GazzaS

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Very nice looking build! I have seen so few smaller wooden ship models. I'm surprised how broad the beam is.

Very nice, Phil!

Good stuff, Harv!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Merry Christmas everyone! Last night I started working on the kit. Having seen Tony tape all of the large parts together to get an idea of future fit, I did it with the FW. You can see some gaps at the wing root. I think I will extend the fairings from the fuselage and try to get a snug fit. Fit is a bit querulous everywhere... everything is close, but will want some clamping during the gluing process. The remaining parts... it's pretty small part count... think I'm gonna have to get some brass barrels. Resin and PE details. Two choices for tires... ribbed and smooth. You get decals for 8 schemes... here are five... And three more... Most versions are A-3. One is A-2 and two are A-1. I'm leaning toward the A-1 myself as I don't imagine any other company will ever release on in IM. I hope you all enjoy the journey with me! Gaz

More great progress, Steve!

Nice work on the motor.

Nice work!

Rocking it!

Happy Holidays my friends!

No need to apologize, Mike. A forum is for communicating. I like the ICM kit. Goes together nicely and the detail is acceptable for scale. The plastic gun barrels are a little weak, so I replace them with brass. The wingspan of the 217 is 16 inches. The 217 is all new molds. Clear parts are very nice. If I could pick out any fault in the 217 is that the fuselage seams need reinforcement as the body is pretty flexible. I used evergreen sheet to beef up the fuselage seams. Some day I'm hoping ICM releases either the 217K or M bombers.

Oh... I've built the 217. The is an N2/R22 The only 1/48 variants I know of in styrene are the Revell E (long OOP), and two night fighter variants by ICM. If there was a ship hunting variant of the E, it might have had some dipoles in places. But I haven't thoroughly researched the bomber variants. ICM recently released the J nightfighter. Both kits feature plastic aerials, but they are overly chunky. If you want a glass nose with aerials, I'm pretty sure you'll have to build a JU-88 or 188. They have some pretty hefty aerial arrangements, though. Do you solder? Gaz

The Gaspatch dipoles are the correct set for the Dornier. I don't think any if them received the FuG 220 or later sets. Just 202 and 212 which use the same aerial.

Thank you, Mike! If you get one of the 217’s, check out Gaspatch Models for radar aerials. ...if you’re not keen to make your own.

Struts look great! I'm toying with the idea of learning to make the LG legs from brass tube.... gotta figure out what size to get. GAz

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the mini strut tutorial. I think it was good to get that part of the build over with, first. I find it's a good way to motivate the rest. nice job!

Luftstreitkräfte... Check! Saw Combat... Check! You're building it... Check!

Hell, I don't even know if I have a 2020 kit in my stash. ... ooh wait... Meng Dr. I. Heh... my vote by default!

Looks good, John!

Nice work, keep it up. I really like the figure!

Well done!!