1/48 Tamiya Do-335 ‘Pfeil’

by Alfonso Pereira

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This is my first submission to ARC.   It is the excellent Tamiya Do-335 ‘Pfeil’, which I built straight from the box.  The only modification I made was to the pilot figure.   I wanted to display the model in-flight, and the pilot included with the model has a very relaxed posture, which is more suitable for a grounded aircraft. 

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Here you can see how I modified the pilot.  I cut and replaced the right arm so it would hold the control stick, sanded the molded in goggles and made new ones from lead foil, removed the oxygen mask and hose and made replacements from putty and a hose made of fine wire wrapped around thicker wire.

Since the backside of the instrument panel is visible from the outside, I added some minimal wiring detail with fine solder.

I didn’t particularly like the bland camouflage scheme of this aircraft, so I gave it my own version of a more colorful late war Luftwaffe camo.  The model was painted with Tamiya acrylics, and weathered with pastels and a dark enamel wash.   The markings are a combination of the kit’s decals and some from my spares box.   I used a display base from Creative Displays.  The spinning propellers in some of the pictures are courtesy of my wife’s hair dryer J.

Alfonso

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Photos and text © by Alfonso Pereira