Do-335B French

Roland Sachsenhofer
....and here the third Do-335: this one has the right coloured background to be able to get the "khaki" of the French machine applied in the next step.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Looking forward to see this one painted. Well all three of them to be honest. 😄

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much, that motivates!
The decals are applied and sealed with gloss clearcoat; I'm looking forward to washing and toning down the gloss so you can see some of the depth and vibrancy of the khaki tone again.

Thomas Bischoff
Looks great with the French markings!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your words make me happy, thank you Thomas!

Roland Sachsenhofer
A few new pictures of the French Do-335: a former Spitfire pilot is being retrained here on Dornier's "Arrow". This includes a donned oxygen mask and a revision of the harness as well as a new leather jacket 🙂
The propeller spinners are in preparation for a "spinning" display. For this, the large openings for the propeller blades have to be closed.

Roland Sachsenhofer
The pilot is now sitting in his workstation; the wiring of the headphones was done by means of very small cable litz; their diameter, however, was immediately reinforced somewhat by the paintwork. Even if you can't see everything when the cabin is closed, you can see enough that I'm glad about the effort that went into it.

Roland Sachsenhofer
I may present the finished French booty-Do 335! In keeping with the fact that I am showing here the fastest propeller-driven aircraft of its time, I have endeavoured to make a "fast-paced" presentation. The various suggestive cloud backgrounds were created using the mouse cursor on the screen. I also took the liberty of retouching away the one steel rod carrying the Dornier.
The pictures of this third Do-335 complete the small "Arrow" quartet, my quiver is now empty. 🙂
I hope you like the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them; thank you for your interest and your motivating comments!

Rui S
Excelent as always 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very appealing! 👍

James C
Congrats Roland, awesome presentation mate! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Rui, Robin and James for your words of encouragement! Thanks also for the "likes", mates. I'm glad you like this Do-335!

Spanjaard
Great job. Specially the pilot

Thomas Bischoff
Excellent paint job! Just the right amount of colour modulation 👍
… and displaying it in flight brings out the beauty of this plane much better 👍

Neuling
I agree with Thomas!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for your kind feedback - motivating and inspiring!

Daniel Klink
Fantastic job Mate..The presentation is as sensational as the built itself..wow 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Daniel, thank you for your kind words! Your feedback encourages me to show an aircraft in its element again from time to time. As Thomas wrote: there are constructions that look even better in the air!

bughunter
The in-air pics are fantastic 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much!

Rui
Awesome work! 👍 The inflight pics with the ground blur and prop spin are amazing! 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
I appreciate your words very much, thank you Rui!

Chris Becker
I'm loving this Roland - can you provide some more insight into how you did those props? They are the best non spinning but spinning prop depictions Ive seen! Is the plastic opaque or clear? How did you paint the fuzziness of the blades? Cheers Chris

Villiers de Vos
Very nice. Especially inflight.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hi mates, thank you for these most welcome comments, I appreciate your interest! Chris, these are words that make me very happy! I have posted a few pictures of the "making of" another project -a Bf 108- with moving propellers. I hope the pictures explain your questions. The propeller is made of clear, thin transparent foil like you can easily find for magazine covers or packaging. With the airbrush I carefully "breathe" some colour on it, getting thinner and thinner towards the outside. Here, too, less is more. I usually cut away the edges at the sides so that the transition to the background works even better.

Paulo Castro
Fantastic display. I particularly love the spinning propeller effect. How did you do that?

Roland Sachsenhofer
I'm very pleased - thank you Paulo! Have a look here:
Turning props | Album by Roland (1:48)
Here you will find pictures of how I "made the props turn". If there are any questions left- feel free!

gorby
Excellent! That's the most convincing prop blur that I've seen.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Indeed: thank you for these words 🙂