Niknak Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Hi all, This is the do 217 m-1 of 2/ kg. 2 which failed to return to it's base on the night of February 23-24 1944. (during operation stienbock). The crew was oberfw. Stermann, uffz. Schwarzmuller, Behrens & Rosendahl. The aircraft was hit by 3.7 mm aa fire over the North West suburbs of London, which damaged the aircrafts starboard engine nacelle, wing & fuselage.Believing the worst. The crew bailed out and were captured in the Wembley area. Meanwhile the Dornier flew on into the darkness, gradually loosing hight untill it carved a furrow across a vegetable patch, 60 miles away in Cambridge at about 20:40 hrs. Madel details Italieri do 217 m-1 (rescribe pannel lines) Falcon canopie Resin wheels Aires mg 81,81z, 131's Scratch build top turret, radio altermeters Paints xtracolor rlm 72,73, 76 Humbrol 33 Decals national marking aero master & extradecals Squadron markings scale master letters & numbers & modified kit decals. Thanks for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick Edited September 22, 2018 by Niknak 49 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Many a British child would have blessed the Luftwaffe that day. Excellent model, very nicely painted. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Lovely job. Shame you can't get scale sprouts. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashellis Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Very nice and top job on the camo Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 18, 2018 Author Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, Gorby said: Many a British child would have blessed the Luftwaffe that day. Excellent model, very nicely painted. Yip it landed very close to a street of houses and the bomb load didn't go bang. Thank you gorby 19 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: Lovely job. Shame you can't get scale sprouts. Thank you Pete. Yip it's a shame. 😄 Edited September 19, 2018 by Niknak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 That looks first rate, well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Very nice, and well done for being brave enough to do that camo. It came out well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Great model , great back story with photos . I had a set of a Do 217 photos in a field in Kent , ****** lost them years ago I went on Google Earth it's between Milton Rd and Blawith Rd , Wembley , MIDDX ( I'm getting the old county in) now a carpark for Harrow Council Gestapo , a mosque , Sizzling Spice and Punjab Grill fwd of your kite. Samaritans are over the other side of Station Rd from those . The Dec/1945 G/Earth shows that ground as either extended gardens (of those white houses) or some kind of allotments . Thanks for showing , well done ! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gorby said: Many a British child would have blessed the Luftwaffe that day. Excellent model, very nicely painted. Even more if it ploughed into the local school that night. Gawd it's an ugly aeroplane, almost visually stealth because it's impossible to focus on any part of it. Your eyes just slide off it and you just can't see it properly. Great model though. Edited September 18, 2018 by noelh 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Great job especially on the paintwork,alway's nice to have the back story too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 (edited) On 18/09/2018 at 21:49, noelh said: Even more if it ploughed into the local school that night. Gawd it's an ugly aeroplane, almost visually stealth because it's impossible to focus on any part of it. Your eyes just slide off it and you just can't see it properly. Great model though. tut tut , you'll hurt its feelings 😆, i have built 6 up to now 3 bombers e-3,m-1,k-1 & 2 night fighters n-2,j& also a w-1.nick Edited September 23, 2018 by Niknak 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Superb, really looks the part! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Nice work. Fascinating background story, and some great pictures. What reference book/magazine is that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Smudge said: Nice work. Fascinating background story, and some great pictures. What reference book/magazine is that? Thank you Smudge, the reference story was in a flypast magazine a few years ago. there is also pictures of the aircraft & an evaluation report of the aircraft in the last blitz (operation stienbock) by Ron Mackay & Simon W Parry. Nick Edited September 22, 2018 by Niknak 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 On 18/09/2018 at 19:36, bzn20 said: Great model , great back story with photos . I had a set of a Do 217 photos in a field in Kent , ****** lost them years ago I went on Google Earth it's between Milton Rd and Blawith Rd , Wembley , MIDDX ( I'm getting the old county in) now a carpark for Harrow Council Gestapo , a mosque , Sizzling Spice and Punjab Grill fwd of your kite. Samaritans are over the other side of Station Rd from those . The Dec/1945 G/Earth shows that ground as either extended gardens (of those white houses) or some kind of allotments . Thanks for showing , well done ! Hi bzn20,thank you. I think thay are allotments. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Dig for Victory! as the slogan used to say, although I don't think anyone was expecting to find a Dornier down the allotment I grew up in west London in a house like those in the background, amazing to think only a few years before (20ish) I could have woken up and seen that in the back garden! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Great looking Dornier there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Great build and finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Great job all round. I'm hoping ICM will do this in 1/48 scale now they are doing the nightfighter. This is the one German bomber missing in 1/48. These in 1/48 are not big models by today's standard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 On 9/19/2018 at 4:47 AM, Niknak said: The aircraft was hit by 3.7 mm aa fire over the North West suburbs of London Clever building a scale AA gun to shoot down the scale bomber. Nice job on your Dornier, when I first looked at your photo, the close up of the cockpit area, I thought initally there was no glass, as part of the crash effect then looking back I could see all the clear parts were there, now that is impressively clear. 👍 Some nice modelling on display. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Greg Law said: Great job all round. I'm hoping ICM will do this in 1/48 scale now they are doing the nightfighter. This is the one German bomber missing in 1/48. These in 1/48 are not big models by today's standard. Hi Greg, yip so do I. The do 217 is my favorite German bomber. Nick Edited September 23, 2018 by Niknak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niknak Posted September 23, 2018 Author Share Posted September 23, 2018 43 minutes ago, stevehnz said: Clever building a scale AA gun to shoot down the scale bomber. Nice job on your Dornier, when I first looked at your photo, the close up of the cockpit area, I thought initally there was no glass, as part of the crash effect then looking back I could see all the clear parts were there, now that is impressively clear. 👍 Some nice modelling on display. Steve. Thanks Steve, the canopies are vac form replacements dipped in clear with the masks left on for the shortest length of time. I have found that some masks can mark the clear if left on too long. Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
593jones Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Very nice job. I built this kit a couple of years ago, and found it a very nice build. You've made a much better job of the camouflage than I did, though Interesting back story, too. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Excellent model mate. Amazing story as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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