I started this inbetween waiting for things to set on the Do 215. It's the 1977 Heller release and as such has raised panel lines. The decals are for two Jagdschulen and have yellowed over the years so probably will get replaced. It's a kit of few parts, 30 in total including the clear one piece canopy but you have a choice of engine cowling with or without machine gun and the count could be reduced further as the undercarriage doors were sometimes left off. Extra Tech have produced an etched brass set for the KP kit so I'll see what parts fit or can be adjusted. I'm going through online and my references as I still haven't decided which cowing I'm going to use.

I have the same problem MSea!!!!!

How do you seperate the brass from the fret? I use a tile and sharpe blade but still end up with a burr!!!

I'll be coming back to this build for the internal detail when I get around to building my Dambusters Lancaster. Great job Andy.

I also have a cushion floor monster that eats parts!!!!

Coming along nicely there Bob.

I also think you've made a great job of it, well done.

The Gruppe markings almost went on with out a problem, one side gave no trouble but the other side split. These were repaired as best as and then I realised that they were in RLM 02 so I coated them in Klear again and painted the cracks accordingly. The white around the Nachtjager badges shattered and came away as did part of the white around both green 'D's. These were repaired using the white pencil I have for canopy liners. The red walkway lines on the body couldn't be saved so were replaced by spares from the Do 17Z build but the ones on the wings were repairable, which couldn't be said for the warning signs so these again were sourced from spare. All the fuel/oil markings had to be repaired as best as.
The mudguards aren't a great fit and had to be eased into place and then the flame dampers were fitted after making adjustments plus painting and applying washes.