**** DONE: GB-42 1/72 Dornier Do 24T - MTO II

[Bustedwing]

User name: Bustedwing.
First name: Graham.
Category: Advanced
Manufacturer: Italeri Dornier Do24T
Scale: 1:72
Add ons: Some scratch building and PE belts

Well I was going to build my Italeri Me 323 Gigant for this built. I hear quite a few are at the bottom of the Mediterranean to this day. When I tried to find info on the plane depicted in the kit zilch. My next choice was the Dornier but again, when I tried to find info on the specific planes in the kit zilch again. Found quite a bit on the French version and the Spanish version offered in the kit but nothing on the three versions of Luftwaffe ones which is what I'm most interested in. I think I'll build the version marked "B". The version marked "A" appealed to me but I seem to have developed a slight aversion to yellow paint.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Graham. Must avoid those yellows....

Found this site but no KO+JT Luftwaffe-zur-See.de

 

[Airframes]

Great choice - nice to see something different.

 

[Bustedwing]

Great pictures. I found some on " Rod's Warbirds" as well. I think I'll just wing it. It's curious to see how clean and tidy the planes look. I would have thought there would have been more signs of heavy paint chipping and so on along the water lines. I plan on scratch building some beaching gear as well. The kit just comes with a clear plastic cheesy stand. At least I have a better idea what it looks like !

 

[A4K]

Nice one Graham!

I've got Falcon Clear Vax (vacform) canopies for her if you want to replace the kit glasswork.

 

[Donivanp]

Great to see this, quite different and interesting aircraft. The Gian would be really cool also.

 

[Wayne Little]

Mmmm...Interesting.

 

[destrozas]

good choice, even though I hate this plane !!!, I will never do it

 

[fubar57]

Nice

 

[Bustedwing]

good choice, even though I hate this plane !!!, I will never do it

I'm curious, how does one come to hate a plane ?

 

[Capt. Vick]

One killed his local hobby shop owner.

 

[Airframes]

And flew out all the stolen bacon !

 

[Bustedwing]

I suppose I could say I hated German cars, or the people that designed them. Wishy washy OBD2 systems and every year one of them would re-invent the bolt and you would have to buy another $40.00 Snap On socket to work on them. They never swiped any bacon though just killed a few brain cells !

 

[Bustedwing]

The rundown on the kit parts wise. Looks to be pretty good.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

A nice choice...

 

[swampyankee]

good choice, even though I hate this plane !!!, I will never do it

Just out of curiosity: why do you hate it?

 

[Bustedwing]

Nice one Graham!

I've got Falcon Clear Vax (vacform) canopies for her if you want to replace the kit glasswork.

Thanks for the offer. The cockpit glass is quite good, fairly thin and very clear, the port hole glass, a joke ! They stick out well past the frames and have divots in the middle. I tried filling them in with some future but they look awful !

 

[Crimea_River]

Maybe you can replace those with clear plastic bits punched out of packaging Graham.