I’m working on ICM’s 1/48 Ju 88A-4 Torpedo Bomber and was wondering what this item is. Any thoughts? TIA.
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—mike 
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Part of the torpedo aiming system according to what I could find.
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Thanks Ryan.
I was thinking the same thing due to its location below the bombardier’s seat.
Torpedo los! …
—mike
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I’m none the wiser how it worked, I don’t think they had any radar-aiming (?) It looked like a clear part in the main image but opaque in the inset, with at least one hatch opening behind the forward end (?)
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Hi Tim. Welcome to the wonderful world of ‘ICM Ju 88 variants!’
As I write this, I’m thinking the blister might be a cover for the torpedo release mechanism — not finding any solid info. in my searches thus far.
The long blister is actually moulded in opaque styrene. What looks like a hatch on the nose is a panel with a positioning tab for said part. The “Ju 88A-5 Bomber” variant differs here, as there would be a clear window in its place (see F18 in diagram below).
“Ju 88A-5” starboard interior assembly diagram.
Here’s an early shot of my work on the Ju 88A-4 interior with the lower nose opening covered-up.
Cheers! 
—mike
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I don’t know either. This link has some resources but my phone didn’t like the rabbit hole so I stopped digging.
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The two links:
http://www.deutscheluftwaffe.com/archiv/Dokumente/ABC/t/Torpedo/Luftruder%20L%202.html
Both links give warnings which I presume are caused by non-existent security certificates
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@ Ryan (Tank_1812) and @ Robin (Uncle-Heavy)
Thanks for the deep dive, very useful information. That about sums things up for now.
Cheers!
—mike
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