From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "Dave Johnson" References: <4CB4E111.5060401@wingnutfilms.co.nz> Subject: =?Windows-1252?Q?Re:_HLJ_-_Cyber_Hobby_1/48_Junkers_Ju_88G-6_=91Nacht?= =?Windows-1252?Q?j=E4ger=92_w/_Luftwaffe_Pilots?= Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 13:48:02 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Johnson" To: Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 3:28 PM Subject: HLJ - Cyber Hobby 1/48 Junkers Ju 88G-6 ‘Nachtjäger’ w/ Luftwaffe Pilots > > > Cyber Hobby > > 1/48 Junkers Ju 88G-6 ‘Nachtjäger’ w/ Luftwaffe Pilots > > Product #5563 (http://www.hlj.com/product/CYVCH5563) from HobbyLink > Japan (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist.cgi?rel=nav&GenreCode=Air > ) > > Product Article by Dave Johnson on October 2010 > > *History -* > > The Junkers Ju88 was designed by Hugo Junkers company in the > mid-1930s,The Ju 88 suffered from a few number of technical problems and > setbacks during the later stages of its development and early > operational roles. But the Junkers Ju 88 became one of the most > versatile combat aircraft during the Second World War. The Junkers Ju 88 > was found to be suited to virtually any role it was used for. The Ju 88 > assembly line ran constantly from 1936 to 1945, and more than 16,000 Ju > 88s were built in many forms of variants, more than any other > twin-engine German aircraft of that period. Throughout the production, > the basic structure of the aircraft remained unchanged, proof of the > outstanding quality of the original design from Hugo Junkers. The > Junkers Ju 88G was developed as a night fighter that used a modified A > series fuselage. The G series fuselage was purpose-built for the special > needs of a night fighter role. The Ju 88G-6 versions were equipped with > 2 Jumo 213a inline-V12 engines, enlarged fuel tanks and often one or two > 20 mm MG151/2 cannons in a slanted installation, that fired obliquely > upwards and forwards from the upper fuselage. Many Luftwaffe night > fighter aces, such as Helmut Lent (110 victories) and Heinrich vonund zu > Sayn-Wittgenstein (87 victories) flew Junkers Ju 88s during their careers. > > *The Kit -* > > The Junkers Ju 88G kit was first released before under DML/Dragon name > back around in the early 2000’s if my brain is correct, and has been out > of production for a while. With Dragon releasing newly tooled kits under > the Cyber Hobby name, they have slipped in some newer boxing's of these > older kits that have been released in the past. The kit it's self is > fantastic with excellent molding and crisp details. The cockpit has some > mighty fine details even with a kit of this age featuring control panels > and radio equipment that is fitted into the nose of the aircraft that is > molded separately from the fuselage. There are no seat harness supplied > with the kit, these will be very visible through the canopy and the > modeler may want to seek a aftermarket or a scratch built solution. Each > wing assembly’s are molded in 4 parts two wing half’s and two other > parts that make up a insert for the wing tips. The controllable surfaces > are molded as separate parts, that are designed to install in one > position, but with some clever modeling these could be easily positioned > differently to what its intended too. The main landing gears comprise of > 10 parts that build into a sturdy assembly that will support the weight > of the finished model. The inline Juno engines are not supplied in the > kit, but the engine cowls come with night fighter exhaust dampers, > optional cowl flaps in the open and closed positions. The propellers are > made up 3 individual prop blades and a single hub and spinner. Also > included in the kit is a photo etch fret that contains *control surface > actuators, exhaust grilles and other small items*. > > The kits decals are printed on a small sheet of decal paper that appears > nice and thin paper. Decals are in good register and are well printed. > There are no swastikas included on the sheet, so you will be required to > dig into your spare/leftover decals. There are two schemes that are > offered in this boxing – > > *3./NJG 101 at Praha Gbell Airfield in 1945. * > > *4./NJG 4 in 1945.* > > *Also included in this boxing are 6 Luftwaffe pilots in different poses. > Two of the figures are laying back in deck chairs and the four others > are playing and watching a game of cards. There are chairs and tables > include too.* > > *Overall the kit is excellent for its age, and gives people the chance > to pick one or more of these kits, if you missed out on the first time > it was released. For what is included in the box its worth ever cent > that you pay. I am looking forward to see what else Cyber Hobby > re-releases, as there is a couple of out of production kits that I would > love to add to my stash! * > > I would like to thank HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com ) > for supplying this review sample. > >