The larger bomb would have been a 500 kg HE bomb and the smaller 100kg mix of HE (Blast) and Incendiary (Fire), depending on their target for the day. During the Night Blitz a load of 1 500 and 8 or 10 100 kilo Incendiaries would be standard. During the raids on RAF airfields during the Daylight, a mix of HE and Incendiaries would be preferred, for maximum damages to equipment and facilities. Specific targets would entail 2x 500 kilo HE bombs in the lead bomber, with a mixture of both 100kg types (HE and Incendiary) flown HE and Incendiaries in other bombers in the Staffel. (Squadron). BTW, most excellent job on a lovely kit. I do 1/48 and have both the ICM Do17Z and their Do215 kit. (The "export" version intended for Sweden utilising V12 Daimler Benz engines, but diverted to Luftwaffe stocks at the outbreak.) The Do215 was faster and better streamlined and ended up being used largely for reconnaisance and After-strike photos, especially during Barbarossa abut was also used in the Balkans and BOB. Both types were super-ceded by the far superior Do217E in 1941/42 with 2x BMW 801 Radials (like the Fw190A)
Excellent info there Brett. It looks a little small for a 500kg but then the German bombs had a much better charge to weight ratio than British bombs, so would be smaller for a given explosive mass.
I loved building mine. It’s a really enjoyable kit. I built lots of photo-etch into mine with a Big Ed set… I can’t see very much of it now, though. The 1:48 ICM / Eduard kit was my most enjoyable build experience of the last year. Great to see!
thank you so much for doing this Gary, it looks like a good kit, and I envy your airbrush skills that paint job is fantastic to say the least !!!!... all the best to ya Gary.... Shaun.
The cockpit is great! Your canopy is terrific. The landing gear is by Eiffel. Your airbrushing has super coverage without obscuring detail. Haven't looked at one of these since I built the old Monogram version. Think I may try the Sea Fury first.
So glad I watched this Gary, I have been struggling with a 1/48 ICM and still think they (ICM) are overly fussy and I am still really a beginner, groan. However it was bought for me and I'm damnwell gonna finish it. Your videos have shown me how I can retrieve the situation and go forward. Thank you sir.
My pleasure Norman. All you need to do is check the instructions and dry fit where possible before applying glue. Take your time and you'll get there! Hope you're enjoying it - I've got the new ICM Beaufort in the pipeline soon...
Superb build and video. Building this kit at the moment and I'm finding your guidance invaluable. I agree with you that this is an excellent Airfix kit.
hi Greg what a beautiful kit, I haven’t build a plastic model for a while and I am really impressed how the recent ones could be extremely detailed, I would like to buy a kit and start again, but I know this hobby requires a lot of things, tools ,colors and many many time to dedicate it, so I feel disheartened just to think that, anyway I am really happy to follow your UA-cam chanel.
Another great build mate👍.bean on the airfix website a couple of times last week and noticed there has been no pictures available on it for their kits was wondering if anyone else has noticed lol
Hi Gary, the DO 17 has turned out 100% perfectly, you must be veryleased with the effort you have put in, congratulations mate, bedt regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Stripe on the fuselage goes around at the wing root as per reference photos. Never trust the instructions from kits lol. Yellow band represents staffel kapitan's aircraft
Hi Gary nice build, re the tail plane incidence , you were right it is for trimming, controlled by a wheel on the port side of the cockpit. A really good book for German ww2 info is “ Wings of the Luftwaffe” by Capt Eric “Winkle” Brown, he holds the record for the amount of aircraft he flew, especially just after ww2 when he was sent to Germany to find their jet and rocket aircraft. There’s lots on UA-cam about him. 👍
Superb finish on your Dornier. Great job with the decals. That's when a plane's personality shines through. Top notch work all around. Looking forward to your next project. Happy modeling. Bill
This made me a subscriber. Great job Gary. I hope to see move WW2 kits in the future. These 2 videos will serve me as part of my Battle of Britain project. Thumbs up from America.
Brilliant build Gary, it looks a bit fiddly, especially around the cockpit area. Do you use a gloss varnish before doing a wash and putting on the decals, or do you find it is not necessary if you use Micro set/fix?Looking forward to Monday matters and your next build.Regards, Mike.
Not testing the painting, as I mentioned below, may explain why some apertures such as for gun barrels, are too small. Maybe the raw plastic parts fit, but the tolerances are so fine that once they are painted they are too big?
Great job as always! Wikipedia has this to say about the bombs 'Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of bombs carried internally, either 20 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 4 x 250 kg (551 lb) bombs '. Give that a Lancaster could carry at maximum 22,000 (10 tons) 2206 (1 ton) is a tad weedy considering its job as a /bomber/. [Edit: Mind you with the number of gunners they must have sacrificed bomb capacity. Wikipedia says crew of four, but there's more than four guns alone]. [Looks like the model has 1 x 250kg + 10 x 50kg so 750kg total). Curious how the Luftwaffe racked bombs vertically and the RAF horizontally.
You can do 20 of the smaller bombs if you want! The Germans never went in for the massive strategic bombers that the allies did, I guess there are on a par with the medium bombers such as the Hampden, Mitchell and so on. Not the battle plan, was it?
@@garys_stuff The Luftwaffe was conceived as a tactical force to support the army, usually under them or a mile or so back, so they never had the strategic reach of the RAF which could do both tactical support for the army and strategically hit the enemy.
No, there aren't any supplied with the kit, and the UA-cam algorithm is (I am told) sensitive to some visual elements and doesn't like them. Also, when you upload you have to say if there is anything contentious in the video (there are lots of things to choose from) and if you say yes then it affects the advertising revenue potential. Personally, I don't see an issue as it is a matter of history and people need to recognise the symbols of fascism in order to confront it.
@@garys_stuff : I had wondered about that too.... shame that YT is so petty about that; it may not be a nice symbol, with what it represents, but it is a part of history - ugly history, but history nonetheless.... What are they going to take offence to next I wonder; the British Union flag because of our colonial history?
The larger bomb would have been a 500 kg HE bomb and the smaller 100kg mix of HE (Blast) and Incendiary (Fire), depending on their target for the day. During the Night Blitz a load of 1 500 and 8 or 10 100 kilo Incendiaries would be standard. During the raids on RAF airfields during the Daylight, a mix of HE and Incendiaries would be preferred, for maximum damages to equipment and facilities. Specific targets would entail 2x 500 kilo HE bombs in the lead bomber, with a mixture of both 100kg types (HE and Incendiary) flown HE and Incendiaries in other bombers in the Staffel. (Squadron). BTW, most excellent job on a lovely kit. I do 1/48 and have both the ICM Do17Z and their Do215 kit. (The "export" version intended for Sweden utilising V12 Daimler Benz engines, but diverted to Luftwaffe stocks at the outbreak.) The Do215 was faster and better streamlined and ended up being used largely for reconnaisance and After-strike photos, especially during Barbarossa abut was also used in the Balkans and BOB. Both types were super-ceded by the far superior Do217E in 1941/42 with 2x BMW 801 Radials (like the Fw190A)
Excellent info there Brett. It looks a little small for a 500kg but then the German bombs had a much better charge to weight ratio than British bombs, so would be smaller for a given explosive mass.
Thourhly enjoyed watching.Great work.
Looks good Gary. 👍
Thanks Kevin 👍
super work Gary
Cheers James!
Another great build Gary, thanks. 😃
Cheers Fred!
Great job son 👏
Cheers Joe!
Comes up nice, doesn’t it? Lovely job Gary.
It does mate! Thanks.
I loved building mine. It’s a really enjoyable kit. I built lots of photo-etch into mine with a Big Ed set… I can’t see very much of it now, though. The 1:48 ICM / Eduard kit was my most enjoyable build experience of the last year. Great to see!
Thanks john! Tempted to do it in 1/48 at some time, also the Ju-88...
Excellent work. Looks amazing
Thank you, Your Grace!
Looks great 👍
Very nice end result with the model kit. You did a good job. I really want to get one. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Ricardo!
A very enjoyable watch Gary, Looking forward to your next build cheers from NZ👍
Thanks mate!
thank you so much for doing this Gary, it looks like a good kit, and I envy your airbrush skills that paint job is fantastic to say the least !!!!... all the best to ya Gary.... Shaun.
Many thanks Shaun, sorry it took so long!
@@garys_stuff I know but I really do appreciate it and I hope I'm not the only one that does... looking forward to Monday... 😉😉😉😉😉
The cockpit is great! Your canopy is terrific. The landing gear is by Eiffel. Your airbrushing has super coverage without obscuring detail.
Haven't looked at one of these since I built the old Monogram version. Think I may try the Sea Fury first.
Thanks Randy! The Sea Fury is a delight apart from the engine cowling - get an aftermarket one if you can.
That was great👍. A rather complex kit that I'm glad you enjoyed building 👍 I certainly enjoyed watching 👍😎Pete 🤓
Cheers Pete!
So glad I watched this Gary, I have been struggling with a 1/48 ICM and still think they (ICM) are overly fussy and I am still really a beginner, groan. However it was bought for me and I'm damnwell gonna finish it. Your videos have shown me how I can retrieve the situation and go forward. Thank you sir.
My pleasure Norman. All you need to do is check the instructions and dry fit where possible before applying glue. Take your time and you'll get there! Hope you're enjoying it - I've got the new ICM Beaufort in the pipeline soon...
@@garys_stuff You read my mind sir, a Beaufort is on my list. Really looking forward to your build.
Grand job Gary. Enjoyed watching you go through the build as always.
Cheers Will!
Superb build and video. Building this kit at the moment and I'm finding your guidance invaluable. I agree with you that this is an excellent Airfix kit.
hi Greg what a beautiful kit, I haven’t build a plastic model for a while and I am really impressed how the recent ones could be extremely detailed, I would like to buy a kit and start again, but I know this hobby requires a lot of things, tools ,colors and many many time to dedicate it, so I feel disheartened just to think that, anyway I am really happy to follow your UA-cam chanel.
Another great build mate👍.bean on the airfix website a couple of times last week and noticed there has been no pictures available on it for their kits was wondering if anyone else has noticed lol
I did notice that, I know someone must have built one for them but surprised they don't have photos in their shop.
@@garys_stuff there was no media loading just the text on website just thought it must be a glitch
Very nice..great companion to the new Mosquito
Indeed so. Let's hope they do a new Ju-88 before too long!
Can't see why not..would fit in well with the new stuff
Hi Gary, the DO 17 has turned out 100% perfectly, you must be veryleased with the effort you have put in, congratulations mate, bedt regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.
Thanks 👍
Stripe on the fuselage goes around at the wing root as per reference photos. Never trust the instructions from kits lol.
Yellow band represents staffel kapitan's aircraft
Thanks for that - there have been many issues with decal placing directions I have noticed recently.
@@garys_stuff even aftermarket sets have errors. Especially with color callouts
Hi Gary nice build, re the tail plane incidence , you were right it is for trimming, controlled by a wheel on the port side of the cockpit.
A really good book for German ww2 info is “ Wings of the Luftwaffe” by Capt Eric “Winkle” Brown, he holds the record for the amount of aircraft he flew, especially just after ww2 when he was sent to Germany to find their jet and rocket aircraft. There’s lots on UA-cam about him. 👍
Superb finish on your Dornier. Great job with the decals. That's when a plane's personality shines through. Top notch work all around. Looking forward to your next project. Happy modeling.
Bill
Thanks mate! The decals make all the difference to the character off a kit.
Cracking build! Adding this to the list after seeing this - the interior detail rivals 1:48 or indeed the Airfix 1:72 Fortress III!
Cheers Bruce!
Beautiful work 🔥🔥🔥
Great Job Gary, Looks great a bit fiddly but well worth it I think
You're right Danny - fiddly but worth it!
This made me a subscriber. Great job Gary. I hope to see move WW2 kits in the future. These 2 videos will serve me as part of my Battle of Britain project. Thumbs up from America.
Welcome along! I might be making the He-111 when it is re-released as well...
@@garys_stuff awesome Gary I look forward to seeing your work.
Very nice build, finding getting a mask set is a bit difficult, everyone is taking your advice Gary, keep them
Videos coming.
Thanks Jon!
Lovely build!
Thanks Derick!
Brilliant build Gary, it looks a bit fiddly, especially around the cockpit area. Do you use a gloss varnish before doing a wash and putting on the decals, or do you find it is not necessary if you use Micro set/fix?Looking forward to Monday matters and your next build.Regards, Mike.
I normally put down a satin varnish coat before the decals unless the paint is gloss, but if not then microset still works.
Nice work Gary!
Thanks Simon!
Not testing the painting, as I mentioned below, may explain why some apertures such as for gun barrels, are too small. Maybe the raw plastic parts fit, but the tolerances are so fine that once they are painted they are too big?
Hi, i've got a question,
how are decals in this kit? are they decent or worht replacing? because from the 1st sight they seem to be thick
Great job as always! Wikipedia has this to say about the bombs 'Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) of bombs carried internally, either 20 x 50 kg (110 lb) bombs or 4 x 250 kg (551 lb) bombs
'. Give that a Lancaster could carry at maximum 22,000 (10 tons) 2206 (1 ton) is a tad weedy considering its job as a /bomber/. [Edit: Mind you with the number of gunners they must have sacrificed bomb capacity. Wikipedia says crew of four, but there's more than four guns alone]. [Looks like the model has 1 x 250kg + 10 x 50kg so 750kg total). Curious how the Luftwaffe racked bombs vertically and the RAF horizontally.
You can do 20 of the smaller bombs if you want! The Germans never went in for the massive strategic bombers that the allies did, I guess there are on a par with the medium bombers such as the Hampden, Mitchell and so on. Not the battle plan, was it?
@@garys_stuff The Luftwaffe was conceived as a tactical force to support the army, usually under them or a mile or so back, so they never had the strategic reach of the RAF which could do both tactical support for the army and strategically hit the enemy.
Bit of a whoopsie from Airfix on the decals. I wonder if only model /construction/ is tested not painting or decals.
Does It have the crooked crosses on the tail ?
Airfix kits never have them, not even in two parts.
And I don't add them from aftermarket because YT can be a bit fussy about them. I have heard of videos being picked up for including them.
@@garys_stuff that is probably best, especially as it's not entirely clear if it's humans that make a report or some kind AI.
Well done Sir 👍 Cheers ☕🐢
is the decal the yelow rigtangel fixed ? airfix ? i wandt to bui it but the decal schould be like in the real one. greets. 13:24
Nice build, but your attention to detail is somewhat lacking. It looks like you build the kit straight out of the box.
I know, it's a failing of mine. At some stage I will repent by making the Harrier GR.9 with open engine covers, etc.
Didn't you just buy this model a few days ago? Damn you build these quickly
Easy when it's a full time job!
Nice kit Gary but new airfix a bit fiddles..........no swastikas either
No, there aren't any supplied with the kit, and the UA-cam algorithm is (I am told) sensitive to some visual elements and doesn't like them. Also, when you upload you have to say if there is anything contentious in the video (there are lots of things to choose from) and if you say yes then it affects the advertising revenue potential. Personally, I don't see an issue as it is a matter of history and people need to recognise the symbols of fascism in order to confront it.
@@garys_stuff : I had wondered about that too.... shame that YT is so petty about that; it may not be a nice symbol, with what it represents, but it is a part of history - ugly history, but history nonetheless.... What are they going to take offence to next I wonder; the British Union flag because of our colonial history?