During the early years of the Second World War the Dornier Do17 was one of the Luftwaffe's most important medium bombers. Developed during the early 1930s, first as a mail plane then as a reconnaissance bomber, the Dornier was nicknamed 'the flying pencil', due to its very thin tapering fuselage. While early versions used inline engines, the iconic and most widely used Z variant used Bramo radial engines, and featured a re-designed cockpit area, with the intention of providing more space and defensive capabilities for the crew.
However, this was not wholly successful; its small crew area and lack of power operated turrets making it easy prey for Allied fighters. Of all the German medium bombers used in the Battle of Britain the Dornier was the slowest and therefore most vulnerable and the battle proved to be the aircrafts' swansong over Western Europe, with the aircraft seeing only limited use in the later theatres of the war, before being phased out altogether by mid-1942. The Dornier became a symbol of the Blitzkrieg, but its vulnerability put paid to any chance of longevity of service.
Kit in scatola di montaggio, scala 1:72.
Colori consigliati (non inclusi):
A - Dornier Do17Z, 8./Kampfgeschwader 77, Laon/Couvron, Northern France, July, 1940.
- AA0285 - Enamel No 26 Khaki - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0360 - Enamel No 33 Black - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0583 - Enamel No 53 Gunmetal - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0610 - Enamel No 56 Aluminium - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0669 - Enamel No 61 Flesh - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0727 - Enamel No 65 Aircraft Blue - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0936 - Enamel No 85 Coal Black - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1033 - Enamel No 93 Desert Yellow - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2240 - Enamel No 240 RLM 02 Grau - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2241 - Enamel No 241 RLM 70 Schwartzgrun - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2242 - Enamel No 242 RLM 71 Dunkelgrun - Matt (14 ml)
B - Dornier Do17Z, Aircraft flown by Croatian volunteers of 15.(Kroatische)/Kampfgeschwader 53, Eastern Front, 1941.
- AA0268 - Enamel No 24 Trainer Yellow - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0285 - Enamel No 26 Khaki - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0360 - Enamel No 33 Black - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0583 - Enamel No 53 Gunmetal - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0610 - Enamel No 56 Aluminium - Metallic (14 ml)
- AA0669 - Enamel No 61 Flesh - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0727 - Enamel No 65 Aircraft Blue - Matt (14 ml)
- AA0936 - Enamel No 85 Coal Black - Satin (14 ml)
- AA1033 - Enamel No 93 Desert Yellow - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2240 - Enamel No 240 RLM 02 Grau - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2241 - Enamel No 241 RLM 70 Schwartzgrun - Matt (14 ml)
- AA2242 - Enamel No 242 RLM 71 Dunkelgrun - Matt (14 ml)
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