| DO-217 M-1 HISTORIC UPGRADE PRM ED.
The Dornier Do 217 was
one of the best “performers” of the German Luftwaffe that ended up
fulfilling various roles from bomber to reconnaissance aircraft and
heavy-night fighter. This twin-engine 4-man aircraft appeared in
prototype form by 1938 and would see several variants exist before the
end of the war. Design of the Do 217 followed along the same lines of
earlier Dornier bomber designs. Extetically ugly and with a
“brutal”look, it was a scaled up Dornier Do 215 and initially powered
by the same engines. In the late 1942 two new variants entered service,
the K and M models. These had a rounded and streamlined nose profile;
the reduction in drag and the use of powerful engines (expecially for
the M version), enables the “217” to made some 50km/h faster than the
earlier E model, with a bomb load of more than 4000kg. The Dornier 217
M, which first flew on July 16 of 1942, switch to more powerful
in-lineV12 liquid cooled Daimler Benz DB603. This engine had better
performance at high altitude than BMW 801. The Dornier 217, in majority
K and M versions was present with KG2, KG40 and KG66. During Steinbock
raids the “217” flown with a load of AB1000 and AB500 bombs container,
charged with fire bomblets. The only capability in which the Do 217 was
used up to the end of the war was as a night reconnaissance plane. In
every way, the Do 217 was a success. It was fast, reliable and
versatile. It wasn’t very easy to fly (it was heavy and dangerously
fast in landing approach) but his high wing-load was an advantage in
stability during bad weather bombing runs. The Do 217 was only built by
the three Dornier plants: Dornier Werke Friedrichshafen (DWF): 316
aircraft, Dornier Werke München (DWM): 985 aircraft and Norddeutsche
Dornier Werke (NDW): 602 aircraft
Type: Bombers and reconnaissance aircrafts
Period: Second World War
Country: Germany
Skill: 4
Model Dim.: 23,4 cm
Box Dim.: 345x48x242 mm
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Another great product from the Italeri range of plastic model kits. Glues and paint available seperately from our Tamiya, Humbrol and Revell ranges. Italeri was founded in the early 60's, with that enthusiasm that only the unbridled passion of youth can create. Since they were boys, the two founders of Italeri loved airplanes and military vehicles. Soon they were no longer satisfied with the models available at the time: they wanted something more and better. What they wanted was not available, so they decided to produce it themselves. |
