal skin over the frame was corrugated so it just looked slow and dated
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:17 pm to Darth_Vader
Very nicely done. It looks like it’s ready to take off full of wounded soldiers at Stalingrad. One of my favorite Luftwaffe aircraft. Very rugged and reliable.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:23 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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The metal skin over the frame was corrugated so it just looked slow and dated
It was both. Top speed was only 165 mph.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:41 pm to Darth_Vader
Beautifully done. Fabulous work as usual. Thank you for sharing!
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:43 pm to Darth_Vader
The German military in WWII was such a an odd mixture of cutting edge/futuristic technology (V1 missiles and V2 rockets, jet- and rocket-powered planes, video guided anti-ship ordnance, StG44 assault gun, etc) and obsolete and archaic equipment (JU87 remained in Frontline use til the end, JU52, they relied on horse-drawn transport til VE Day, etc.).
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:43 pm to Bayou Warrior 64
Thanks! Glad you like it.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 2:46 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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The German military in WWII was such a an odd mixture of cutting edge/futuristic technology (V1 missiles and V2 rockets, jet- and rocket-powered planes, video guided anti-ship ordnance, StG44 assault gun, etc) and obsolete and archaic equipment (JU87 remained in Frontline use til the end, JU52, they relied on horse-drawn transport til VE Day, etc.).
Very true. The Wehrmacht has a reputation for being a mechanized force of hordes of Panzers. But it was far more common to see horse drawn German columns than motorized ones, even in the early part of the war before Allied bombing affected German industry.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 4:57 pm to Darth_Vader
I read last night that when Germany went into Russia/Soviet Union they used 625,000 horses.
This post was edited on 5/25/24 at 4:58 pm
Posted on 5/25/24 at 5:07 pm to AU86
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I read last night that when Germany went into Russia/Soviet Union they used 625,000 horses.
This was a problem for Germany even early in the war. Oftentimes their few motorized divisions would achieve deep breakthroughs, but wouldn’t hamstrung due to the follow-up infantry divisions lagging behind.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 5:22 pm to Darth_Vader
Didn't the French use JU-52s after WW2?
Posted on 5/25/24 at 5:43 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Didn't the French use JU-52s after WW2?
A lot of countries used the JU-52 after the war. France used it as a bomber during the French Indochina War. France even built some JU-52s. The Swiss used it as a transport all the way to the 1980s. Other counties like Great Britain used it as a civilian airliner into the 50s & 60s.
As ugly as she was, she was a reliable and generally really good aircraft.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 5:45 pm to Darth_Vader
love your work, i look forward to your posts
i see these in movies a lot yet they seem to have a smaller camo splotch pattern then yours
my favorite was the white and gray patterns
i see these in movies a lot yet they seem to have a smaller camo splotch pattern then yours
my favorite was the white and gray patterns
Posted on 5/25/24 at 6:07 pm to keakar
Thanks. I got the idea for this pattern from this picture of a JU-52 on the Eastern Front.
Posted on 5/25/24 at 6:39 pm to Darth_Vader
Awesome models. I’ve often wanted to try some of these but I’m immediately confronted with the reality that my OCD would probably strangle my lack of patience or maybe vice versa.
BTW I’m sure it’s been asked and answered before but why all the German WW II pieces?
BTW I’m sure it’s been asked and answered before but why all the German WW II pieces?
Posted on 5/25/24 at 6:54 pm to Snipe
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Awesome models. I’ve often wanted to try some of these but I’m immediately confronted with the reality that my OCD would probably strangle my lack of patience or maybe vice versa.
Thanks. Building models requires a lot of attention to detail and patience. Maybe not the hobby for you, or maybe it could help you become patient.
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BTW I’m sure it’s been asked and answered before but why all the German WW II pieces?
WWII is my favorite subject, German armor in particular due to the almost endless camouflage possibilities. This JU-52 is my 12th finished build of 2024:
American: 5 (2 Armor, 3 aircraft)
German: 5 ( 3 Armor. 2 aircraft)
French (1 armor)
Japanese (1 aircraft)
The kit I started today is British.
This post was edited on 5/25/24 at 6:57 pm
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