mike romeo Posted May 29, 2016 Share Posted May 29, 2016 When the Do335 prototype first flew in October 1943, it was clear that a potentially outstanding long-range fighter was in the offing. The question for the RLM was how to best employ it, as the war situation at that time had made the concept of a long range fighter-bomber somewhat superfluous. In a rare outbreak of pragmatism, it was decided to concentrate on development of the '335 as a bomber destroyer. The Luftwaffe's single engined fighters were having difficulty in carrying sufficient heavy weaponry to counter the 8th Air Force bomber fleets that were inflicting increasingly serious damage on Reich industry; performance of these heavily armed Pulk zerstorers rendering them vulnerable to the US long-range escort fighters appearing on the scene. Conversions of existing twin-engine fighter-bombers such as the Me410 were even worse. The Do335, fitted with heavy armament, having a reasonable endurance, and with high performance from it's efficient twin-engine configurations suggested a solution. 10. and 11. Staffel of IV(Sturm) Gruppe, JG3 began exchanging their FW190A-8/R2s for the B variant of the '335 in March 1944 and quickly worked up to operational status, perfecting their repeated dive and zoom slashing attacks to break up the bomber stream while remaining fast enough to cause a serious problem for the escorting fighters to intercept. The '335 may have been fast and heavily armed, but it would be at a serious disadvantage in traditional fighter versus fighter combat manoeuvring. It was shaping up to be a torrid Summer for the 8th Air Force . . . regards, Martin 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Some likes (thanks!) but no comments. Nobody's even asked whose kit it is; it must be more obvious than I thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 Very nice. What kit is it? Building the 1/48 Monogram one at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted June 5, 2016 Share Posted June 5, 2016 It can't be the old Frog kit, can it? I built one of those decades ago (I still have it), but that wasn't a B-2 as I recall (mine has radar, I believe). Nice job on it, whosever it is. Regards, Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted June 5, 2016 Author Share Posted June 5, 2016 Jason, Why, it's almost like you read my mind! It is indeed the old FROG kit, after a bit of back surgery. Regards Martin 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Great build.Have a Matchbox edition of this kit.Worst fitting clear parts I have ever encountered.Should have done some back surgery myself!Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted June 8, 2016 Author Share Posted June 8, 2016 Glatisant, Many thanks! Regards Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Nice work there - I was convinced it was the Dragon kit! Supposedly, the Frog one had a very accurate outline, it was just a bit wooly when it came to the detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 On 08/06/2016 at 11:01 PM, The Wooksta! said: Nice work there - I was convinced it was the Dragon kit! Supposedly, the Frog one had a very accurate outline, it was just a bit wooly when it came to the detail. I agree, but wooly details in kits are what modellers were born to improve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotorheadtx Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 As Lee said....I thought it was a Dragon/DML kit too. Stunning work, but oh brother, there are easier ways to get to single-seat 335's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted November 17, 2016 Author Share Posted November 17, 2016 Maybe so, but I thoroughly enjoyed the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 I remember one or two resin companies offering a replacement spine for the Frog kit. There was an article on doing the upgrades to that kit in an ancient issue of Scale Aircraft Modelling many years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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