Junkers G.38 was the largest land-based airliner in the 1930's and it was used on the international routes of Lufthansa. So, when Revell issued this new kit I knew I had to build it, because it a) is an airliner, b) is in 1/144th scale, and c) has Lufthansa decals!
This model adds to my Lufthansa collection, though the it would have been more pleasant to build in 1/72nd scale. Revell has done well with all the details present in the kit, but they go kind of wasted in this scale and the 1/144th scale corrugated surfaces are a nightmare when the decals are concerned.
G.38 was quite an advanced plane in 1929 when the prototype flew for the first time. It had 4 diesel engines mounted on a spacious flying wing with a passenger viewing deck.
If only there weren't those large wing registration markings, the decals would have been very nice. I simply couldn't make them conform to the corrugated sheet metal simulation and still don't know how it could be done.
The original von Hindenburg visited Malmi, Finland in 1937 and I tried to make this model look like the original plane was in the newspaper photos. Thus there are tail swastikas on the actual model for historical accuracy, but in these photos I have smudged them out intentionally. It's nice to have a 30's Lufthansa plane in the 1/144 scale too, but from now on I'm concentrating on more contemporary Lufthansa planes and liveries.
Junkers G.38 was the largest land-based airliner in the 1930's and it was used on the international routes of Lufthansa. So, when Revell issued this new kit I knew I had to build it, because it a) is an airliner, b) is in 1/144th scale, and c) has Lufthansa decals!
This model adds to my Lufthansa collection, though the it would have been more pleasant to build in 1/72nd scale. Revell has done well with all the details present in the kit, but they go kind of wasted in this scale and the 1/144th scale corrugated surfaces are a nightmare when the decals are concerned.
G.38 was quite an advanced plane in 1929 when the prototype flew for the first time. It had 4 diesel engines mounted on a spacious flying wing with a passenger viewing deck.
If only there weren't those large wing registration markings, the decals would have been very nice. I simply couldn't make them conform to the corrugated sheet metal simulation and still don't know how it could be done.
The original von Hindenburg visited Malmi, Finland in 1937 and I tried to make this model look like the original plane was in the newspaper photos. Thus there are tail swastikas on the actual model for historical accuracy, but in these photos I have smudged them out intentionally. It's nice to have a 30's Lufthansa plane in the 1/144 scale too, but from now on I'm concentrating on more contemporary Lufthansa planes and liveries.
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