Dornier flying boats

[Weaver]

As far as I know, there are kits of the Do.18 and Do.24 and as Chrisonord has pointed out, the latter is begging to be turbopropped into a Do.24ATT. What else?





What about kits of the Do.26 (the one with two push-pull engine pairs)? I saw a vac-form go on ebay the other day and Mach 2 did one (see below) - any more?

Mach 2 Do.26 build by Bryan Tucker on Hyperscale: http://hsfeatures.com/do26bt_1.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_26

http://www.historicaircraft.org/Other-Country-Aircraft/pages/Dornier-26-2.html

Incredibly pretty aircraft....

[jcf]

Huma did a military JII Wal in 1/72nd and there is the old (but actually quite nice) 1/144th Do X that has been released under several labels.
Combat Models also do a 1/72 vac of the Do X, however, rarely was model company better named.

Here is the list of 1/72 flying boat models from the Seawings site:
http://www.seawings.co.uk/kitlisting.htm


The Do 24ATT would be a massive conversion, but it would be an interesting build.

[chrisonord]

The Do 24 att is going to be a future project of mine, as I succumbed to getting one from Kingkit. Unless you want to make an exact replica of the one I put a picture up of, you could either make your own turbo prop engine pods, or use some from a conversion set. I was wondering if some from the turbo Dakota might do the job.
Chris.   

[jcf]

Hi Chris, how do you plan on doing the wing? or are you going to use the kit wing and just re-engine?

For those wondering what is being referenced:


Loads o' pics:
http://www.dornier24.com/pages/Do-24ATT.html

[chrisonord]

Hya John,
I will be using the kit wing, purely for ease of conversion and to keep it that little bit more original. Unless there is another wing that could be used, but I think my first idea would be the better option. I plan on doing a Blohm and Voss 138 as a turbo prop also.
Chris.

[chrisonord]

The DO 24 arrived today from Kingkit, and looking at the kit, I would say that converting the engines to turbo props is the least of my worries.
The DO 24 ATT has landing gears, this kit however does not, and will need a fair bit of modification to give it some that look right.
Still a nice looking kit non the less.
Chris.