JayW Posted December 30, 2025 Posted December 30, 2025 I am so impressed with the Rhino work Peter. BTW - what rendering option are you using for the neat pictures? airscale and williamj 2
Artful69 Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 (edited) 11 hours ago, airscale said: so, back in business I will never get the 4 days back the canopy took, so I hope you like it ..still an awful lot to do here not least of which is deciding the moulding splits as there is no way the basic shapes mould like this.. there also seem to be a number of aerial fits - here the twin loop type, but I need to dig deeper as there are at least 5 different versions I have seen - will try and accomodate the most common / BoB type Need to decide the chosen airframe really, that way I can juts build what I see.. BTW any references welcome - I have all the Haffner manuals but if you have any interior shots / wheel wells / detailed exterior, please drop me a PM - like i guessed at the top of the mast aerial as there is some kind of fitting, but until I can see it I have to go with best guess TTFN Peter I knew the glassware and the main wing join would be a pain in the rear to replicate but you’re doing pretty well there Peter!! Your sacrifices are appreciated Rog PS - I’ll see if I can dig out my Classics Book for you everything is still in packing boxes from last years move!! Edited December 31, 2025 by Artful69 airscale and williamj 2
LSP_Ray Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 Amazing CAD work, Peter! I can barely draw a cube in Rhino so far. geedubelyer, williamj and airscale 2 1
Artful69 Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 I wonder if the folks over at Kotare pop in to have a squiz while they're cruising the forums Rog airscale, geedubelyer and williamj 3
Greif8 Posted December 31, 2025 Posted December 31, 2025 Awesome 3D design work Peter, you are very talented in that direction. Ernest williamj and airscale 2
Gazzas Posted January 1 Posted January 1 (edited) Reference photos... These might prove useful... might not. Interior photos are as rare as hen's teeth. I reckon that ground-steering-trolly might be a nice extra for diorama enthusiasts. Edited January 1 by Gazzas airscale, Shoggz, dennismcc and 7 others 10
williamj Posted January 3 Posted January 3 (edited) What a relief it must have been to have finally found the files Peter, after all that research and work... I'm very excited for you, and for us as well, as we all know how great this kit is going to be. Some rather cool pics on this blog...FalkeEins - the Luftwaffe blog: Dornier 17 handbook illustrations, detail views, interiors, walkaround - reference for the new-tool Airfix Do 17 in 72nd scale - page last updated 05 October 2015 Edited January 3 by williamj airscale and Kagemusha 2
airscale Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 thank you chaps :) On 12/31/2025 at 4:18 AM, Artful69 said: I knew the glassware and the main wing join would be a pain in the rear to replicate but you’re doing pretty well there Peter!! Your sacrifices are appreciated Rog ..that wing joint - jeesh - 3 weeks of agony - I must have done it 50 times in a thousand different ways.. I am finally happy with it now though On 12/31/2025 at 7:49 AM, Artful69 said: I wonder if the folks over at Kotare pop in to have a squiz while they're cruising the forums Rog I speak to Mark quite frequently and always check in with him before a new project he is not doing a Do17 anytime soon... ..all the glass parts are done - or at least defined as injection moulded parts anyway... ..I am sure I won't get away with all of it with the super talented mouldmakers, but they know best what will work and how to divide the assembly up ..still lots to do and masses of detail to go in the cockpit, but the focus is on the IM parts now - wings & nacelles next.. TTFN Peter Shoggz, IainM, TankBuster and 25 others 28
airscale Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 On 1/1/2026 at 1:09 AM, Gazzas said: Reference photos... These might prove useful... might not. bloody useful actually !! some really good shots there - unusual angles get things that the run of the mill 'standing in front of may aeroplane' photo's don't thank you - and anyone else wants to add - please do - I need all the help I can get Gazzas 1
Gazzas Posted January 3 Posted January 3 13 minutes ago, airscale said: bloody useful actually !! some really good shots there - unusual angles get things that the run of the mill 'standing in front of may aeroplane' photo's don't thank you - and anyone else wants to add - please do - I need all the help I can get A year or two ago I wanted to find images or drawings of the crew entry hatch/ladder so that I could model it open. Do you think I could find one between my small library and the internet? No sir... not one. Wouter and airscale 2
Wouter Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Search long enough and you will find: Shoggz, Paul in Napier, Kagemusha and 5 others 8
LSP_K2 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 On 12/30/2025 at 10:52 PM, LSP_Ray said: Amazing CAD work, Peter! I can barely draw a cube in Rhino so far. Don't worry, I know folks that can't do a three-view projection of a rubber ball. williamj, geedubelyer, scvrobeson and 2 others 4 1
Artful69 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 (edited) 13 hours ago, airscale said: thank you chaps :) ..that wing joint - jeesh - 3 weeks of agony - I must have done it 50 times in a thousand different ways.. I am finally happy with it now though I speak to Mark quite frequently and always check in with him before a new project he is not doing a Do17 anytime soon... ..all the glass parts are done - or at least defined as injection moulded parts anyway... ..I am sure I won't get away with all of it with the super talented mouldmakers, but they know best what will work and how to divide the assembly up ..still lots to do and masses of detail to go in the cockpit, but the focus is on the IM parts now - wings & nacelles next.. TTFN Peter lol ... I didn't think they'd be into producing a Dornier (I figured that might be more HKM's shtick) ... at least not for the next 10 years ... It'll probably be a while before we see any twin props from them ... I meant I wonder if they compare notes with you on the design process or If the folks there might actually be fans of the product or customers at all?? Mark loves this early WWII stuff and I would have thought the Defiant would be on HIS wishlist! This thing is screaming at me!! If this turns out half as well as the Tiffy or that lovely Defiant I just bought I just know we're on a winner here. I'd expect the glassware will be moulded up very similarly to the Revell Ju.88 stuff ... There are many similarities in the front "pod" layout. Meanwhile if you want me to try to find any specific info from this book: <blockquote class="imgur-embed-pub" lang="en" data-id="a/xpJ0etq" data-context="false" ><a href="//imgur.com/a/xpJ0etq"></a></blockquote><script async src="//s.imgur.com/min/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> ^ - Imgur doing Imgur things!! ... It's a link to the book I can have a look and return message you in about a 24hr turnaround Regards Roger Edited January 4 by Artful69 airscale and williamj 2
mozart Posted January 4 Posted January 4 Looking bloody marvellous Peter, another surefire winner on the production line! williamj and airscale 2
Greif8 Posted January 4 Posted January 4 That is some really skilled CAD work Peter. Ernest airscale 1
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