Do-335

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May 18, 2014
Main parts on my workbench
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May 18, 2014
Filing the nose cowling. I find these curved nail-polish files quite useful
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May 18, 2014
Adding some weight to prevent tail-sitting , which in the end proved to be not enough ,,, 🙁
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May 20, 2014
Fuselage halves glued together
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May 20, 2014
Fuselage halves glued together
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May 20, 2014
Wrong tailplanes: This how they look viewed from the top. Actuators must be removed from one part and new ones from plasticard added to the other part.
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May 25, 2014
Checking for blemishes
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May 25, 2014
Checking for blemishes and marking them with a pencil
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May 25, 2014
Checking for blemishes and marking them with a pencil
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June 8, 2014
Some green stuff is needed
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June 8, 2014
More green stuff
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June 8, 2014
Wrong propeller. One blade is facing backwards
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June 8, 2014
V9 prototype (Monogram book)
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June 8, 2014
A0 pre series (Monogram book)
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June 8, 2014
A0 preseries (Monogram book)
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June 8, 2014
V9 prototype (Monogram book)
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April 2, 2015
Primed and ready for re-sribing
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April 2, 2015
Primed and ready for re-sribing
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April 19, 2015
Undersides painted in RLM76 , AK ref 2009. Good colour match and coverage. But I made a BIG mistake. Instead of using thinner I used Ultra-Matte Varnish ....of
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December 26, 2015
My very mistake ,,,, rough mix
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April 19, 2015
Which resulted in some ugly splotches
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April 19, 2015
and paint smears.....
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December 26, 2015
All over again ... now the result is more accurate , and the color more accurate (RLM65 , not 76)
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December 26, 2015
Rough sheen on tail surfaces 🙁
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December 26, 2015
After removal of masking tape
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December 26, 2015
Top colours ... some paint was removed when lifting the masking tape, so I repainted by hand. Dark colour is from Tamiya.
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December 26, 2015
The very same poroblem on bottom surfaces
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December 26, 2015
After 3 hand coats of Future , decalling started. Decals are extremely thin and prone to curl. In fact I broke some fuselage letters.
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December 26, 2015
Then I found quite a lot of decals missing, f.e. bottom surface wing letters.
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December 26, 2015
I was aiming for the V9 prototype , but I broke some decals and had not enough decals in my spare box to mend it.
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December 26, 2015
So I left the model without letters
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December 26, 2015
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December 26, 2015
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December 26, 2015
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December 26, 2015
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December 26, 2015
Almost finnished ,,, beware it's a heavy tail sitter
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December 26, 2015
Bottom. Note that letters and quite a lot of stencils are missing. Undercarriage is very well represented, although its complexity.
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December 26, 2015
Allmost finnished. Formation lights are still to be painted on.
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December 26, 2015
Note that there are no fuselage letters .. decals broke 🙁
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December 26, 2015
Also no fuselage letters on starboard
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December 26, 2015
The end result ... Starboard view
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December 26, 2015
The end result ... Port view
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December 26, 2015
The old and the new (Lindberd vs Hobbyboss)
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December 26, 2015
The old and the new (Lindberd vs Hobbyboss)

Comments

1 18 May 2014, 18:22

Holger Kranich
Hey Julian, please tell me how you like the AK stuff!
I´m eager to see how your 335 turns out!

19 May 2014, 18:40

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
I've just painted the cockpit in RLM 66 and some parts in RLM 02. Even the paint may seem to be Vallejo manufactured, it's not ... the paint is much more thinner than Vallejo ... like Tamiya or Gunze (I'd rather say thinner). Three coats were needed for the cockpit. Let's see how they perform on airbrushing ,,, I'll keep posting on .....

20 May 2014, 18:08

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Some green stuff was need to correct blemishes. Also front propeller need to be corrected. One blade is facing backwards.

8 June 2014, 18:00

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
I've not yet decided which plane to depict .... Maybe V9 prototype or any of the first A0 preseries ,,,,, According to the information I've got , both should be painted in 70,71,65 ,,,, Any help ?

9 June 2014, 12:29

Holger Kranich
70/71/65 should be fine, i think!

9 June 2014, 14:48

Holger Kranich
You work with green stuff? Thats some cool putty!!!😢

9 June 2014, 14:49

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
yeap ... I've got one tube of Green Stuff from one friend in the US and it's great stuff indeed !!!!
😉)))))

9 June 2014, 16:57

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
So the I'll go for the V9 in 70,71,65 ,,,,,,,

9 June 2014, 16:57

Holger Kranich
Depending on your choice of version, please mind that there are some panels in bare metal!

9 June 2014, 19:08

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Completed, at long last !!!!!! In the end I skipped some of my former proposals
🙁

30 December 2015, 19:22

Humpty Hays
Julian - I just picked up this kit from a local hobby store. Yours looks great and thanks for some of the tips. I'm using the Ammo Acrylics by Mig for my paint. I also found a great walk around of this airplane on a site www.cybermodeler.com/aircraft/do335/do335_walk.shtml It's restored in a museum and the images are quite clear and close for details.

1 February 2019, 14:36

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Thanks Steve , it builds nice although has some inaccuracies

2 February 2019, 05:45

Album info

OOB easy and (let's hope) fast project. So far I've just joined the fuselage halves. Parts break-down is very clever. With some care on assembly, a bit filling here and there and checking the parts ...very few filler should be needed ..... Let's see .....
Tail planes and front propeller are wrong and should be corrected. During asembly some glue creeped to the undersides ... so I'll have to fix it .... wet sanding just done ,,,,, Then some Green Stuff and more filing. Front propeller and tailplanes corrected (sort of ...). Primed and some panel lines re-scribed. Ready for painting. Today I've airbrushed the undersides in RLM76 AK ref 2009 ... Good colour match ... but ... I've made a BIG mistake ... I've used mat varnish instead of thinner ... so some ugly splotches have appeared
🙁
I'm affraid I'll have to start it all over again....
Model has been repainted all over. Now the mix was good and sprayed quite well. Nevertheless the paint has not much grip, so I lifted some paint when removing the masking tap

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