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Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 5:49 pm
by speedgraflex
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Kari! I don’t have any tube glue but those are real Floquil brushes....

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:03 pm
by KSaarni
And a real wooden clothespin!!

- Kari

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:21 pm
by Stikpusher
KSaarni wrote:And a real wooden clothespin!!

- Kari
:shoutout:

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 6:24 pm
by speedgraflex
... which has held many plastic parts securely for years! Such a fabulous invention! Aren’t you both excited to see a genuine wooden clothespin, with a lovely patina of grey? We have memorialized the wooden clothespin, seen beyond its humble uses, to celebrate its significance in our lives.

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Claes Oldenburg
Cor-Ten steel
14 m x 3.73 m x 1.37 m
1976

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:21 pm
by Stikpusher
If you were really hardcore...

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Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 7:59 pm
by speedgraflex
Indeed! Old school. Also: Until Death Do Us Part

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Gravesite is in Vermont. The deceased owned a clothespin factory.

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:46 pm
by Stikpusher
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:17 am
by BorgR3mc0
Some links I came across during research:

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... nier_do17/

And is this the one ?

“Dornier Do 17Z Werknummer 1160

On 3rd September 2010, the RAF Museum announced that a Do 17 had been discovered in 50 ft (15 m) of water off the coast of England. The aircraft had been discovered in September 2008 on the Goodwin Sands, a large sandbank 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) off the coast of Kent, but the discovery was kept a closely guarded secret. The Dornier Do 17Z-2, Werknummer 1160, built under license by Henschel with the full Geschwaderkennung (combat wing aircraft ID code) of 5K+AR, was operated by 7 Staffel, III Gruppe, Kampfgeschwader 3 (KG 3).


Restoration project. The fuselage, upside down with the cockpit area nearest the camera
On 26th August 1940, 5K+AR was taking part in a raid by KG 2 and KG 3, targeting the RAF stations RAF Debden and RAF Hornchurch. While flying over clouds, the aircraft became separated from the bomber formation and lost its bearings; it was then attacked by Boulton Paul Defiant fighters of No. 264 Squadron RAF. One of the Dornier’s engines was disabled and the other damaged, so the wounded pilot, Feldwebel (Flight Sergeant) Willi Effmert, elected to make a crash landing on the Goodwin Sands. He and another crew member survived and were taken prisoner. The other two crew were killed; one is buried at Cannock Chase German war cemetery and the other in the Netherlands. The identity of the Defiant that shot down the Dornier is not certain – it may have been one of three 264 Squadron aircraft that was shot down soon after in a battle with Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter escorts from Jagdgeschwader 3.


Restoration project. Port engine nacelle; note the tyre is still pressurized
In June 2010 diving operations were carried out and the survey report indicated that the aircraft was largely complete, although 5K+AR lay inverted on the seabed, indicating that it ground-looped on landing. The port rudder, starboard stabiliser, forward nose glazing, undercarriage doors and engine cowling were missing, but the discovery of a small debris field associated with the wreck indicates that some or all of those parts may still be present at the site. Some items, including two of the Dornier’s six MG 15 machine guns, are missing and are believed to have been stolen by unauthorized divers sometime after the aircraft’s discovery.

It was then taken to the Michael Beetham Restoration Centre at the Royal Air Force Museum’s Cosford site, where metallurgists from Imperial College London have a significant role in the post-recovery conservation of the aircraft.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_17

You would really need a Werk nummer to be sure.

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 1:27 am
by BorgR3mc0

Re: Frog 1/72 Dornier Do 17 Z, 5K + AS8, KG3, October 1941.

Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2019 12:23 am
by speedgraflex
Quickboost set arrived with two propellers loose. I glued the strays back on the resin stub with the rest which took a little more time than I thought, then I added 0.20 brass rod to the pour stubs of the spinner hubs to make handling these easier during painting.

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