Dornier Do 335

Rui S
Very nice weathering 👍

Walter Barretos
Thank you very much!

Kerry COX
Knowing what the Germans were going through at the end of the conflict and their low access to 'war material', a ply wood skinned experimental aircraft was well within their realm. 👍
'What if' indeed. ! 🙂
A fantastic result and a vivid imagination. 👍
I love it. 👍 A stunner. 😉

Spanjaard
why not? looks great!

Łukasz Gliński
That looks lovely (OK, except for the Gustavs wire), like a much nicer kit than they used to say 👍

Neuling
Beautiful colors! And a nice trio ........

Treehugger
Oh, wow, I thought the Me-262 was larger. 🙂

Treehugger
Q: Is there a benefit to having a silvery surface under the green paint, or is it just for the chipped paint effect?

★ Starfish ★
@Treehugger I couldn't see any other benefit than easier chipping! Maybe the paint appears a bit lighter afterwards but you could also just prime in a light color for that...

Rui Da Silva
@OttovonLindberg I suspect the varnish is the problem. I couldn't get the lid off a new jar of Tamiya XF-86 Flat Clear, even using hand tools. Frustrated, I resorted to Pebeo Artist Acrylic Matt Varnish that I use for architectural models. I diluted with a little distilled water for better flow because my largest airbrush is 0.3 mm. I applied a couple of coats and let it dry. It look amazing; the paint matted down nicely, made the camo lines crips and the decals looked sprayed on. However, as mentioned, about two days later the blotching started to appear🙁 On investigation I discovered that Pebeo instructions recommended applying it to a relatively thick finish that has cured for a week or two! Who has time for that LOL 🙂

Chaz Gordon
Hot tap water (not boiling) will help with the tamiya jar issue. just leave the jar under a running hot tap, until the jar heats up, and it should be easier to open. Also Trumpeter make a grip tool for these jars. When you get the jar open, clean the threads of the glass jar with some damp scouring pad, and clean the inside of the lid out under the hot tap. I've got a couple hundred jars of tamiya acryllic that are 26 years old (the paint as well as the jars), and have managed to resurect and re-use jars this way.

Alexander Grivonev
That is a pretty darn good job for "practicing" 👍

OttovonLindberg
I definitely agree that it's the varnish, I think you are very lucky because it is an interesting effect! Imagine if it was white splotches instead!

Neil Patrick
Thank you for the kind words. Things have slowed a bit on the Tiffie because I decided foolishly to scatchbuild the rockets and rails, so 8 parts from the box have become 64 tiny pieces! But I'm nearly there and will post pics soon. But even OOB, it can built to a very nice model and there are plenty of very nice OOB builds of it here on SCM.

playtime 222
Arrow looking good so far. Keep going!

Cuajete
Looking good so far!