Ju 390 kitbash from the Revell?

I've looked at the drawings, having contemplated the same thing. Get two 290 kits, and lengthen the fuselage and the inboard wings. A little puttering with the turrets, and you're home free. Kim M

Just out of curiosity, how many JU-390's were actually built??

Bill Shuey

Robert Lundin wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@telia.com:

The 390 was a "scaled up" version of the 290 with 6 1,700 HP BMW 801D engines vice 4 in the 290.

Comparitive figures.

Ju 290 Ju 390 Length 95' 7.75" 110' 2.75" Width 137' 9.5" 181' 7.25" Wing area 2,191.6 sq ft 2,841.77 sq ft

There were 2 prototypes built, both of which flew in 1943. The 2nd prototype flew from an airfield near Bordeaux to about 12 miles off the East Coast north of New York City.

Lotsa luck!

I was thinking about it if it was just the wings. I better see if I can finish the Bv 222 and the Ju-290 before I think anymore about a 390. Who did the vac, Contrail or Airmodel? Cheers,

Keeper (of too much crap)

Combat, ID, Frank and Contrail.

Oh, and Toad Resins in, uh resin.

Tom

Certainly one, probably two. The V3 was apparently never completed. the V1 and V2 differed in fuselage length, and the latter was armed. It was supposedly the one that flew almost all the way to America some time in early 1944.

Mark Schynert

It's a little tougher than that, because the windows change from five or six rectangles on each side to over a dozen port hole shapes. That's to build a V-1. The V-2 requires a second fuselage extension forward. OTOH, if the RG kit represents the Ju 290A-4 or A-5, you're home free on the turrets, since the armament was supposedly the same for the Ju 390V-2.

Mark Schynert

Oh, I've always wanted to do that - but in 1/48 ;-) I think I'll have to settle for the Revell 1/72 models, though... And yes, it was basically a stretched version, so it should be pretty easy. Duplicate the innermost section of the wings, and lengthen the fuselage. The most critical part appears to be the windows, since they were rectangular in the Ju 290A-5 but round in the Ju 390...

Look for a post I made one December 28th claiming that a major modeling company was going to release a 1/48 Ju 290/390 kit. (it was on December 28th as response to those posts from April 1st, which in this country is just a meaningless date)

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remove the "no_me_j." and "sons.of." parts before replying

"and whadda ya know? We ran outa gas and had to turn back"

Kim M

I guess I shoulda been more specific, just the 390, I seem to remember Airmodel? Cheers,

Keeper (of too much crap)

Um, that is the list of the firms that did the 390.

Tom

Wow! Can you imagine carting the Toad resin to a contest? Maybe I'll find a vac at the Nationals this year. Thanks,

Keeper (of too much crap)

Could you imagine a Toad Resins 390 that wouldn't be all warped & distorted? What was their prob anyway?

From my understanding, keeping resin from warping in a large mold is tough. I think I could try a Frank-Airmodel or a Contrail but probably not the Combat. Cheers,

Keeper (of too much crap)

Even their small molds were warped. I built their FW Project something, about P-61 size & nearly never got it straight & true. Their Ju-488 wings got replaced with Matchbox Ju-388 wings they were so warped. We're not talking large parts here. Planet doesn't have that problem.