1/48 Dornier Do17Z-2 ICM

[adt70hk]

That's coming on nicely Barry. A shame about the decals though.

ATB

Andrew

[BarryW]

Applying weathering.

This is before blending the kerosene, oil and other leaks. I am using the AKI products designed for this. It is not just a matter of colour but also the sheen.


After blending


The underside. Mostly here the streaking is with weathering pencils.


Now I am working on the transparencies. These from New Ware are just about the worse I have used. I have never known so much seepage under the masks before despite burnishing them down with cocktail sticks as usual. So I have had a lot of clean up using a cocktail stick plus small pointed cotton buds dipped in ipa.

[adt70hk]

That's coming on nicely Barry, despite the masking problems.

ATB.

Andrew

[Steven000]

Looks great so far Barry, masking those crosses must have been a pain! Well done
Steven

[BarryW]

A weakness of this kit are the u/c attachments. It just does not look at all strong.


These are not much better than butt joints. Also the axles don’t fit far into the wheel hubs. All very weak. The four attachment points don't even line up very well.

I’m trying a dry fit, this happened. The plastic is a little on the soft side.


I decided to glue the wheels into place before fixing the u/c. It makes it harder to see but might prevent worse damage. We will see.

In the meantime I am using Gator Glue to fix the guns into place. Locking tweezers are proving quite useful for this…

[BarryW]

A photo of the nearly complete model.

I have the aerial wire to do, gloss the wing tip lights and wait for the pva glue to dry - oh, I need to apply some matt varnish to areas of the undercarriage as well just to get that to look like something approaching acceptable.

The engjneering of the u/c is terrible, it is weak and was very difficult to get firmly in the right position. So a lot of ca was smeered in places it should not be as a result of many failed attempts. … I did get there in the end but it is far from ideal.



This model will not stay on the display shelves for long after taking photos. That’s not only because I am not pleased with the result but the u/c is so weak it won’t last long.

This one is definitely not up to the standard of what I experienced from previous ICM kits, but is far from the worse kit I have had. As I said before, it demonstrates the journey ICM have been on.

I will do a completed thread soon.

[adt70hk]

Sorry to hear about the problems with the undercarriage.

It's turned out very nicely indeed despite your problems.

Well done.

Andrew

[Guest]

A photo of the nearly complete model.

I have the aerial wire to do, gloss the wing tip lights and wait for the pva glue to dry - oh, I need to apply some matt varnish to areas of the undercarriage as well just to get that to look like something approaching acceptable.

The engjneering of the u/c is terrible, it is weak and was very difficult to get firmly in the right position. So a lot of ca was smeered in places it should not be as a result of many failed attempts. … I did get there in the end but it is far from ideal.

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This model will not stay on the display shelves for long after taking photos. That’s not only because I am not pleased with the result but the u/c is so weak it won’t last long.

This one is definitely not up to the standard of what I experienced from previous ICM kits, but is far from the worse kit I have had. As I said before, it demonstrates the journey ICM have been on.

I will do a completed thread soon.

Great build Barry! One thing you do get is more experience. For me the idea is always to get through the rough spots and come out better the other side!