Tamiya Do 335A

Holger Kranich
Blasphemy, there is one rivet too less! LOL😎
Looks great to me, gorby! And to honest, the coloures dont look wrong to me. And your pit is quite cool! 👍

Soeren R.
Nice work

gorby
Thanks Holger and Soren. Means a lot coming from modellers as good as yourselves.

Erik Leijdens
Great Pfeil Gorby!

Soeren R.
Great work

playtime 222
What's all the white stuff on the canopy?

Gerald
👍

gorby
Thanks Erik and Gerald.
Playtime: It was on my desk for about eleven weeks, so it's probably dust – not easy to get the feather duster in there. We also have a blond puppy charging around the house who's tiny white hairs get everywhere. I know that it may come as a bit of a shock to you proper modellers, but I don't do Future (or whatever it's called in the UK). I did consider using it, but it might look like I was taking it all a little to seriously - then I might have to 'up my game'.

gorby
Thanks Von Drinkoften.

playtime 222
I have the small dog issue too 😄 The cat died a few years ago but her fine hair was even worse. Even keeping stuff covered seems to do no good against that.

Stephan Ryll
Very nice!

Ulf Petersen
Great model, Gorby!👍

wilky
Nice job, mate

gorby
Very kind of you. Thanks for your encouragement Stephan, Ulf & Wilky.

Wesley De Braekeleir
Very nice! I love the cockpit! You don't see this Dornier a lot in modeling! thumbs up 😉

Paulo Henrique Marins Cezario
Very nice.

gorby
Thanks Paulo. Thanks Wesley. Even as a kid, I've always been fascinated with Luftwaffe aircraft, partly because they were so advanced for the era. That made the Do 335 a 'must do', as it stands out even amongst all the other remarkable aircraft.

Gary
Great job!! I have this to build someday and I'll use yours for reference. Gary

gorby
Thanks Gary, but I think you will find there are plenty of Do 335 on here that put mine in the shade.

Arash Zakeri
Wooooow its pro job

gorby
Steady on there Arash, I think you may be delusional.
But thanks for the comment.

Andrea Morris
Simply stunning...

gorby
Thanks Dave!

sheetz247
Nice work. Get some more pics of your models on, they will be good if anything like at that standard.

Enrico Chiambalero
Gorby, excellent job, great subject!

arne vd burg
Well done ! congratz.

gorby
Thank you very much Sheetz, Enrico and Arne. I'm quite overwhelmed buy some of the comments I have received – I thought I might get a couple of 'thumbs up', but not all this, so thanks again to everyone. (If I knew how to do a 'smiley face' emoji it would be here, so just use your imagination).
Sheetz – welcome to Scalemates. Eventually I will put more on here, particularly after the completely unexpected reaction I have had with this one, but modelling is just one of several hobbies and my wife just keeps adding to my DIY 'to do list'. One day I'll get the time.

Bart Goesaert
splendid work... make me want to start on mine... though I still have to finish some other builds too... I hope to get it as good as yours..

Enrico Chiambalero
My desire on buying a Pfeil in 32 scale is getting higher

playtime 222
Hah. I know that feeling. I've resisted the HK and the ZM offerings cos they will cost 500EUR+ to finish to their best. My stash has everything I need to build the 4 normal versions (A, B, Trainer, NightFigther) of the Pfeil except the high-altitude fighter in 1/48 so I'm committed. I've made the West Wings rubber-powered balsa/tissue version too - that's 1/24!

Enrico Chiambalero
Altough this subject is really interesting, I'm not a fan of overengineered kits such as HK or ZM...

playtime 222
Actually, I would say they were UNDER engineered. More so the Zoukei Mura offerings. I would expect every bit of resin and PE that was necessary for a build from a kit retailing for the prices they do e.g. the HK is approx 350 but you can easily drop 200 more on PE. Should be in the stock kit IMHO.

Enrico Chiambalero
I agree, for the price they are under engineered...

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
C'est un très joli montage fait avec manifestement beaucoup de soin, bravo. Par contre je suis étonné par le choix des couleur (mais peut-être est ce du à l'éclairage) les surfaces supérieures semblent recouvertes par du RLM 02 et du RLM 71. Cela correspond à un camouflage de chasseur de début de conflit. Les références donnent plutôt un camouflage en RLM 80/RLM 81 pour cette période.

playtime 222
Et Pierre est correct😉 But this plane is largely the subject of so many what-if's it's actually good to see it a bit different.

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
Yes playtime you are right. And many souces said that at the end of the conflict the german taked the paints they found... The real plane at the very end looks like puzzle (patchwork?)...(sorry for my bad English).

gorby
Hi Jean Pierre. J'ai trawled l'Internet pour voir s'il y avait quelque chose de plus intéressant que camouflage éclats, comme Playtime disait, le Do 335 est un peu LUFT'46. Ce que j'ai trouvé, c'est que, en fait, il préférait en splinter camo, mais j'ai vu la construction de quelqu'un d'autre avec les couleurs plus claires et j'ai pensé qu'il avait l'air bien. Donc, vous avez presque certainement raison sur les couleurs que j'aurais dû utiliser, mais j'ai décidé «mon modèle, mes règles». J'espère que cela a du sens, si ce n'est pas le blâme Google Translate (et mon manque d'éducation).

Hi Jean Pierre. I trawled the internet to see if there was anything more interesting than splinter camouflage, as Playtime was saying, the Do 335 is a bit LUFT'46. What I found was that actually preferred it in splinter camo, but I saw someone else's build with the lighter colours and I thought it looked good. So you are almost certainly correct about the colours I should have used, but I decided 'my model, my rules'.

Andrea Morris
Your too modest about your obvious talent 🙂 I've just ordered this kit with the tow truck!

gorby
Thanks again Dave. It is a beautifully engineered kit - as far as 'fit' is concerned, the only problem I had was the wing roots, which both had a small gap. Easy to rectify, but odd considering the quality of the rest of the kit. It would also have been nice to have a coloured Eduard etch available.

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
@gorbygould: Your model is a very beautiful model even with these colors. And nobody can say with "certitude" witch colors were used by the germans (some source said RLM70/71 others 80/81). In my research (i have two DO 335 one like yours and a biplace) i dont found any plane (real) without splinter camouflage at the exception of captured Aircraft. But i found some biplace with some panel without paint. i live near the Lyon-Bron Airport and some of these birds where tested by the french army at the end of the war. Thanks for this build.

Jens
Well done ! congratz. 👍

gorby
Thanks Jean Pierre, and Jens. I'm not really into 'historical accuracy' - Sorry to shock you, but I would happily have painted it pink if I thought it would look good (Starting to wonder what pink splinter camo would look like now).

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
The germans used that kind of color during the wwI. The "historical accuracy" is pursuing you 😄

Eugen P.
Pink? Are you sure? I think it was a kind of purple.

Jean Tchao
pfffff.... I wished I could paint like you do 🙁 really impressive !

gorby
Your right Jean Pierre! I forgot about pink being used as camo in WWI. Since I made my rash statement I have also discovered that there was a 'desert pink camouflage'.

To amuse myself I did do a quick photo edit to see what a Do 335 would look like in pink splinter camouflage – it looks a complete atrocity, as you can probably imagine. It would have been what Barbie would have flown if she was in the Luftwaffe. Gave me a giggle anyway (I think I might have too much time on my hands).

Thanks Jean, nice of you to say so.

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
@Eugen P. Yes pink(s) (on they fabrics patern) the purple was a paint for camouflage. To gorbygould: The barbie Dornier must be a great decoration 😉

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

gorby
Thanks Cliff.

Eugen P.
@Jean Pierre: Thats right. I meant the camouflage like on the metal of my D.I modellversium.de/gal..unkers-di-roden.html

Wim van der Luijt
Very nice what -if splinter scheme. The lighter colours look very good. Makes me want to start one of mine!

Rv
Nice building and paint job ! Your splinter camo is just great, very realistic. reminds me the one I have just completed on a ju-88.
Bravo !

gorby
Thanks very much Wim & Rv.

Spanjaard
excelent build and enjoy taking the "artistic license" and using your own colors 🙂
i think everybody want to see that pink Dornier rendering now....😉

gorby
I wondered if anyone would ask to see Barbie's ride – I've added a photo to the album for you Spanjaard. Just in time for Christmas, Mattel's new range of Barbie's Third Reich accessories...

playtime 222
I remember a reference in a British comic to a 'My Little Pony Glue Factory'.... sounds similar 😄

Spanjaard
German secret weapon, it would have scared any pilot in Europe..... Specially those who were supposed to fly it 😛

Bart Goesaert
At the end of the war, there were few male pilots who were able to get scared on German side 😉

Neil Page
fabulous finish!

Jean Pierre CULIS-FERY
I want the barbie's Dornier for my chrismas...

gorby
Might have to be next Christmas Jean as yours seems to be the only order – can't understand why? Maybe a pink Tiger tank might be more popular?

Thanks Neil.

Wesley De Braekeleir
Maybe i'll try that! Barbie's Tiger I, with Ken on the steering!! Hahaha! 🙂

Bart Goesaert
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gorby
Damn, the Russians have pinched my idea! Thanks Bart - they look... errmm...errmm...very....eeeerrrrmmm....good...ish.

Spanjaard
OMG!

Andrea Morris
Now I just have to do a "Barbie" kit... Tamiya X17 ordered!!!😉

playtime 222
Not sure if this is worse than the anime colour schemes available in World of Warships... Just do a google images search on 'world warships anime schemes'

Derek Huggett
Anyone know if Hanna Reitsch had a favourite colour?

Wesley De Braekeleir
Oelala!!! Fancy!!! 🙂

gorby
I can't imagine Hanna Reitsch as a pink, fluffy bunnie type of girl Derek.
I did that Google search Playtime... wish I hadn't.

Ed Froix
Very good looking plane!

gorby
Thanks Ed.

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

Ed Froix
Nice, wanted to build this model but the revell kit whas to say the least disappointing

Mike Kryza
Really nice - I like the pink one...😎🙂

Gary Brantley
Very nice Arrow gorby! I hope mine turns out half as well. 🙂.
👍.

Darren Hazes
looks awesome

Dale Marston
Very Nice.

gorby
I'm surprised this one keeps cropping up, but thank you all for your nice comments.

Ed: I would recommend the Tamiya kit. Other than the Eduard PE, it was just an 'out of the box build' – and it seems to have got a few favourable comments.

Holger Kranich
Sorry but my optic is weird. I See a pink 335... lolololololol 🙂🙂🙂

Christian Ristits
Excellent build, congrats!

Sebastian Meyner
Nicley done, love the paint job and the weathering!

gorby
Sorry about screwing up your eyesight Holger, but it was worth it, if only for Bart posting a photo of a pink T-34 tank – not something you see every day.

Holger Kranich
All is good, Gorby! I just use some stronger glasses now. 😄

Robert W Martel
gorbygould,
All that historical accuracy for colors. markings, rivet counting and proper shapes, etc. is all fine & dandy for some. But for some of us we just like to do it for fun. I we can make it look good and give it some detail and feel good about it ourselves, its a beautiful thing.
I personally think you've done a fine job of it. Looks great !! We'll postpone the necktie party !! LOL

gorby
Thank you both for your kind comments and Bob, I agree entirely about the rivet counting thing. It certainly ended up getting a lot more comments than if I had used accurate colours - so maybe more pink war-birds is the way to go. Just thinking what my current stuka build would look like in tartan.😉

Bart Goesaert
the current fashion colors are silver and gold it seems... 😉 yesterday was all evening women's talk... and I couldn't escape...

gorby
I feel your pain Bart. So it's silver and gold tartan for the stuka then...

Ulf Petersen
😄 😄 😄 👍

Derek Huggett
Silver & gold tartan? Eeeeuww...not 'kilty'! 🙂 🙂

gorby
Admittedly, not obvious camouflage colours, but it would probably blend into the background of Donald trumps house in Scotland quite well. No sure why he'd want to hide a stuka though, so my argument does fall down on that one small aspect.

Bart Goesaert
Well he could crash in style then?

Derek Huggett
'Trumpets of Jerico' perhaps? 😠