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no there isn't a whole lot you can see, really. the kit's interior is really very nice without any additions

I'm fairly sure there isn't in the book, but I will double check, but I will also reach out to a contact at the regional WW2 museum who have a very large database that might turn up something.

I've sent you a private message - if you scroll up you can find your inbox on the top right corner of the page

how amazing! thank you for reaching out!

I've finished the main assembly. Due to the nature of the kit it didn't exactly fall together, but the fit was not terrible either. I did fill several big seams with strip styrene, followed by super glue and Mr Surfacer, and a lot of sanding: I made as much as I could out of the chunky resin air intakes provided with the kit, but the engines look very nice: A few more things to tinker with before I can put some primer on, which undoubtedly will reveal some issues that still need addressing. But it's getting there!

what a beautiful thing! love the black finish, the rivets, and the base.

hah yeah it's not exactly easy to put together! I've finished assembling and painting the interior. Here's the instruments panel: the kit part from plastic with the supplied Eduard pre-painted photoetch on top. But I painted the instruments panel with very thin RLM 02 so that it matches the test of the interior. The 'extra' little panel in RLM 66 comes from the ICM kit. The rest of the interior was painted in a similar manner: The engine and propellers have also been painted - although the propeller unit needs a bit more finishing and wear and tear: That's all for now - thanks for looking!

this has been a great build to follow - and what a great result!

Wheel wells, nacelles, and wings are done: I'm adding a section from the ICM instruments panel to the RS kit part: The interior ready for paint: I don't think much will be visible. The seats from the kit are in resin, and are quite crude. I scratchbuilt the rear gunner seat and frame out of styrene, which I thought would have a bigger chance of success than removing the parts from the resin casting block. The kit instructions are very vague about where to place things. I've also added some parts from the ICM kit - they're not entirely accurate for the P version but through the glass I think these greeblies will be enough to make the interior look busy. In that spirit I'm using the ICM's bomb sight as a camera (added some wires). I thought I would be clever and add tabs from sheet styrene here and there on either side of the fuselage halves to make my life a bit easier when I glue it together, but the plastic on each side actually has a slightly different thickness so that doesn't work. It'll be fine Some paint next. For years I've been convinced that all Dornier 17 cockpits were RLM 66 - even the early ones, but looking at reference photos they're too light to be that so I'm going to go with RLM 02. Thanks for looking!!

I don't know the answer to either of these questions - sorry!

it should be colored yellow

It was a sign of bad things to come when Dornier 17P F6+HM of 4. (F)/ 122 made a belly landing near Usquert, a small village in the very north of the province of Groningen, The Netherlands, on October 26th, 1939. The aircraft, piloted by Feldwebel Rudolf Diensterweg, was conducting a reconnaissance flight to the east coast of England when it suffered a port engine failure. Disoriented and unable to continue the mission, Diensterweg elected to perform an emergency landing on neutral Dutch territory. Dutch forces quickly secured the area and interned the three crew members: Fw. Rudolf Diensterweg, Uffz. Josef Hundenborn, and Uffz. Otto Wendt. Dutch soldiers, proud of their role in the incident, photographed themselves next to the intact Dornier, which was later dismantled and transported to Soesterberg Air Base. The aircraft remained there until it was rediscovered in May 1940, following the German invasion of the Netherlands. I thought about building this in 1/48 by combining parts of an ICM kit with the old Hobbycraft kit, but decided against it, and went for what I thought was going to be easier, the 1/72 RS kit: It's been a while since I built a true limited run kit and it takes some getting used to. I won't be joking that Airfix kits might as well be limited run kits anymore I'm tackling the engines first. The most fun I had with my previous project was fitting a nice 3d printed Pratt & Whitney engine into a Wellington nacelle, so I thought I would repeat that here. I'm using the gorgeous 3d printed BMW 132 engines from Metallic Details. From what I can gather, the Dornier 17P had very similar engines, but a different nose section. So far that I've hollowed out the kit part. I've bought an ICM kit to cannablize for parts. I'm going to use the spinners on the RS kit propeller blades. I'm also using exhausts from the Airfix kit because these will help mount the engine correctly eventually. The RS kit comes with two sets of cowls - but the ones for the P variant have the cowl flaps irregularly spaced, which is incorrect. So I modified the parts that were for the M. I also reshaped the holes for the exhaust pipes. More ICM parts were used to box in the wheel wells - and I've added the horizontal trapeze structure with sheet styrene. On the Z variant, this structure is only there on the inboard sides. The RS nacelles with the ICM firewall/bulk head which has considerably more detail than the RS part. This will also allow me to use the ICM landing gear legs: That's it for now - thanks for looking!

I'm currently working with 1/72 engines from Metallic Details and FWIW they're very nice. 3d printed, gorgeous detail. I need to make the cowls a bit wider to make them fit though.

others have installed the ailerons upside down (and the one left on the right & vice versa) to hide that recessed leading edge on the bottom of the wing

they were delighted!