Gpm - dornier do-335 A0 pfeil - 1:33

[miamiangler]

Looks good to me . Remember there`s no such thing as a perfect model .

[dje]

Hi guys, I'm back !

Hey, I know, anything can be perfect, still I was expecting to do better.
Now that glue and paint dried, I agree it's not the "disaster" I though first but it's still upsetting because this model is well done and in fact not really hard, It's not ugly, It will definitively stand on my showcase, still I know I should have done better.

So what I've done.
First ailerons, flap, elevator and top rubber are in place. Lower rubber is done but I will glue it last to avoid the model to rest on it.
Then exhaust pipes. I usually do them. Looking for some books I found a resin kit in 1:32 on a well know on-line shop. Not cheap - around 8€ with shipping - I was intrigue enough to get one. Casting is well done, just some papersand on borders to do. Thought not exactly the same, I decided to use them.
Last canopy. I used one from gpm - just available recently - . The shape fit perfectly.

Working on the gears and compressors, A+

[miamiangler]

Nice starting to look like an anteater.

[Erik Zwaan]

Well done, dje. The canopy and exhausts look great.

Erik

[rockpaperscissor]

Magnificent. I still don't see what you're talking about with the wing placement. It must be one of those miniscule mistakes that we all make. To the builder it's like a giant angry pimple on the end of the nose. To the viewer, it's invisible.

[Longbow]

dje,
I can't see the problem at all.
This is a beauty !

[dje]

hi guys,
a little more work on the landing gear. Started the gear's doors too.
More little parts than usual but nothing really hard. Parts fit well, I laminated some of then. I was a little concern with the main landing gears stability but it's designed well to. Build around a 1mm rod and put on few mm of cardboard, it won't bend
Gears are of course resin

For the wing, angle at the fuselage is too sharp. I totally agree, minuscule mistakes mostly not noticeable but if you know the plane you can tell there something wrong , anyway, isn't what paper modelling is ?, always competing with yourself to be better every time

bye!

[Don Boose]

Looks like superb craftsmanship to me. The fuselage is remarkably smooth and the undercarriage is wonderfully detailed, clean, and precise.

Don

[dje]

final work !

No problem with the two compressors, look a little technical but they are just routine to make. Same with the rear gear's doors. For them I would recommend to double the cutting (what I didn't do) in order to get a smoother curve. A little issues with the front landing gear. All weight is on the joint between the 'arm' and the 'hand', It's re-enforced but if you look at the picture you can see it's bending. Since it's minimal I let it for now but I would recommend to use a stronger glue.

A nice kit, well designed, parts fit well,no real issues, it actually not really hard - though I kept making all those tiny mistakes - can't only recommend it.

bye

[Isaac]

Congratulations on the fine work. I like it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Isaac