Dornier Do-217K-1 by Papa - FINISHED - Revell - 1/72 - PLASTIC

[Roger Pellett]

I bought a set of brushes for painting military miniatures.  Included were Liner brushes in several sixzes.  These are longer than usual with a pointed tip.  

 

Roger

 

[Javlin]

Yes the glazing passes mustard now

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice job!  That canopy looks cool, but the modeler in me cringes at how difficult it was to paint.  Excellent work!

[Papa]

She has 2 wings now😁

[Landlubber Mike]

Looking great!

[Papa]

Tried my and at the weird camo. I think it came out OK

[Landlubber Mike]

That came out great!  I see those camo schemes and wonder if I’d ever be able to pull off such a complicated paint job.  Did you use an airbrush?

[Papa]

The base coat, a light blue Tamiya color, was brushed on. 2 coats with a very light sanding between. The dots were done with a micron pen (picture).  I drew a wiggly line of single dots and then redid the same line about 2 more times at a slight offset. The trick is not to get too repetitive or create obvious repeated patterns.  It went remarkably fast.   I have never been successful with an airbrush.  They always clog up before any paint actually comes through. And it takes forever to clean them out.  All of this is probably due to operator error and ignorance. 

[Papa]

The engines are in place.  The landing gear and some small details (which I would surely break off if not done at the very end) and the decals  are all that’s remaining.  I am going to finish her before returning to the Morgan.

[Old Collingwood]

That is looking so nice.

 

OC.

[Papa]

13 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

That is looking so nice.

Thank you. 

[Papa]

The landing gear is in. A bit messy as the mounting points were about 5-10 Planck units wide, and the plastic so thin that a single glance would bend it in half.  I’m waiting for the paint to dry before installing the landing gear doors. These have no mounting points at all😬

[Papa]

For you non-physicists, one Planck length is about 0.000000000000000000000000000000000016 meters (should be 34 0s if I counted correctly)

[Canute]

Like fur on a gnat's backside, eh?

[Egilman]

1 hour ago, Canute said:

Like fur on a gnat's backside, eh?

No, smaller....

[popeye the sailor]

winter camo........came out great to me       I've been tempted,  but never felt I could ever pull it off.   super job.......it will look real good with the insignias in place    does this one sport the letter codes that the Germans were noted for?   I have a book that I think you might want to add to your collection........

it cover many planes that they flew in the war.......gets even more interesting when it talks of how captured allied planes played a role in some of the missions

[Papa]

12 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

 does this one sport the letter codes that the Germans were noted for

I haven’t yet paid much attention to the decals. I’ll be starting them today, and maybe I can figure out if there are letter codes.  
I originally purchased this kit for 2 reasons: 1 it was on sale for about $12, and 2: it looked interesting. I don’t really try to “collect” any specific type of aircraft. Just whatever appeals to me at the moment. 
Thank you for the compliment on the camo. I didn’t  know it was “winter” camo.  I was, to be honest, quite puzzled as to what it was supposed to be.

The book looks interesting, but we are trying to reduce our collection of stuff, not add to it😁. Maybe I can find it in the library. 

[Papa]

Many of the decals are too tiny to distinguish from the camo and the decals on the undercarriage are all black and I painted the undercarriage black.  So I’m only going to use the larger decals on the wings and fuselage 

[Papa]

Finished.  Now back to the Charles W Morgan

[Old Collingwood]

Very nice work.

 

OC.

[mtaylor]

Definitely looks the part.   Ready for the hanger now.

[marktiedens]

Looks ready for take-off!

 

 

Mark

[Canute]

Very nice job.

[Papa]

Thank you all for the nice comments. 

[popeye the sailor]

great camo for bombers.........most winter camo was made up of flat black blotches on a lighter color backing........light blue to the lighter shades of gray.   there was no modulation on the blotches,  primarily what made it so interesting.   bombers were common with the camo pattern that you chose...not sure if it was done to distinguish the difference.   it's the perfect camo for nighttime bombings     the decals worked well with the underbelly color you chose.   superb looking model.......airbrush would have to use a fine tip and the paint would need to be retarded,  so to keep the paint from drying as it leaves the nozzle.   I once built a Heinkel 219 'Owl'........I haven't seen this kit in a long time.   I've seen other kits that probably came from the same moulds though.   

 

it's a very beautiful model  

[Edwardkenway]

Very nice work and a great looking bomber 👍

[Landlubber Mike]

Nice work, great job!  Even more impressive that you did it at such a small scale!

 

[Javlin]

Very Nice and an excellent solution for the camo Kevin

[Papa]

21 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

it's a very beautiful model

Thanks. I’ve never been successful with an air brush.  I probably need a good instructor; but you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.