Friday, December 02, 2011

1-144 Dornier Do-17z - Amercom

1-144 Dornier Do-17z - Amercom
Issue 8 in the series of Amercoms "Flying Fortress" aircraft magazine and model series is....
The long awaited 1/144 model of a Dornier Do-17z

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_17

Do.17Z-1
Unit: 1./KG 76
Serial: F1+FH
Based at Beauvias-Tille, France, for daylight operations over the British Isles in September 1940.
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/b/325/2/4#32

Some further interesting information on aircraft F1+FH
http://www.hyperscale.com/2007/reviews/kits/ca4115reviewse_1.htm

Available through stores in Poland, and  e-bay!

Image used with permisson of Inkub at Miniwojna Blog
http://miniwojna.blogspot.com/search?q=amercom
http://amercom.com.pl/strony.php?kod=lb

2 comments:

  1. This is a die cast model, correct?

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  2. If you mean die-cast in the original sense of it being metal (like Corgi) then no.

    I think you should count on the series being predominately plastic, or like the Altaya models a mix of metal and plastic dependant on the size of the item.

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