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One
of the most rare aircraft that flew at the end of the WW2 was the Do 335, design
by Dr. Claudius. It was one of the must controversial machines that the
Luftwaffe had at that time . The Do 335 was modified into a number of variants:
day fighter, heavy fighter, night fighter and bomber and trying, but
unfortunately it was another case of too little too late.
The
best models that was available of the Do 335 in the late 80's and early 90's was
the DML / Dragon Models versions, but the only bad thing for me was that the kit
is made in 1/72 scale.
I
am a 1/48 modeler, the Monogram version needs a lot of modification and the
wasn't any aftermarket kits available for this models. So I love the design and
I decide to collect all 4 versions. As always happened in the modelers life, you
finish a model and a new one arrives on the market. Today Tamiya has released a
wonderful model in 1/48 and there are a lot of conversions from CMK, Aires, and
Eduard to make all the models that you want.
These
are my first two models of my collection of 4. The first one that I built was
the Do 335 A1. I decide to modify the control surfaces of the tail and drop the
flaps and open the access doors for the engines. The assembly was very easy, but
I have a few problems with the lack of weight in the nose.
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I
painted the underside in Aeromaster RLM 65 and the upper surface Aeromaster RLM
81. I used masking tape to provide the camouflage pattern, then applied
Xtracolor RLM 82 to complete the upper camouflage colors. I did the weathering
with a combination of chalks.
For the second
version I do it “Out of the Box” DML 5009 Dornier 335-A6 Night
Fighter, DML-5010 and apply the Aeromaster RLM 65 to all the kit and the made a
blue gray spot of the camouflage patron.
I also use
chalks to do a little weathering to the exhaust, the canon and the paneling. For
what I know this Night Fighter version never flow its more like a Lutf 46 air
plane.
The only
disappointing that I found in this kits are the cockpit the don’t have any god
detail in the control panels and don’t have any seat bells. But you can
correct this with the Eduard or Airwaves PE kits.
The art of the
Box are excellent and plane assembly very smooth it have few details in PE and a
very good engines for a plastic kit. This kits were finish in December of 2002
This will be a
nice models for your collection. If you like to make any comets feel free to
contact me
Saludos desde
Venezuela
Gil
Ricardo
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