This kit from
AMtech is of the JU-88S-3/T-3 Bomber/recon. It was originally
released as the AMT/ERTL Ju88. It includes sprues of light
gray styrene, one of clear styrene parts enough decals to make one of
three different Ju-88's.
The first thing
I always consider when buying a kit is quality of the moulding. This
kit has delicate recessed panel lines.
This kit has a different
way of installing the wings. The wings don't have the standard tabs
that you'd stick into the fuselage. Instead this kit has a plastic
spar that fits between the fuselage halves and extend into slots in the
wings. This design give much more strength to the fuselage area and
about the same strength to the wing root/fuselage joint. I see no
drawbacks to this design and if anything it is better.
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The decal
options are for 3 different aircraft of quite different paint
schemes. Decal option #1 is a Ju-88S-3 of 3./KG 66 in France during
1944. This aircraft RLM75 on top with RLM77 poka dots on the top
surfaces. The sides of the fuselage are covered with RLM74 squiggle
lines. the underside is RLM 76 with RLM 74 poka dots. Decal option
#2 is a Ju-88S-3 of 1./KG 6 in France during 1944. This
aircraft is Black on the underside and RLM 76 on the top side with RLM 71
poka dots on the topside and fuselage sides. Decal option #3 is a
Ju-88T-3 in Germany during 1944. This aircraft is RLM 65 on
the underside and RLM 70 and RLM 71 on the top side in a standard looking
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Canopy parts
include various pieces.....greenhouse canopy, glass nose and fuselage side
windows directly behind the glass nose. The detail on the
clear parts is very well done and the clarity of the glass is quite good.
The greenhouse canopy will require the expected time and patience to mask
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Below are some details photos of
various cockpit parts. detail is quite good and will respond well to
drybrushing. the seats even have very fine seatbelts molded on them.
All panel lines are fine recessed
lines....not too deep or wide.....just right. Details on the various
parts...such as the landing gear below is quite good and finely molded.
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This is a side
view of the fuselage directly behind the nose. It clearly shows the
very nice recessed panel lines.
I did some
dryfitting of the major parts and the fit at critical areas such as the
fuselage-wing root joint was very good and will require little if any filler and
I expect this kit to build up quite easily.
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The instruction
sheets includes 8 pages of instructions. Line drawings are clearly laid
out and include painting instructions. Also included is a one page
addendum of
instructions explaining a mistake in the instruction sheets for the tail wheel
doors. Also mentioned is the fact the engines sit at the wrong angle and
concerned modellers can file the parts to get the engine nacelles to sit at the
correct angles to the wings.
This is a very nice
kit and will build up to a very good model of the JU-88S-3/T-3 Bomber/Recon.
I'd like to thank AMtech
for the review sample.
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