Scale aviation modeller international

I

previewed this kit a few issues

back, and what I saw in the

box impressed me so much

that even before I had finished

writing the preview, I had got

the build underway. After having

taken rather too long to complete

my build of the 1/48 scale Copper

State Models Caudron GIV (also

in this issue), I needed a quick

build to get myself back into the

swing of model building. This

kit provided the ideal therapy

and proved to be a quick and

simple out-of-the-box build.

Considering the diminutive size

of the finished model the kit comes

in quite a large box. Underneath

the top-opening lid you will find a

sturdy card box with a fold-down

closing lid (this ICM style of box is

really handy for storing kit parts

during construction). Inside are

three sprues of grey injection

moulded plastic, one clear sprue, a

decal sheet, and the A4 instruction

booklet, which shows the four

marking options, printed in colour.

THE BUILD

Unusually, construction starts

with the bottom wing – the centre

section of which incorporates the

cockpit floor – so this is where I

started. Also unusually (for me), I

actually followed the instructions

for most of this build. (Which may

explain why it was so easy Ed).

The cockpit on this model is

quite simple, with few parts, but the

real thing has a very simple cockpit

too. The colour callouts for this kit

are given as either Revell or Tamiya

paint numbers, and as my local

model shop stocks Tamiya paints,

it was these I used throughout this

build. The cockpit interior is listed

as all-over RLM02, so I assembled

the interior and, whilst I had the

airbrush out and RLM 02 loaded,

I painted the cockpit and all the

other parts that were grey green.

Decals are supplied for the

instrument panels, but they needed

a bit of Micro-Set and Sol to make

them settle over the raised detail.

Once dry, the dials were glazed

JUNGMANN

Bücker Bü 131D

QUICKBUILD

ICM 1/32 Bücker Bü

131D Jungmann

by Tim Upson-Smith

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