1/48 Tamiya Dornier Do-335A Pfeil

by Ceki Erginbas

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Once again greetings to all ARC readers from Ceki Erginbas. 

This is my latest model: 1/48 Dornier Do 335A Pfeil  from Tamiya.  And as many have mentioned before this is again another great model from Tamiya.

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In this model I have used the following detail  items:
  • -Cutting Edge’s  Do335 Arrow Part 2  (CED48131)  Decals
  • -Quickboost’s  resin exhaust set  (QB48049)
  • -True Details’s  resin bulged wheels  (48064)
  • -Eduard’s  color photo etch  Luftwaffe seatbelt set  (49002)

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Cutting Edge’s decals were very nice.  It would be fantastic if they were a little bit thinner.  But still great decals, and better than the inbox decals.

Quicboost’s exhausts and True Detail’s wheels  were  fantastic.  They have a very nice effect on the finished model.

Eduard’s seatbelts are perfect as usual. 

In this model, I first completed the cockpit.  For the main cockpit color I have used   Testors Model Master 20709 RLM66 schwartzgrau.  For the front panel, I used the kit provided decal, and used Testors’s  clear parts cement to give the glass effect inside the indicators.

I have masked the canopy with bare metal foil.

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After that I assembled the model overall, without any need of putty.  Before painting, I applied a pre-shade of Tamiya XF-1 Flat black on the panel lines.  After that, I applied the RLM 76, 82 & 83 colors.  For this purpose I decided to use something new and  sprayed Vallejo  acrylics thinned with drinking water.  This was my first time using Vallejo with an airbrush and I have to admit I wasn’t very happy  with its application.   Maybe if I had used another solvent I could have been a happier modeler now.   When I thinned the paints, they were either too thin to hold on the surface, or  too thick that they  constantly kept  drying on the nozzle of the airbrush.

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 The colors I used were  70907 Pale Grey Blue, 70823 Luftwaffe Cam. Green and 70887 Brown Violet.  After my struggle with the airbrush was over, I wasn’t really happy with the tones.  And with this problematic application it seemed impossible to  have the post shade tonal variations properly.  So I decided to spray highly thinned  Tamiya XF-3 yellow & XF-5 green mixture on the Luftwaffe Cam. Green, and Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drab over the  Brown Violet.  After this application the colors seemed ok for me and I sealed them with a coat of Tamiya X-22 .

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After the decal application, another coat of X-22, and a little wash of thinned  burnt umber oil paint,  final assembly was done.  The exhaust stains were done using various shades of black and brown, with low pressure. 

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Assembly of the landing gear was a little tricky, but turned out ok at the end. 

As a result, I really enjoyed building this model, and recommend it to every modeler who likes weird looking aircraft more than  the regular looking ones, like I do. J

Happy modelling everyone!

Ceki

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Photos and text © by Ceki Erginbas