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APRIL/MAY 2015 •
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DORNIER’S ARROW
Kevin Futter builds the new HK Models 1:32 Dornier Do 335 B-2
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CONTENTS
2
Coming or Going?
Kevin Futter gets to grips with a test shot of the new
1:32 Dornier Do 335 B-2 from HK Models.
10
Bristol Beaufighter Mk.1c
Jamie Pastor models a heavily weathered RAAF aircraft
based on the 1:48 Tamiya kit
18
P-38 J Lightning
‘Master of Metallics’, Michel Gruson tackles the Eduard special edition 1:48 kit.
26
Finnish MiG-21 BIS
Armour modeller Jari Hemila trys his hand at something with wings.
36
Big Bird B-17, Part 10
The Editor continues his build of HK Models spectacular 1:32 Flying Fortress.
44
Air Born
New releases.
58
Big-Buck Buccaneer Part 2
Andrea Vignocchi describes the painting techniques
used on his 1:72 superdetailed Buccaneer.
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Coming or going ?
Kevin Futter
builds a test shot of the
new HK Models monster Dornier
Do
335B-2
The Dornier Do 335
was unique in the
annals of military aviation, being a twin-
engine aircraft of unusual push/pull
configuration. Featuring an elongated
fuselage with an engine at each end, it was
also one of the fastest piston-engine
fighters of WW2. It was conceived and
designed to fulfil a number of roles,
including fighter, fighter-bomber, heavy
fighter (Zerstörer), and extending to two-
seat night fighter and trainer roles. Only 70
examples of all types were completed by
war’s end, with none entering squadron
service.
The HK Models kit represents the heavily-
armed Do 335B-2 “Zerstörer” version of
the aircraft, which featured a 30mm
MK103 cannon in each wing, housed in
large, protruding fairings that were
characteristic of this variant. A third MK103
was mounted within the forward engine
block, firing through the spinner. When
combined with the two MG 151/20 20mm
cannon mounted atop the forward
fuselage, the resulting firepower truly
earned the description “heavily armed”!
The kit itself is something of a beast, being
large and highly detailed. Some parts, such
as the roof of the nose wheel bay, feature
an amazing level of moulded-in detail, and
require careful painting to do them justice.
The kit is also designed in a modular
fashion to accommodate other versions.
For example, the fuselage spine is a single,
separate piece, which can be swapped out
for the two-seat spine. Similarly, the large
cannon fairings for the wings are supplied
as complete, single-piece inserts for the
wing leading edges. As we will see, this
approach caused me a few fit issues
during the build, though some of these
issues were definitely self-inflicted!
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This kit was an early test shot from HK Models,
and arrived without instructions, decals, photo-
etched parts and nose weights. It was also pulled
from moulds that were not 100% complete or
finalised, so I had a few challenges at the outset.
During the early phases of the build, I was able to
obtain some of the missing elements, and later
still, an example of the production kit, from which I
borrowed a few parts.
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