Airfix Dornier Do 217J-1

1
July 12, 2025
Start of a new adventure in plastic and first time at the bench for 11 months! Total mojo failure for a while there. Lots of EP marks & sink marks to deal with, so fettling & filling for tonight. The cockpit canopy has almost no definition to the canopy, so I've sourced a replacement. Note the holes in the wheel wells mean that you need to deal with a couple of big EP marks inside the top wing surface.
2
August 4, 2025
WIP cockpit & crew. A bit more painting to be done, but it's probably easier to do with the crew in place. Not that much of it will be visible anyway.

Comments

12 12 July, 19:21

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

12 July, 20:17

Nicolas
Me 2.

13 July, 07:06

gorby
We can't be having any mojo failure with your amazing stash! I want to see them ALL built, particularly the rare and the weird ones. 😄

13 July, 07:49

John Hughes Author
Welcome aboard, gents. Amazing stash, gorby? I think you have confused me with Tom Selleck. Happens all the time 🤣

1 13 July, 16:42

Villiers de Vos
Also taking a seat.

31 July, 08:17

John Hughes Author
Welcome aboard Villiers. Slow going at the moment as I'm trying to catch all the EP & sinkmarks that I can before really getting going. Adding the rudders to the tail created more sinkage as the cement got ahold of the very thin plastic. Luckily it's between the rivet lines. Also, painting the crew is a slow job.

1 31 July, 10:46

Bas Tonn
Any seats available?

4 August, 18:30

John Hughes Author
Sure, Bas. Might start selling tickets...

4 August, 20:00

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Airfix Dornier Do 217J-1

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1:72 Bf 109G-5-G-14/K armament set & Pitot Tube (Master AM-72-011)

Dornier Do 217J-1

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