The aircraft is more or less finished, so on to the base.
If you take a look at my model of poor Flt. Sgt. Dennis Copping's Crashed P-40, which I posted earlier in this thread, you will see two obvious features.
1. His real aircraft ended up reasonably level on the desert floor.
2. The rudder and both elevators are stripped of fabric.
Now on to the JU-88.
Rather than model the aircraft in a similar pose to the P-40, and to use a rather course and lesser know building trade expression, I'm going to position the 88 'On The Scunt'
Also, thanks to Steve (stona) and unlike the fabric on the P-40, I am spared the difficult task of fabricating the skeletal remains of the bomber's rudder and elevators simply because he informed me the A-4 variant had an all metal surface.....Phew! His knowledge saved me from a mass of delicate and time consuming work. Again! Thanks Steve.
The base construction.....
I've used a 20mm sheet of scrap polystyrene from the packing of some sort of domestic appliance.
Using the same material, and to elevate one wing of the aircraft, I've built up a diddy escarpment using small off-cuts of the base.
I then coated the whole base in PVA. then whilst the surface was still wet, I sprinkled ordinary builder's sand all over the thing and let it dry. To this I've glued on the aircraft.
I forgot to mention I also worked in a bit of ordinary filler here and there.
Cheers.
Ron