Revell Dornier 335 In Progress

cthulhu77 · March 14, 2009, 04:47:17 PM

great work deserves a good glass of wine ! you deserve an entire bottle for this one, it is beautiful !

Allan · March 14, 2009, 09:59:33 PM

Thank you 77,
Much progress today Sunday 15 March!!!!! Undercarriage superglued on, with the doors to follow and then some bits and pieces and she's finished and believe me I never thought I would get to this stage of this project. The support of my Whiffer brothers has been invaluable, but we're not finished yet, almost at the finish line.
Allan in Canberra

Allan · April 04, 2009, 04:47:00 PM

Rear prop on and drying
Allan in Canberra

sotoolslinger · April 04, 2009, 05:24:33 PM

Delightful

Allan · April 05, 2009, 02:28:13 AM

Thank you Slinger.
The photos explain the situation, but now that I know how much weight is needed to make the plane sit on its nose all I have to do is take the weights to a fishing tackle shop and buy one sinker.
Allan in Canberra
The fuel tank is now on-not weathered, of course, as they were often used once. I've used white glue to attach it, so I can easily remove it later on if I get to urge to replace it with a bomb.

Brian da Basher · April 06, 2009, 02:19:42 PM

Coming along splendidly, Allan! I really like the contrast between the clean drop tank and the weathering on the aircraft. I liked how you explained it too. I think it's little touches of reality like that which really keep the self-proclaimed "experts" guessing.

Looks like you're almost at the finish line!

Go, Allan!

Brian da Basher

Allan · April 09, 2009, 03:40:13 AM

Thanks Brian, almost there.
Here's the engine cowling. I've decided to not weather this in order to add a little interest to the plane. It's dull to have the whole plane weathered to the same extent-sometimes it must have happened that something was replaced in the plane.
And I almost forgot to paint the little area inside the cowling, so here it is. I used silver mixed with gloss black and then sprayed with Testors Dullcoat, my fav. I've found that for small areas of engine you can get away with mixing flat with gloss and then thinning it with petrol.
Allan in Canberra

cthulhu77 · April 09, 2009, 04:49:43 AM

I know this has been a labour of love, but seriously, this is absolutely fantastic, one of the best what-ifs of all time !

Good idea to mix up the finishes, it will look like the cowl was a replacement or something. Great!

sequoiaranger · April 09, 2009, 09:01:02 AM

I like how your photo (below) captured the instant of impact of this Kamikaze Do-335 plunging into your work table. The nose has been partially buried already!

Photo interpretation and kidding aside, nice whif!

Allan · April 09, 2009, 06:09:24 PM

Thank you Ranger and 77,
Here're the wingtip gun barrels in position. They're just short pieces of rod painted grey and matt varnished. One barrel measures 1 mm shorter than the other, but I'll leave it like that and hope no one notices. Can't be bothered sanding it and fear that it will snap off if I try.
Allan in Canberra

cthulhu77 · April 09, 2009, 06:20:43 PM

Tell them it is to counter the torque. JMN's fall for that every time.

Allan · April 09, 2009, 06:50:05 PM

(Laughs) Yes, I'll try that.
Allan in Canberra

sotoolslinger · April 10, 2009, 06:47:47 AM

Looking super Allan

Allan · April 11, 2009, 03:39:36 AM

Went to the mall today and bought some sinkers shaped like little torpedoes (see photos)-price reduced from A$2 to A$1.50, so a good bargain as I may need some for my 1/72 scale Sabre that I want to model in the markings of Gerhard Barkhorn, but Luftwaffe, not post-war German air force.
Bashed two of them flat with a hammer and superglued them together. Placed them in the nose of the Dornier and poured in some white glue. Then put the nose of the plane on top to check that there is enough weight to allow the plane to sit on its nose wheel. Everything seems to be OK. Pehaps finished tomorrow?!

Allan in Canberra