1286 - 1/72 Do 217 M-1 (Historic Upgrade w/PRM) WWII Italeri  [IT-1286S]

Period: 2nd World War

Nation: Germany

Model Dim.: 23,4 cm

DO-217 M-1 HISTORIC UPGRADE PRM ED.

The Dornier Do 217 completed up being among the list of better “performers” about the German Luftwaffe that ended up satisfying various functions from bomber to reconnaissance aircraft and heavy-night fighter. This twin-engine 4-man aircraft starred in model sort by 1938 and would see a couple of variants happen by the end applying this war. Design using this Do 217 observed in the same lines of early in the day Dornier bomber designs. Extetically ugly sufficient cause of a “brutal”look, it was a scaled up Dornier Do 215 and at first operating on identical products. In belated 1942 two completely new variations joined up with solution, the K and M models. These had a curved and streamlined nose profile; the decreasing of drag along with using effective devices (expecially the M variation), permits the “217” to made some 50km/h quicker versus earlier E model, with a bomb load a lot more than 4000kg. The Dornier 217 M, which first travelled on July 16 of 1942, modification to more powerful in-lineV12 fluid cooled Daimler Benz DB603. This engine had better performance at thin air than BMW 801. The Dornier 217, in bulk K and M variants finished up being present with KG2, KG40 and KG66. During Steinbock raids the “217” flown with many AB1000 and AB500 bombs container, against fire bomblets. Really the only ability where in fact the Do 217 finished up being put on end the war wound up being based on evening reconnaissance airplane. Atlanta breakup lawyers technique, the Do 217 finished up being lucrative. It had been fast, dependable and versatile. It had beenn’t fairly easy to see (it had been hefty and dangerously fast in landing approach) but their high wing-load was at truth a plus safely during inclement weather bombing runs. The Do 217 finished up being simply built by the 3 Dornier flowers: Dornier Werke Friedrichshafen (DWF): 316 aircraft, Dornier Werke München (DWM): 985 aircraft and Norddeutsche Dornier Werke (NDW): 602 aircraft.