Dornier 30 Operation Diana

[tigercat]

Following  the German capitulation of 1945 fanatical Nazi forces based in Norway continued to fight on nfor a further 18 months bolstered by units of the Waffen SS who had fled to Noway . Gradually pushed back to a pocket based round the town of Kirkenes. The final nail in their coffin was an internal rebellion led by the Führer der U-Boote Norwegen. Teddy Suhren. Leading Nazi are believed to have fled to Japan aboard 2 Dornier 30 flying boats Zyklon and Wirbelwind . The Wirbelwind was shot down by Russian fighters but the fate of the Zyklon is unknown.


The  Do 30, was of all-metal construction. The hull had a central keel and a defined step, and the wings were of gull wing configuration, being equipped with fully retractable narrow stabilising wing-floats as well as  Dornier's famous "water-wing" sponsons extending from the lower hull for lateral stabilization.

Its six engines, Junkers Jumo 205C diesel engines, were mounted in tractor/pusher pairs in three nacelles located . The rear (pusher) engines could be swung upwards through 10° during take-off and landing, to prevent contact between the three-blade airscrew and water spray created by the forward propellers. Only 6 were constructed for use by Lufthansa on the transatlantic mail run





 

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[Hobbes]

  That's quite ingenious.

[sequoiaranger]

Nice Flying Boat!

[Taiidantomcat]

Its a winner!

[tigercat]

Thank You all i started off wanting to do as near as possible to a Do 26 and it just kind of took on a life of its own.

[sequoiaranger]

I looked up the Do-26 kit build linked to Hyperscale (googled "Do-26" and found

hsfeatures.com/do26bt_1.htm  ) (* link to the left not showing up in hypertext, so you'll have to paste it into your browser, methinks---worth it!)

, and it looks like you combined at least two different flying boat kits to make yours.

I am less familiar with flying boats than I would like to be---which kits did you use, and where?

[tigercat]

The Hull is a Do 24
The Central Nacelle and inner wings are Do 18
The Outer Wings are Fairey Gannet
The outer engine nacelles are Defiant fuselages I had left over

[Doc Yo]

 It all flows together very nicely. Good inspiration, too-the Do 26 is one of the most beautiful flying boats ever
built. ( The rest of you, put down those cleavers. The SaRo Princess is still the prettiest. )

[Tuck]

LOVELY!~  Excellent idea and execution! 


Tuck