Junkers Ju-86 "Jumo"

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.