Junkers Ju-86 "Jumo" (photos of completed model with decals added 10/03/2026)

Junkers JU-86 "Jumo"

Some of you may remember I picked up this venerable Italeri kit (Kit120) at a bootfair for only 10 Euro here in Spain back in 2024.

  

For those who have forgotten and for some history on the aircraft you can look back here:

https://baberonwargames.blogspot.com/2024/06/fathers-day-present.html

Anyway this year I decided to start with a batch of SCW aircraft as my first modeling project. 

As this was the oldest I thought I`d start here. First thing I realised when I opened the box was the kit doesn`t come with Spanish Nationalist decals - D`oh! 😕 So I`ve had to order these and will add them later.

Frankly the model is a bit of a bitch, one of the major failings (in my opinion obviously) with Italeri models is they are just too over engineered - far too many tiny, small parts and sub-assemblies. 😡 Eventually with much swearing and long gaps between building the various sub-asemblies, the whole thing was complete. Though I fully accept I`ve made a complete pigs ear of the under carriage and fudged some other bits with thin plasticard or simply left them off.

Once assembled I gave her a three colour splinter camouflage on the top surfaces and plain grey underneath. I also left the belly gunners gondola loose (it clips in place) so the aircraft can be stored flat.

Finally got the decals (bought on Ebay but posted to the boys in Wales)