attack on Norway 1940 - Aircraft of World War II

Junkers88A1 · 07-16-2009, 04:14 PM

well..this might be a crazy thing..and it sure will take a while.. but me and my friend has started on a new diorama..it will show Fornebu ( oslo Airport ) in april 1940 on the invasion of Norway.. it will include some 20 Junkers 52`s, 6 He 111, 6 Bf 110, 4 Ju 87, one burnt out Gloster gladiator and a lot more..
i have started with the burnt on Ju 52..
we could ofcourse add a lot more aicrfats but we dont have unlimetd space.. ( 4x2,5 m )
so we have decided to go for the part of the airfield with most action.. we have several hundred pictures so we know what to build and where to put them ( included two He 111 that has overshoot the runway, two bellylanded Ju52 ( got their legs torn of ) one burnt out Ju52 and more

here is my first test..it need more work and details..but its a start..and my friend has started on two He 111 P versions..

this will all be in 1:72

note the oversized balkencrosses on the burnt out Ju 52

any comments..good or bad is welcome

Junkers88A1 · 07-16-2009, 04:17 PM

some more pics of what we are planning to make..
if you look closely you will see another He 111 in the background of the one up close that has run of the runway

the Ju 52 model is something i started on yesterday so i know it still has a long way to go to look like the pictures

DBII · 07-16-2009, 04:21 PM

good job,

DBII

imalko · 07-16-2009, 04:25 PM

Ambitious plan my friend and one which progress I will fallow with great interest. And I'm sure I won't be the only one... The burnout Ju 52 looks convincing. Did you actually burn the model?
Wish you luck with your project.

Junkers88A1 · 07-16-2009, 04:30 PM

thanks.. it will be a longrunning project..but it will be fun doing..and did actually burn the model..after i had chopped it to bits..the scratcbuild some parts and burned some more..

Lucky13 · 07-16-2009, 04:40 PM

Great work Gutt...looking forward to the rest!

Wurger · 07-16-2009, 05:19 PM

With all here...

Airframes · 07-16-2009, 05:25 PM

Great work Mr.G! That's one heck of a project you've got going there, on top of all the others! I'm going to have to come to the museum to see it when it's finished. How many ...er..years from now?!!

Junkers88A1 · 07-16-2009, 05:55 PM

thanks .. i am my own worst critic so i hardely ever get pleased with my own models.. but we hope to get thsi diorama done during the winter..will be a long project on top of all the others..so it will take the tiem it takes.. but its always something else popping up here and there so the models will be done when time permits..and its fun making dioramas..so we hope to have it done by spring next year

but its a awful lot of kits to build and thinsg to scrathbuild on the airfield..so who knows when its done

here is afew more shoots of what we are planning to build.. so as you see it will eb a long build

Micdrow · 07-16-2009, 07:31 PM

Great stuff there GF, Are you planning on making them to a certain squadron?

vikingBerserker · 07-16-2009, 07:52 PM

That is really a cool concept!

Gnomey · 07-16-2009, 08:04 PM

Looks great so far Gutt!

Junkers88A1 · 07-16-2009, 08:14 PM

i am planning on doing all the squadrons that took place in the invasion..Kg 4 and Kg 100 with heinkels, several different squadrons with Ju 52.. I gruppe 76 with Me 110`s and so on..i have managed thru pictures to find all the correct fuselagecodes that i will use on the models.. so the codes you see on the pics will also be on the models.. will post pictures as i go.. but it will take some time making a whole airport. lol
also planning to make KLM`s Dc-3 that was located at the airport the same moring..and also a norwegian Ju 52 that the germans captured.. so its a pretty big project but i think the end resault will be good

as you see i have already started with the burnt out 52..and my friend is good on its way with two He 111.. also started cutting out the landscape at the museum.. just big plates of styrfoam at the moment.. working on some aerial maps that i will scale down so the runways and landscpe gets correct

when looking at the picture i just took i see the left wall need "trimming"

been adding some more details now..but now its bedtime

Heinz · 07-16-2009, 10:55 PM

Great work and great idea man

Capt. Vick · 07-16-2009, 11:11 PM

...of the jumble of planes. Does anyone else see a Junkers Ju 90 and a G38 airliner? Great picture and good luck with the dioramas!

07-16-2009, 04:25 PM	#4
imalko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia Posts: 1,302	Ambitious plan my friend and one which progress I will fallow with great interest. And I'm sure I won't be the only one... The burnout Ju 52 looks convincing. Did you actually burn the model? Wish you luck with your project. __________________ "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant."

07-16-2009, 04:30 PM	#5
Junkers88A1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Norway Posts: 1,100	thanks.. it will be a longrunning project..but it will be fun doing..and did actually burn the model..after i had chopped it to bits..the scratcbuild some parts and burned some more.. __________________

07-16-2009, 04:40 PM	#6
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 15,121	Great work Gutt...looking forward to the rest! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

07-16-2009, 05:19 PM	#7
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 13,964	With all here... __________________

07-16-2009, 05:25 PM	#8
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 9,030	Great work Mr.G! That's one heck of a project you've got going there, on top of all the others! I'm going to have to come to the museum to see it when it's finished. How many ...er..years from now?!! __________________

07-16-2009, 04:21 PM	#3
DBII Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,429	good job, DBII

07-16-2009, 07:31 PM	#10
Micdrow “Archive” Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,850	Great stuff there GF, Are you planning on making them to a certain squadron? __________________ "Valor does not mean Hero."

07-16-2009, 07:52 PM	#11
vikingBerserker Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,722	That is really a cool concept! __________________ "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it" "Those who dwell in the past, condemn the future"

07-16-2009, 08:04 PM	#12
Gnomey "World Traveller" Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Royal Deeside/St Andrews, Scotland, UK Posts: 15,214	Looks great so far Gutt! __________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts" Sir Winston Churchill "To him the People of the World Largely owe the Freedom and Liberties they Enjoy Today" Enscription on Hugh Dowding's (AOC Fighter Command 1936-40) statue in London WW2 Talk: A WW2 Discussion Forum My Photo Collections on Flickr

07-16-2009, 10:55 PM	#14
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 6,725	Great work and great idea man __________________

07-16-2009, 11:11 PM	#15
Capt. Vick Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Long Island, New York Posts: 159	Look closely at the aerial photo... ...of the jumble of planes. Does anyone else see a Junkers Ju 90 and a G38 airliner? Great picture and good luck with the dioramas! __________________ Jack Burton: I don't get this at all. I thought Lo Pan- Lo Pan: Shut up, Mr. Burton! You are not brought upon this world to get it!

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