"GERMAN ARROWS" - OFFICIAL DO-335 GB

MAgather

Sorry dude but the color chip just looks black in my screen but it's interesting about the color uses on this late bird. Please elaborate on the color scheme when you can as I'm about to start mine very soon.  I found this link with some good info: www.clubhyper.com/.../do335camomu_1.htm

You are doing one hell of a job on the landing gear, and the seat and instrument panel look fantastic. Are you doing a Tamiya 1/48? For my build I have the following resin sets: Quickboost rear engine, CMK front engine, exhaust pipes and engine panel, CMK rear top fuel tank. I will be opening up this Dornier to expose all the guts.

You are doing some awesome work there, Marty!

Thanks Guys,

Yes PJ, that is the Tamiya 1/48.  The panel is the unpainted Eduard set, after I tried to use the kit decal. I coudnt get it to lay down, so I just scraped and sanded and started over with the PE.  I've got the True Details weighted tires and the Ultracast exhausts.  I'm not opening her up as I haven't seen pix that way at Pax River.  

One last pic of the office assembly before I insert into the fuse.  If you look close, you can see that I plumbed all of the instruments with super thin copper wire, and then I bundled it and routed it through the bottom of the interior firewall.

Amazing work there! Very nice...

Thanks Rigid.  Junkie posted a pic in response to your comment on Testor's enamel in the little square bottles.  I don't have any 12 centers, but I got a couple of other price points here:

MA

Cool idea to store the small bottles. I store my paints in drawers in a small metal cabinet that the wife got me at Ikea. This little cabinet keeps everything organized and out of sight.

Not much to photograph for now since I started assembling the cockpit and getting things ready for paint. It's been a while that I haven't built a Tamiya kit and forgot how nice everything fits and how sharp the details are. I was also looking over the CMK and Quickboost resin parts and started cleaning the flash off from some of them.

plastickjunkie

and I have these two on deck for future GB

Mustang

Just looked and Ebay has a bunch of them

Hey Joe, Dragon also offers one wiht forward swept wings:

It just looks so nice  

SchattenSpartan

Hey Joe, Dragon also offers one wiht forward swept wings:

It just looks so nice  

John

MA... nice collection! I wish I had started a collection when I was a kid! Lol... Thanks for sharing.

Doug

Thanks everybody for the leads. I'm going to have to snake one of these 162's up!

plastikjunkie:I've got one of these Tamiya 335's in the stash with a double throw down Aires update kit w/2 engines and it's da bomb!! Won't happen this year or in 14 but maybe in 15 I'll build it.

PJ:

I got that cigar box 35 years ago or more and it's traveled with me everywhere.  I've got some other boxes as well, Just seemed to work for paints.  

MA

I'm surprised since the Germans were so meticulous that the IP wiring would be visible from the top front of the windscreen. The plumbing in the back of the IP looks great and I will borrow your method if you don't mind. I'm almost done with the cockpit and other details and will post some pictures when I finish them. Cool idea for using the old cigar box.

Mustang

I've had  this kit since 03 when it came out. I know what you mean about eventually getting to build a particular one. One of the oldest un built kits I have in my stash is the Testors/Italeri Puma that I got in 1979 and I'm presently working on it. 

PJ

Near as I can tell, the rear of the IP is visible below the front windscreen, and I just assumed that each instrument would have it's own plumbing. I like references, but they are particularly hard to come by for the 335. I'd love to sweet talk a docent at the NASM into letting me spend some time behind the stanchions with my camera and a couple of lenses. Doubt it will ever happen tho. Anyway, absent references, I just make educated guesses. My wing plumbing is a combo of a shot I saw and some creative speculation.

Mustang

I'm not sure how you've got a build calendar that goes out that far, but I'm either jealous or depressed. I sort of work by passion. What inspires me to build right now.  Thus when Clemens announce this, and my carrier entry was getting lots of ugly, I decided to switch gears back to a love 30+ years ago- Luft.

MA

You are correct in the IP wiring being visible, it's only logical as to how it sits in relation to the lower part of the windscreen. And I too would assume for each instrument to have a wire out back. I just found it curious that the Dornier boys couldn't be a little neater. Another example would be all the exposed engine plumbing visible thru the Dora's wheel wells.

MA

Found this link which  proves your IP wiring theory correct.

 http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=do335+cockpit&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=8B6480F0CC994EE2137AB239FC8092B7EFEEF8B1&selectedIndex=64

Made a lot of progress these last couple of days. I sprayed the office, rear engine compartments and front wheel well. Colors were 66 for the pit and 02 for the well and engine areas.

I also painted the IP, punched out the instrument decals with my micro punch and used Testors clear parts cement for the instrument lenses.

I added some Eduard belts to dress up the seat. I still have to paint a few more tiny details there.

The B-2 model carried an extra fuel tank in the bomb bay so I painted it black and instead of painting the straps aluminum, I cut some thin strips of metallic tape and attached them on

Extra fuel tank in the bomb bay

I was up till 3am last night doing major surgery on the fuselage cutting panels. I trimmed the resin pieces and got a preliminary fit to see how they look

The fit is pretty good and the details are very sharp and crisp. I also sliced off 1/2 of the front nose panels for the other Aires resin set.

These resin sets bring a ton of detail to the front and rear areas, including the exhaust pipes.

Looking very good, PJ!

There is some fine looking work going on here guys!  The addition of the metalic tape really looks sharp, RE your info on the exposed IP back, I've never understood why they were so sloppily fit like that, But have read and seen pictures (mainly on the 190s and 109s ) where a piece of canvas was used to cover these openings. I wonder if the Do335 was the same? Good info none the less...

Keep up the great work!

Doug

Thanks gents for the comments. It's been too quiet here so let me throw in a minor progress report.. Got all the resin parts soaked in degreaser and rinsed ready for some paint. I was playing around some more sanding, trimming and testing the fit of these parts. I laugh at the description of "Drop In" resin update, no such thing.

First I want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving Day  . I just have enough time to sneak in here between breaks from kitchen duty helping the misses out. Got the resin parts painted and still checking the fit of other parts like the mounts and exhaust pipes yet to be mounted. Unfortunately, the camera did not capture the subtle shading and highlighting of the engine bolts and other raised details. The front engine's firewall has a gap that I need to cover using thin plastic strips laminated to take up the void. Once the resin engines go on, I will add more plumbing with thin solder and wires. This is where I'm at:

PJ, awesome work there, that's a great looking build.

That's some sharp looking work for shure, PJ! You are doing a hell of a job on this one!

Happy thanksgiving to all of you!

PJ,

Great looking work!  Love the extra detail that the aires sets bring to a project.  Yours is looking spot on!!

Matt

Hey everyone,

Had fun building this.  So much fun I didn't take any more WIP pics.

I'm not ecstatic with the colors, (The green is a bit too green, and the Olive color is a bit too brown) but it came out nice enough.

Anyway, I figured I'd at least post the completed photos.

Thanks for hosting, Clemens!

Really good looking detail PJ. Outstanding work.

Cheers

Tony

Junkie:

Very nice work.  

And you too Sheptr The color issue is always a challenge.  Whose paint did you use?

OK, I had some major progress (or so I thought, then came here to see the other good work going on. )  

Earlier in my notes I threw some smack at Tamiya regarding the location and numbers of ejection pin marks. I'll stand by those comments, but WOW, do the big parts fit together nice.  A real quality model and that is for sure. 

Anyway, here are some WIPS of my fuse assembly:

This was Vallejo, Black Green and Brown Violet if I recall correctly.  

Can't fault the paint, had a major brain fart and didn't see how they would look before it was too late.