Dornier Do 335

Holger Kranich Hey Julian, please tell me how you like the AK stuff!
I´m eager to see how your 335 turns out!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri I've just painted the cockpit in RLM 66 and some parts in RLM 02. Even the paint may seem to be Vallejo manufactured, it's not ... the paint is much more thinner than Vallejo ... like Tamiya or Gunze (I'd rather say thinner). Three coats were needed for the cockpit. Let's see how they perform on airbrushing ,,, I'll keep posting on .....

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Some green stuff was need to correct blemishes. Also front propeller need to be corrected. One blade is facing backwards.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri I've not yet decided which plane to depict .... Maybe V9 prototype or any of the first A0 preseries ,,,,, According to the information I've got , both should be painted in 70,71,65 ,,,, Any help ?

Holger Kranich 70/71/65 should be fine, i think!

Holger Kranich You work with green stuff? Thats some cool putty!!!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri yeap ... I've got one tube of Green Stuff from one friend in the US and it's great stuff indeed !!!!
)))))

Julian Herrero aka Yuri So the I'll go for the V9 in 70,71,65 ,,,,,,,

Holger Kranich Depending on your choice of version, please mind that there are some panels in bare metal!

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Completed, at long last !!!!!! In the end I skipped some of my former proposals

Steve Hays Julian - I just picked up this kit from a local hobby store. Yours looks great and thanks for some of the tips. I'm using the Ammo Acrylics by Mig for my paint. I also found a great walk around of this airplane on a site www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/do335/do335_walk.shtml It's restored in a museum and the images are quite clear and close for details.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Thanks Steve , it builds nice although has some inaccuracies

Steve Hays I use flat black auto primer for all of my painting to add shadows and begin to get panel lines showing. I found a good online walk around for this aircraft at this website www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/do335/do335_walk.shtml

Wim van der Luijt I'm a sucker for Luft '46 stuff, so count me in!

Sebastian Meyner Welcome! Just checked the B-2 to realise something missing. Thank god I have 3 of the A-0 kits on order, so one kit will have to be donating spare parts

Dave Flitton Watching this one

Roland Sachsenhofer Very well done Thomas!

Thomas Bischoff Thanks Roland! It was much easier to build than the JRS Boat

Holger Kranich Hi Zimmermaniac! This kit is only recommend, if you are willing to work a lot on details because ther are non of them. Its a very old an in my oppinion very bad kit! Just be sure you have tons of putty at home! The only thing wich is very good are the decals. The rest ist only recommend for children to play with...

Zimmermaniac I know, I would never had bought it, but I was given it as a present...so I stached it

Holger Kranich Ok, i would do the same! But the decals are really nice, maybe you can use parts of them, when needed...

klonik well it has advantages, you can skip certain steps. Like dry fitting
as it does not fit, you can skip directly to creating braces, fittings and whatever else you need to push panels apart, pull closer or just add material where is none. Be positive

Alec K Gorgeous!

Thomas Bischoff looks great!

Erik Leijdens Thanks mates!

Kerber Very nice Arrow! I like it!

James C Very nice work mate.
I've been looking over your pictures for ideas as I'm tempted to make a start on mine shortly.
Is the nose weight included in the kit enough or could it do with having more added? Cheers!

Erik Leijdens Thanks James! Yes, the cylindrical nose weight is enough to hold it on it's nose wheel. But, when you want to add a resin aftermarket rear engine you should put in more I guess. Looking forward to your build mate!

James C Thanks Erik. Mine will be out of the box with the exception of canopy masks. Got all the paint, just need to pull my finger out as I've not sat at the bench for two weeks now.

Erik Leijdens Exactly as mine James, just some masks. Pull your finger out of the booze you drink often( ) and on to the bench!!

Sören Reifert Looks really nice Erik.

Alec K Wow, awesome build

Gary I like your scheme. Might use it on mine. Gary S.

Xavier B. Done !

Wim van der Luijt Very nice finish!

Xavier B. Thanks Wim !

Choppa Nutta yeah came out great

Clifford Keesler Excellent job.

Erik Leijdens Awesome! Very beautiful build

H K For the future, please add the link to the other one.
And no, this is NOT a duplicate. Check the DML logo- so " Changed box" is correct.

Wim van der Luijt One of my favorite planes! Count me in!

Sebastian Meyner Same here! A master piece of german engineering. Can't wait to start !!!

Sebastian Meyner Hi Wim van der Luijt...started today and it's going really good so far! I simply love Tamiya quality.

Dave Morris Please visit the album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Good job ..... you got a lot of work !!! I know because I did the same quite a loon time ago. Keep on

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Julian Herrero aka Yuri It seems you've been able to finnish it.... good job!!
Quite unusual deco, by the way ....

Christian Ristits Very cool, like it very much!

Holger Kranich Moin Berni,

nahoffentlich möchtest Du von der Revell/Monogramm Do nur die Decals benutzen!

Torsten Wendt Da schau ich mal rein

Wim van der Luijt Count me in!

berni @holger du hast recht, ich würde nur die decals verwenden. Vielleicht noch die figuren. Der rest gehört in ein museum.

Holger Kranich You lucky...s....hmpfgrmblgrummel...

Thomas Mayer Oh Holger! You can get one, too, soon! Just a few weeks and it get available!
I had a close look at the parts and the detail on them: Un-be-liev-eable!!!
Thinking about getting another one...

Holger Kranich I can imagine that its just a delicate kit with delicate Details...

Thomas Mayer It is! And it is cheaper than the competitor kit! Man, you really get a bang for your money with the ZM kit!

antonio coral it´s my fight with this Lindberg´s kit...

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Back to modelling since a very long hiatus with this OOB project to test the new acrilyc paints from AK interecative. I'm also testing some nail files from Mariannaud and Sephora ,,, quite useful, btw .....

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Hi again .... Just found that there are two big mistakes in this kit : Front propeller (one paddle is reverserd) and horizontal stabilisers (both are equal .. so one is facing the wrong way).
for the propler I'll serch in my spares box . For the stabilizator I must file the actuators and check the plans.

Julian Herrero aka Yuri I finnished sanding and covered the 'offending' parts with a couple of coats of RLM 65. More pictures soo

Julian Herrero aka Yuri Completed ... at long last !!!!!!

Holger Kranich How great is that???
The destroyer version in 32´nd scale!
And i suppose it wont be as expensive like Zokei-Mura´s issue!

Thomas Mayer At 170 to 200 Euros??? Did you ever had a look into the box?

Thomas Mayer Did work on some parts the last days; I never ever would spend this much money on this kit...

Holger Kranich Oh why that? No good Quality of the parts? Or bad part breakdown?

Thomas Mayer Good thing is: the surface detail as rivets and panel lines is simply stunning! But: first thing I noticed have been the main wheels with balloon-like bulges. Absolute crap. I threw them away...

The engines are nice representations. Not over the top, but nice.

The front radiator, very visible, has no sign of a mesh structure. This is a major flaw for me. Easily corrected by a Profimodeller PE set, that adds to the price of this kit. Why???

The rear engine bay has a floor and a simplified bulkhead. No other detail. Easily corrected by the same Profimodeller set that adds to...

Most parts I so far had worked on needed to get rid of more or less mould seams and mismatch, resembling a good Italeri kit. Indeed when browsing the sprues I immediately had the impression to look at a well done Hasegawa kit. But such a Hasegawa kit costs less then the half of this one!

So far I got the kit back into the box to work on other stuff.

Thomas Mayer I almost forgot:

The PE set included in this kit is a laugh. Just the rear engine radiator mesh looking like an afterthought and simplified seat belts I surely will replace.

The rear engine cooling outlets have no interior. The cooler flaps just hide large holes. The above mentioned Profimodeller set is an improvement here, that adds to...

The muzzle break for the wings canons are looking crude. I will replace mine with Eduard´s BRASSIN pieces, which add to...

If you look at the available after market stuff for this kit, especially from Profimodeller and Eduard, you see how much could / should improved for such a high-praised kit. But this depends on the individual modeller.

For me, and this is my personal opinion only, the price asked for this kit is disproportionate. Other´s mileage may vary...

Holger Kranich ...just erased it from my wishlist...!

Holger Kranich When i read the Reviews about the B-17 or the B-25 i was happy to see such big and well detailed models. But your description is a fist in the face for HK Models. I was Aware that the muzzles has to be replaced but i didnt faced that this is not all to be replaced...!

Holger Kranich Thank you for your Point of view, Thomas. Much appeciated!

Thomas Mayer You are welcome, Holger!

I also read some of the honest reviews, if there are any. Also some WIPs. But having the kit at hand I am sorry to say that it doesn´t meet my expectations, especially in regards to the price asked for it.

Last weekend I have seen HKM´s Meteor kit for about 74 Euro. For me that´s the maximum price I would pay for the Do 335...

Holger Kranich Especially when you mind all the additionals you have to buy...

Now i´m Scratching my forehaed and think about ZM´s 335...

Thomas Mayer Me, too. At least we will have a chance to compare those two kits.

Sören Reifert Finally!
Got it as a present from a buddy from Romania!

Holger Kranich Ahh, sehr cool!

Sören Reifert Jap hab mich auch gefreut wie ein kleines Kind

Kerber Nice airplane and nice work on the kit too!

arne vd burg Thank you kerber

Mats Bengtsson Excellent paint job. Very well done Arne.

arne vd burg Thx Mats

Gerald Willing

soheil moghisi Very nice job.

Antonio R Great work

arne vd burg Thx Soheil and Antonio

Erik Leijdens Rob the camo looks nice but the pictures could be much better hey.. The focus is on the background since it's very busy . I think it's time to clean up your desk. But if you want i can come by and make some pictures with my camera and with a proper background.

Rob van Dodewaard Sounds good Erik,
i think that it is best when the model is finished. I let you know

arne vd burg I really like the paint job Rob .Did you use the Taurus 300 for it ?

Veli-Matti Sivonen Do-335 is one of my favourite planes. I´ll be watching your progress with great interest.

Rob van Dodewaard I did Arne. it is a good airbrush for this work. I also use it for portret airbrushing so it is a good one

Martien Lourens

Wim van der Luijt Hey Rob, After seeing this up close I can say you really need to take some more pictures of it!

Rob van Dodewaard I wil Wim it may take a while.You have seen my workspace. I have to clean it first

Antonio R Lo vorrei prendere, lo consigli come modello

Cristian Bordina Antonio è un bel modello, buon livello di dettaglio, non ricordo se le pannellature sono in negativo o in positivo...oggi in pausa pranzo lo guardo e ti dico meglio. L'unico difetto, come tutti i Revell, sono le decals, che sono molto delicate e inclini all'effetto silvering.

Antonio R Grazie per il l'informazione, spero di poterlo trovare a giro perché ne su ebay o il mio negozio locale lo visto, secondo Scalemates e un repackaging di quello della Dragon, s questo e vero allora e un buon modello.

Cristian Bordina Antonio, ho controllato, effettivamente è un gran bel kit, pannellature in negativo (quindi incise) bel dettaglio e possibilità di farlo con i motori parzialmente a vista. Le decals non sono le solite pessime revell ma sono molto simili a quelle dell'italeri (infatti sono stampate in Italia). Se ti può essere utile ho trovato questo su ebay
Ebay.it Item - REVELL 04324 Dornier Do 335 A 1a Pfeil 1 72 neu versiegelt Kombiversand moglich
oppure questo della Dragon con possibilità di proposta d'acquisto
Ebay.it Item - 1 72 DRAGON DORNIER DO 335 A 1 PFEIL
Una buona giornata.

Antonio R Grazie per i link ora vedo un po' ne ho già uno Do335 della dragon forse mi faccio coraggio e mi prendo un tamiya ma poi vedo, al momento ho troppo Stash e devo incominciare a smaltire.

Gustavo Antonelli Antonio è in realtà un remake di kit di Dragon. Lo raccomando, senza dubbio.
Basta essere attenti sulle radici delle ali, bisogno di qualche lavoro.

Antonio R Gustavo Grazie mille per il suggerimento, nel mio stash ho un Do 335 della Dragon quindi il tuo avviso e più che ben venuto.
Ho un progetto di un vecchio Do 332 della Lindberg che sta mettendo a dura prova le mie capacita di Modellista spero ceh venga fuori qualcosa di decente al momento come dice a casa mia "l'è un casino" .
Quinidi volevo prenderne un altro, e ho visto quello della Revell e grazie Cristiano che mi ha confermato che è un buon modello, stavo guardando se prenderlo o no.

Cristian Bordina ah ah ah...di kit assurdi ne so qualcosa...avevo la fissa del Breda BA.65 e senza informarmi ho comprato il kit della RCR (penso l'unico in commercio). E' allucinante...penso non riuscirò a farlo mai.

Erik Leijdens Die ga ik volgen

Carlos Medrano Looking forward to this one Arne!

Rob van Dodewaard ik zie dubbel moet nog een gevolg van de narcose zijn twee do 335's tegelijk wauw te gek.
het is dat ik nu volop in de FE2-c zit anders zou ik spontaan met de tweezitter nachtjager meedoen maar ik volg deze helemaal Top jongens

arne vd burg Link to his do335 www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=14213&p=albums&album=21083

arne vd burg Me 2 Carlos medrano
would have been fun Rob if you should join.

Erik Leijdens Indeed Rob, lay your FE2-C aside and join us!!

Rob van Dodewaard It is not my habbit to stop in the middle of a build but since i have painted alle the wood structures with oil paints and this will need a long time to dry And off course your gentle pushing me together with Erik I will start the conversion of the two seater to a nightfighter (whatelse) But i am afraid that i need a lot more time . But it will be nice to build it with the three of us

Rob van Dodewaard So there I go I joined the dark side(hahahaha)

arne vd burg Haha

arne vd burg lost the clearpart sprue
I filled in a form at tamiya gemany tamiya.de/de/service/kontakt.htm .
Has anyone here experience with missing tamiya parts? Did i contact the right way ?

Erik Leijdens I did exactly the same thing Arne when i thought i missed the metal cockpit floor from the Heinkel 219, well i have 2 of those now.. Anyway, Dicky Tamiya can replace the part for you but it may cost some money. Not much

Claudio Corral del Castillo Still have a lot of work! One question: the exhausts are in rust, or in alluminium?

Claudio Corral del Castillo Cockpit finished!

Vegard Øksenholt Good work Painting it with brush?

soheil moghisi Beautiful.

Erik Leijdens What a unique paint scheme. well done

Rob van Dodewaard Indeed a unique scheme and nice to see another do 335 as far as I know this makes four

Ben STONE Yep, nice camo, this would look good on many planes especially "What If" projects.

Erik Leijdens Goed bezig Rob!!

Rob van Dodewaard Jullie anders ook hoor Vandaag wat kunnen doen namelijk de motor ruime uitsnijden nu alles pas maken hierin en dan verder

Erik Leijdens Je maakt er weer een hoop extra werk van Rob. Ik ben maar saai met OOb . Als ze alledrie klaar zijn een trio foto zeg ik

Rob van Dodewaard Dat staat

Bart Goesaert luckily this one is rather expensive, but the nightfighterversion... aaaaaaaaaaaaahhr..

MoJo wait, next year... perhaps

Kelly Wellington And, like....did I need this? No.

But it's a 'Dornier'.

But it's NOT a seaplane, it's a fighter.

Well, I've got it any way.

Kelly Wellington O....my....dawg....

It vaulted me to 400. My 400th kit is an obscure late WWII Luftwaffe fighter.