CarLos Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 The Dornier Do 26 was a result from a 1937 order from Deutsche Lufthansa for three long range flying boats, capable of operating non-stop in the Lisbon-New York route. The first prototype, D-AGNT Seeadler (Sea Eagle), made its first flight on 21 May, 1938, and the second one, D-AWDS Seefalke (Sea Falcon) was completed in the beginning of 1939. These were the only boats completed before the war, so the third prototype D-ASRA Seemöwe (Seagull) went to Luftwaffe together with 3 more aircraft. Both Seeadler and Seefalke never went into service in the North Atlantic route as planned, instead they made 18 South Atlantic crossings transporting mail before the war put an end to the service. You may look for more on the Do 26 in John Stroud's "European Transport Aircraft since 1910", 1966 Putnam, or in the article from the Wings Of Peace series by the same John Stroud published in Aeroplane Monthly, June 1988. As far as I know there are two vacform kits of the Do 26 1n 1/72 - Airmodel (OOP) and Combat Models (listed in their page). I suspect that they are the same, but I'm not sure. There is also the injected kit by Mach 2, and Amodel promises a new kit for later this year. I had the Airmodel kit on my stash for many years and recently I began cutting and sanding the parts, apart from a timid start. Here are the parts, together with the beautiful plans (from Flugsport magazine) printed in the back of the instructions: On thing I always do with vacforms - and also with some short run injected kits, with no locating pins - is to add some tabs, as it makes so much easier the build: It is also important to glue stretched sprue where you must have a sharp edge. After adding some putty, a gentle sanding with a sanding block gives you the knife edge difficult to obtain by the molding process. This is the basic cockpit interior. I intend to detail it much more, as I will open the roof and the front hatch. I'm glad it fits well! The center section parts together with a spar are also glued. And that's all for now. I hope to show some progress later this week. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 A great start Carlos. Thanks for the tip of using stretched sprue to sharpen edges - I hadn't come across that before. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 A great start Carlos. Thanks for the tip of using stretched sprue to sharpen edges - I hadn't come across that before. Cliff Thanks Cliff. To be fair, I learned the trick from Lars Opland of Khee-Kha fame. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted April 9, 2013 Author Share Posted April 9, 2013 Did some work on the cockpit. Parts are not glued. I must buy some good pliers, or any other tool to bend wire. I hate macros, makes me feel real bad! Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 it's looking great, vacform is not the easiest models to build, but you're doing great. I know how you feel about macro photos!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 (edited) Nice work Carlos. After a coat of paint it will look OK I think. Cheers, Edited April 11, 2013 by Arniec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Great stuff Carlos. Beautiful looking aircraft, I have one of these so will look forward to following your build, all advise gratefully received ! Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarLos Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 Thanks guys. I've been making some almost invisible work. Started working on the instrument panel, but meanwhile I ordered some nice instruments from Airmodel - these: http://www.airmodel.de/product_info.php?info=p290_cockpit-instrumenten-set-1-72.html - and I'll wait for them before proceeding. I'll start work on the engine nacelles next, I have a lot of work before me. Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbhawkin Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 (edited) I make a 1/144 scale Do26 in resin. See www.petersplanes.com Here is a picture of my plane in the Seeadler scheme: Edited November 25, 2013 by pbhawkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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