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Finished Do 335B-12 two seat trainer
- Thread starter matrixone
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phantom II
Master at Arms
Very nicely finished 
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
...very control in the airbrush use...simply fantastic 
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Fantastic! 
Thanks for the comments guys!
Luiz,
Nothing done on the 110 yet, between the two 1/32 scale 109's and 1/72 scale 262 I am maxed out. The 262 will get finished first and then I will start in on the 110.
I tried to post this thread two times on Tuesday but could not because I 'timed out', this is something on these boards that I have not seen before. :S
Anyway...back to the Do 335, the reason behind the development of the two seat Do 335B-12 trainer was that after the Do 335B proved to be a very capable bomber destroyer the demand for them was quite high but there was a problem with the basic Do 335 design, the fuselage behind the rear engine was weak and younger fighter pilots were damaging the Do 335's during landing when the tail struck the ground with too much force.
The Do 335 was expensive for the Reich to produce in late 1945 so the quick solution to the landing accidents was to produce some trainer versions of the Do 335 so new Do 335 pilots could get proper training from an instructor. In order to not disrupt the busy Do 335B assembly lines some airframes were set aside and handed over to Blohm & Voss for conversion into two seat trainers. After getting some experience with the special landing techniques and a little gunnery practice the Do 335B accident rates went down while the combat successes went up.
Months later when the Germans decided to surrender the allies demanded that some Do 335s were to be handed over intact so flight testing could be done on the aircraft that nearly stopped the B-17 and B-29 bombing campaign in its tracks.
When allied soldiers first viewed the Do 335's on the ground they called it a 'Buck Rogers space plane'.
More pictures of the model...
Matrixone
Luiz,
Nothing done on the 110 yet, between the two 1/32 scale 109's and 1/72 scale 262 I am maxed out. The 262 will get finished first and then I will start in on the 110.
I tried to post this thread two times on Tuesday but could not because I 'timed out', this is something on these boards that I have not seen before. :S
Anyway...back to the Do 335, the reason behind the development of the two seat Do 335B-12 trainer was that after the Do 335B proved to be a very capable bomber destroyer the demand for them was quite high but there was a problem with the basic Do 335 design, the fuselage behind the rear engine was weak and younger fighter pilots were damaging the Do 335's during landing when the tail struck the ground with too much force.
The Do 335 was expensive for the Reich to produce in late 1945 so the quick solution to the landing accidents was to produce some trainer versions of the Do 335 so new Do 335 pilots could get proper training from an instructor. In order to not disrupt the busy Do 335B assembly lines some airframes were set aside and handed over to Blohm & Voss for conversion into two seat trainers. After getting some experience with the special landing techniques and a little gunnery practice the Do 335B accident rates went down while the combat successes went up.
Months later when the Germans decided to surrender the allies demanded that some Do 335s were to be handed over intact so flight testing could be done on the aircraft that nearly stopped the B-17 and B-29 bombing campaign in its tracks.
When allied soldiers first viewed the Do 335's on the ground they called it a 'Buck Rogers space plane'.
More pictures of the model...
Matrixone
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Really looks great my friend. The weathering is so subtle and yet totally life like. Simply amazing.
Mike
Mike
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Excellent looking aircraft Les!!
As to the timeout problem, I get that fairly often on my tablet. Usually because it took a LONG time to put the post together. When it does happen, I hit backspace and go back to the post page. Then usually my text and all is still there and I simply hit "submit" again and it posts just fine. Beats retyping the post if it works.
As to the timeout problem, I get that fairly often on my tablet. Usually because it took a LONG time to put the post together. When it does happen, I hit backspace and go back to the post page. Then usually my text and all is still there and I simply hit "submit" again and it posts just fine. Beats retyping the post if it works.
Thanks for the comments!
I am not sure why the thread I was attempting to start timed out...there have been other times I really did take a long time before hitting 'submit' with no time out issues. :idonno
Here is a picture I already posted but in this shot (under the wings) you can see semi-gloss finish on the models surface, I worked at getting this type of finish, I was trying to match the paint applied to the full size aircraft which was semi-gloss. Only the exhaust stains are truly dead flat on my model.
And here is a different picture of the Do 335B-12
Matrixone
I am not sure why the thread I was attempting to start timed out...there have been other times I really did take a long time before hitting 'submit' with no time out issues. :idonno
Here is a picture I already posted but in this shot (under the wings) you can see semi-gloss finish on the models surface, I worked at getting this type of finish, I was trying to match the paint applied to the full size aircraft which was semi-gloss. Only the exhaust stains are truly dead flat on my model.
And here is a different picture of the Do 335B-12
Matrixone
Lovely job Les. just imagine the weapons platform this would have beed if developed further.
