Junkers JU87B/R Stuka

Hello Again. Welcome to another review on Rhod's Models! Today I will be reviewing the Stuka. The Stuka was a German Dive Bomber Plane which was put into Luftwaffe Service in 1937. The Stuka was usually used for Close air support for ground forces and was used during the invasion of Poland and France, However the earlier version of the Stuka had heavy losses during the Battle of Britain. A later Version of the Stuka was used by the Italians and the Germans from Europe to the Middle East and it now had a longer range and a drop tank beneath each wing. The plane also had two 7.9mm MG 17 Machine guns in the wings and a 7.9mm MG 15 Machine gun in the rear of the cockpit.
This is the Airfix 1:72 Version. However I cannot find this on the Airfix Website so it might be out of production. But it is sold on Amazon for a large price of £17.73.
The Instructions of the Kit are easy to follow and include the old tooling. I usually put on the decals after the build is finished, but on this model one of the large Luftwaffe decals on the underside of the wing needs to be put on before a piece. However this is not very clear at all in the instructions.The cockpit of the plane I thought needed a lot more detail. For instance the seat of the rear pilot was joined to the floor already and was just a simple box. The area next to his feet was also not closed off to the rear of the fuselage. The rest of the plane is absolutely covered and I mean covered in Bolts. This works really well if you use Humbrol DecalFix as I have for the large Decals.
The join lines, I found, needed a lot of model Filler and sanding. Even after that cracks were still visible. This leads on to say that the Cockpit Canopy fitted Poorly to the rest of the fuselage. The wings were also not very well fitting. The kit comes with two Paint schemes (Luftwaffe in France, August 1940 or the Italian Air force in Greece, April 1941) They Both came with enough decals but some decals were not mentioned in the instructions. You have to be careful with this kit if you want it to be perfect as Airfix gives you options for the bombs, But its not very clear which bombs go with which paint scheme. For instance I have only just realised while writing this review that I have got the options mixed up. So overall not a great kit but worth a try and it could be done to a high finish.
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