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For the Bomber build SIG, I will be building the Revell 1:48 Dornier Do215, kit number 04925.



The Revell kit was released in 2015, it is a Redbox of the ICM kit which was first released in 2014.
It is the night fighter variant but all the parts are there to make the original ICM Do215B-4



I will also be using the BigEd photo etch and mask set.

The Dornier Do 215 was a light bomber, aerial reconnaissance aircraft and later a night fighter, produced by Dornier originally for export, but in the event most served in the Luftwaffe. Like its predecessor, the Dornier Do 17, it inherited the title "The Flying Pencil" because of its slim fuselage. The successor of the Do 215 was the Do 217.



The Do 17 fast bomber elicited renewed interest from foreign air forces (after the initial Do 17K series production). In July 1937, Dornier therefore prepared a pre-series Do 17 Z-0 as a demonstrator for export customers. It was given the civil registration D-AAIV. While this aircraft was essentially identical to the production Do 17Z, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium assigned the designation Do 215 to the export version. The V1 prototype retained the nine-cylinder Bramo 323 Fafnir radial engine of the Do 17Z.



The second prototype (Do 215 V2) was equipped with Gnome-Rhône 14-NO radial engines. It safely completed testing, but did not attract export orders because it did not offer a notable performance increase over the Do 17Z. Dornier therefore equipped the V3 prototype with 1,175 PS (1,159 hp) Daimler-Benz DB 601Ba inline engines. much like the 1937 fitting of the earlier DB 600 powerplants to the Do 17L and M subtypes. The V3, which first flew in the spring of 1939, showing a noticeable improvement in flight performance compared to the earlier prototypes.



Series production of the Do 215 A-1 began in 1939. The order, intended for the Swedish Air Force, was stopped in August 1939, due to the political situation. The 18 extant aircraft were embargoed and pressed into Luftwaffe service upon the outbreak of World War II.

Some modifications were made and the resulting aircraft were redesignated Do 215B. This was the standard production version. According to official figures, 105 Do 215s were produced between 1939 and 1941 by Dornier in their factory at Oberpfaffenhofen.

Crew: four (pilot, bomb aimer/gunner, two gunners)
Length: 15.79 m (51 ft 9⅔ in)
Wingspan: 18 m (59 ft 0⅔ in)
Height: 4.56 m (14 ft 11½ in)
Wing area: 55 m² (592 ft²)
Empty weight: 5,200 kg (11,464 lb)
Loaded weight: 8,600 kg (18,959 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 601 Ba V-12-cylinder inverted vee type engines, 1,175 PS (1,159 hp, 864 kW) each
Performance

Maximum speed: 506 km/h (273 kn, 314 mph) at 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
Range: 2,450 km (1,323 nmi, 1,522 mi) normal
Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,500 ft)
Wing loading: 105.1 kg/m² (32.78 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 184 W/kg (0.113 hp/lb)
Armament

4 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) MG 15 machine guns, later upgraded to 6
1,000 kg (2,205 lb) bombs carried internally, 40 x 10kg (22 ib) or 20 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 2 x 250 kg (551 ib) bombs or 2 x 500kg (1100 ib) bombs

The flying pencil indeed...but still a beautiful shape and feat of engineering
Impressive choice for a build
I am welcoming you to the sig and wishing you the best of luck on your build and hope you have some fun too
Scott

Hi Tat2bhoy, its a nice kit but I had some issues with mating the engine nacelles to the wing as the chord was too flat. It was probably (definitely) my incompetence but I ended up having to hack the wheel wells to get the wings together . Looking forward to seeing how yours looks infinitely better than mine

regards

Paul

I tried to build this kit last year, it ended up in the place where crap kits (my incompetence) end up. I had the same problems with the engine nacelles but I don't have the skills to start hacking so it crashed and burned.

I wish you all the best for this build.

Good Luck, Les

Interesting Do variant, which I think lasted longer in service (night fighter) then the later 17s.

Nice. Love those 'glass house' aircraft. So much detail to see.

Very nice choice mate

Lovely.

Les0012 wrote: Wed May 02, 2018 10:33 am I tried to build this kit last year, it ended up in the place where crap kits (my incompetence) end up. I had the same problems with the engine nacelles but I don't have the skills to start hacking so it crashed and burned.

I wish you all the best for this build.

Good Luck, Les

Quax wrote: Wed May 02, 2018 10:08 am Hi Tat2bhoy, its a nice kit but I had some issues with mating the engine nacelles to the wing as the chord was too flat. It was probably (definitely) my incompetence but I ended up having to hack the wheel wells to get the wings together . Looking forward to seeing how yours looks infinitely better than mine

regards

Paul

Thanks for the information on that lads, I might look at that at the start of the build

Door prize draw coming up this weekend

Time to finally get my build thread going
First of all, here’s the sprues.

As you can see, it’s a very big box for the size of the sprue bag



The main reason I bought this kit, which was a bargain £15 from wonderland models in Edinburgh, was that it’s a reboxed ICM kit, a manufacturer that I really like.



There are six sprues, two of which are identical, and one which is clear.











The decals look ok, won’t sure whether to use them or get after market ones, will decide later on that one.



I also purchased the Big Ed set from Eduard. It contains five different sets which are one for the bomb bay, which is ideal for this S.I.G. build, one for the cockpit, one for the undercarriage, one for the landing flaps and a set of masks for all the glass that’s on this bomber.

Ok good to see you
Tons of time left and I bet you catch up to my slug paced build in no time
I welcome you and your build to the sig and hope you have a bit of fun along the way
Scott

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:22 am Ok good to see you
Tons of time left and I bet you catch up to my slug paced build in no time
I welcome you and your build to the sig and hope you have a bit of fun along the way
Scott

I’m a bit further on, I just haven’t been posting, will need to get more posts up on here

Last month of the bomber sig
pitter patter let's get at her

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I decided to dry fit the nacelles after getting some advice about them being a poor fit from [mention]Quax[/mention] and [mention]Les0012[/mention], thanks for the advice, saved me a lot of hassle later



I used Tamiya tape to dry fit the wings and nacelles together




When they were put in place, the poor fit was obvious to see, so I marked what area I needed to remove for them to fit better(marked with black)







After trial fitting them once I removed the offending plastic with a sanding stick type thing, there was aga- between the wing and the nacelle, so I put some blue tac in the wing to raise it yo the required height, I’ll put in something more permanent when it come to the glueing stage.




Also the nacelles parts are eached marked left or right, so when they are built up you know which one goes on which wing, which is very handy as the instructions have each step marked left or right until the fitting of them to the wings, when they are suddenly reversed, (b)left on the right wing and (a)right on the left wing!!!

Before starting the cockpit, I marked on the instructions where the PE was used in each step, also done the same on the PE instructions to make sure I didn’t miss any step, hopefully





The parts marked red need to be removed for PE parts to be fitted



I marked each part to be removed



The start of the PE fitting. Once it’s all fitted I gave it an undercoat before giving it a coat of RLM 02.
Some of the PE are prpainted so they get fitted after the painting.



Once it’s all painted and weathered, it makes into a very nicely detailed cockpit

very nice pe work going on there , the cockpit looks superb and I'm glad you got the engine and nacelles fitted ok

Paul

Keep up the battle mate, you are on the right track

Quax wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:26 am very nice pe work going on there , the cockpit looks superb and I'm glad you got the engine and nacelles fitted ok

Paul

It helped with your advise Paul

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:51 pm Keep up the battle mate, you are on the right track

I’m winning this one

Once the two halves of the fuselage and the bomb bay frames were fitted, a bit of filler and some sanding was required on the seams

Wow very nice clean work on the cockpit....superb in fact

Superb looking cockpit. All that preparation really paid off!

Using plans I found on the internet, I marked up for doing some riveting, then set about the tedious task of riveting using the trumpeter rivet tool, a lot of work but worth that bit of extra time in the build

Great result on the riveting, looks excellent.

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:06 am Great result on the riveting, looks excellent.

Second that !

You are doing great so far... I am staying tuned for new progress and the final result.

Keep up the great work!

v/r,

Ben

Before fitting the wings, the landing flaps on the lower wing parts need to be carefully removed to fit the Eduards PE landing flaps set

Next was to add the Eduards bomb bay set, there are two alternative bomb racks in the set



Several parts go into the bomb racks, two of which are required



Not sure how much of it will be seen on the final build, but still worth the effort

See them or not there's a certain satisfaction in folding that pe so it becomes something. The bomb bay looks great !

Holy cow, great work

digger303 wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 2:03 am

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:06 am Great result on the riveting, looks excellent.

Second that !

DRUMS01 wrote: Sun Aug 19, 2018 6:26 am You are doing great so far... I am staying tuned for new progress and the final result.

Keep up the great work!

v/r,

Ben

digger303 wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:59 pm See them or not there's a certain satisfaction in folding that pe so it becomes something. The bomb bay looks great !

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:00 pm Holy cow, great work

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:06 am Great result on the riveting, looks excellent.

Thanks lads, it’s comments like these that make this hobby even more enjoyable and worth all the effort we all put into it

After much deliberation, a bit like I had with the bomb bay, I decided to go with the upgrade of the undercarriage even though it wouldn’t really be seen either very often.

The interior detailed needed to be removed before more intricate PE folding and glueing can take place




After another enjoyable and very satisfying evening, all ready for priming



All primed and ready for painting

looking good mate

Absolutely awesome work with the riveting and all that PE - looks stunning mate

Wow some great work there mate

Tomcat64 wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:24 am Absolutely awesome work with the riveting and all that PE - looks stunning mate

gaz45 wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:06 am Wow some great work there mate

Kevthemodeller wrote: Tue Aug 21, 2018 7:19 am looking good mate

Thanks gents

There was a poor fit on the underside of the nacelles, so some spru gloo and some sanding soon sorted it.



To sort the fit issue of earlier of the nacelles to the wings, I super glued some cut off cocktail stick inside the wings for a better fit.



Didn’t do much detail work on the engines, just a basic paint job, nothing too much required as I will be covering them up. Put in the landing gear parts that needed to be fitted.



Got them fitted to the wings and happy with the fit, definitely helped and saved a lot of time with the earlier info I got from some of the guys, thanks lads, much appreciated

As I’m building the B-4 version not the B-5, I fitted part 32 instead of part 21




Using the big ed mask set, I set upon doing the fun task of masking all the windows, there’s a few of them lol



There was also a poor fitting piece on the nacelle, so with some plastikard and glue, then a bit of sanding, problem solved

Now for some more PE this time the landing flaps, these will be seen, this is probably the main reason for buying the big ed set.




The parts of the kit that were required to be removed were all ready to go



First part built, a bit fiddly but builds up nicely as per usual



Test fitted then glued into place, looks nice if I do say so myself



The lower parts required plastic rod to go through, so made some from stretched sprue



Fitted then cut to size



All the upper ones fitted and glued into place



And all the lower ones fitted



This is how it’s meant to look as it is on their web page
Would love to have the skill to do it like that

Tell you what your within a smidgen of doing like the web site

Beautiful work there. Those nacelles looked a pain, but you've fixed them nicely. Great PE work and love all the detailing you've done with the riveting etc.

Nice one!!

digger303 wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:43 pm Tell you what your within a smidgen of doing like the web site

The engineering of the parts definitely helps, but thanks for the ego boost lol

alextheblue wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 7:14 pm Beautiful work there. Those nacelles looked a pain, but you've fixed them nicely. Great PE work and love all the detailing you've done with the riveting etc.

Nice one!!

Thanks m8, I do enjoy a wee challenge

Once all the masking was done, the clear parts were secured to the model



Using RLM 66 which was also used for the cockpit interior,



I sprayed the clear parts with it so the interior of the clear parts will look the same as the cockpit interior



Looking at reference pictures, the openings in the wings have two smal parts inside of them



Using stretched sprue, I cut the pieces to the correct size



Then secure in place

Using MRP primer, I sprayed the whole model with it, gave it two coats which also shows up any areas that need reworked, there was a couple of areas that needed a bit of filler and some sanding, then reprimed

looking forward to seeing this finished, you've put a massive amount of work into this and its going to look amazing!

Paul

For the underside, I used RLM65



I then masked off the landing flaps



Gave them a few coats of RLM66



Then removed the tape



Before painting the upper surface, I masked off all the lower surfaces before giving the upper surface a few coats of RLM71 then masked the camouflage before a few coats of RLM70 was added



Faded panelling was done by adding some white to the RLM65,RLM70 and RLM71 then lightly spraying on each panel

Absolutely brilliant work, I know the PE can be a major mojo drain but you seem to be revelling (no pun intended) it

Fantastic work

InvalidUsername wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 3:18 am Fantastic work

AAC wrote: Sat Aug 25, 2018 12:23 am Absolutely brilliant work, I know the PE can be a major mojo drain but you seem to be revelling (no pun intended) it

Quax wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:20 am looking forward to seeing this finished, you've put a massive amount of work into this and its going to look amazing!

Paul

Thanks for the kind words , much appreciated, and as I said, it’s comments like these that make this a great hobby, I just hope I can get it finished in time, as I do like a fair bit of weathering on my builds