**** FINISHED: 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 down to the crunch but this bad boy is getting signed off on. A great kit that rapidly turned into a bit of a horror show, a lot of it due to my lapse in working on it and going into a bit of " rush" mode. Some of it due to no locating holes for the wing struts and crappy decals. The underside "K" disintegrated while trying to place it so I ended up painting it on. One of the wing struts was too short and I had to lengthen it. Wing tip to ground one side was 6mm, other side 8mm. Took a bit of work to get that sorted out but all in all I'm happy with it. Not for the queasy though !

 

[fubar57]

A great looking buzzer beater Graham. Well done

 

[Crimea_River]

So glad you were able to finish it Graham. A great looking model!

 

[nsmekanik]

Beauty

 

[Airframes]

Very nice indeed - great work Graham.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

For all the little setbacks, it scrubbed up pretty damn good, well done.

 

[Mainly28s]

Very nice!

 

[Gnomey]

Good work!

 

[jetcal1]

Beautiful bit of workmanship. Congratulations.

 

[Bustedwing]

Thanks all. It really is a nice kit. A lot of the problems I ran into with it were my own fault. It kind of wound up on the back burner, I don't spend a lot of time on models over the summer. Then when I realized the deadline was as close as it was I kind of went into panic mode and started rushing things which is usually a recipe for brain pain !

 

[rochie]

i love it, great build !

 

[Jock Tamson]

Very impressive model, very well done!

 

[Crimea_River]

Same here Graham. Though it worked well here, please don't rush a build to make a GB deadline. We do usually extend the deadline when needed, though generally not more than 2 or 3 weeks. I try to post a warning 1 to 2 weeks before the end to allow everyone to either finish up, say "screw it", or ask for an extension. The prize money sucks and is not worth ruining a nice build.

Many GB's aren't long enough for my style either and I've left several builds half done, especially the summer ones.

 

[Airframes]

Yep, same here. I have at least thee GB entries yet to be finished.

 

[Bernhart]

lovely looking aircraft

 

[le_steph40]

Original and great build !