Dornier Do 228 LM - Pollution Control

 

 

 

Unfortunately, the model mostly has no countersunk engravings. So I'm re-engraving them now - for me to that extent the first time.

 

Since the rudder is not centered, i separated it from the fuselage half. 

Open the engine intake. 

Open the engine intake. 

Open the engine intake. 

Engine inlet modeled. 

Engine inlet. 

Exhaust pipe, completely missing from the kit. 

Drilled out the housing for the exhaust outlet. 

Making the exhaust pipe.
From left to right: purchased plastic pipe / drilled out / wall further thinned. 

Sloping on the exhaust pipe made as on the original. 

Finished exhaust pipe. 

Finished air intake. 

The MWR and LFS on the original. The sensors are completely missing in the kit. 

Initial stage of scratch building the sensors. 

Initial stage of replicating the sensors 

Scratch building of the sensors. First pass tests. 

Scratch building of the sensors. First pass tests. 

 

Beginning of scratch building of the cargo / passenger floor. 

Beginning of the scratch building of the cargo / passenger floor. 

Control unit of the sensor phalanx an original machine, old building lot (like 57+01). 

Scratch building of the control unit. 

Scratch building of the control unit. 

Scratch building of the flour and technical equimpent. 

Scratch building of the rear bulkhead with a sliding door to the cargo hold and the toilet that was built into the original machine. 

Reference: Photo from the crew. The control panel shows the modified version (and therefore does not fit my version). 

This set goes really well with it. 

Reference: Sensor units 

Reference: Sensor units 

The scratch built interior takes shape. Now with the seats in the cabin. 

The scratch built interior takes shape. Now with the seats in the cabin. I have to raise the backrest for the two additional seats (see reference photo). 

Corrected middle control panel (elevated). 

Short overview. 

Reference 

 

 

Reference: Older cockpit 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spacers for retracted landing gear and landing gear door. 

Slightly pimped tires 

Rear stabilizing fins on the original. They are missing in the kit. 

Scrachbuild stabilizing fins. 

Putty and sanded hull. 

Putty and sanded hull. 

Reference: rear sensor phalanx. 

Ready scrachbuild rear sensor phalanx. 

Ready scrachbuild rear sensor phalanx. 

Reference: Openes front landig gear so without front landing gear doors?! 

Forderer chassis bay adapted for this purpose. 

Gear wheels. 

Modified landing gear door. 

Scrachbuilding the forward landing gear bay. 

Scrachbuilding the forward landing gear bay. 

Scrachbuilding the forward landing gear bay. 

Scrachbuilding the forward landing gear bay. 

Fitting test of foward landing gear. 

Fitting test of foward landing gear. 

Reference: SLAR 

Scratch build SLAR 

Drilling holes für the SLAR  

fitting test of the SLAR 

Reference: Sensor or camera? 

Scratch building 

Scratch building 

Assembly of the windshield 

 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... it's slowly getting better 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... it's slowly getting better  

Sanding and filling, sanding and... which I now declare as finished. 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... which I now declare as finished. 

First painting work on the plane itself. 

After a few hours of masking, the black paint on the leading edges of the wings and the glare protection on the engines. 

Glued stabilizing fins at the rear. 

Sanding and filling, sanding and... which I now declare as finished? No. filling and sanding continued again, after I found various defects in the surface after priming.

 

 

 

 

 

Decorative stripe sloping downwards 

correction to my model

 

Gradually retrofitting small details 

Gradually retrofitting small details 

Gradually retrofitting small details 

Reference: Openes front landig gear so without front landing gear doors but with fender 

Scratch building: Front gear fender 

Reference: Antenna base on the aircraft fuselage, two different ones with slightly different antennas 

Scratch building the larger base of the two 

Scratch building: Two antennas and base 

Scratch building: Two antennas and bases, i will only attach the antennas at the end 

Painted and stripped again and painted again several times until finally the basic course was ok - improvements still required. 

Painted and stripped again and painted again several times until finally the basic course was ok - improvements still required. 

Color edge not perfect, therefore repainted. 

Color edge not perfect, therefore repainted. Now ok.  

 

The landing lights are there. I didn't dare to recreate the spot with clear material like the original.  

The landing lights are there. I didn't dare to recreate the spot with clear material like the original. So it's just hinted at in color. I still touched up the color edge. 

Reference: Sensor unit.  

Painting the sensor unit in the rear. Gray cover edged with a thin black stripe. 

Painting the sensor unit in the rear. Gray cover edged with a thin black stripe. 

Painting the sensor unit in the rear. Gray cover edged with a thin black stripe.