"Dornier DO X" Topic
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Tango01  | 19 Jun 2012 12:10 p.m. PST |
Beautifull diorama.
One of my favorite plane of WW2.
From German Model Masters. Hope you enjoy!. Amicalement
Armand |
| elsyrsyn | 19 Jun 2012 12:30 p.m. PST |
Beautiful diorama. There's just something fantastic about the big flying boats of that era. What's the guy out in the water on the left doing, though? Doug |
| Jeff Ewing | 19 Jun 2012 1:58 p.m. PST |
What's the guy out in the water on the left doing, though? Waterskiing. No, I'm pretty sure he's a downed pilot standing in small inflatable raft, and the aircraft is rescuing him -- they're launching a small boat to pick him up. |
| elsyrsyn | 19 Jun 2012 4:16 p.m. PST |
I wondered about that, but standing upright like that seemed somewhat problematic. Doug |
| Tango01 | 20 Jun 2012 11:10 a.m. PST |
I had the same question about the standing pilot, but enlarging the photo I can see he is over a mini boat.
It seems the Dornier tried to rescue him. Glad you had enjoy the model!. Amicalement
Armand |
| Fatman | 25 Jun 2012 3:57 p.m. PST |
He is standing on top of a buoy waiting to be passed a line to moor the aircraft. By the way the Do X wasn't used operationally in WW II. The only German example was damaged in an accident and, although repaired, it was handed over to a museum in Berlin in 1936. The RAF got it in 1943. Two built under license in Italy were requisitioned when war broke out and used as VIP transports. Both were destroyed, although they were probably unserviceable at the time, by their crews to prevent them falling into German hands. Yup that's right, they built all of three. ;-P Fatman |
| Tango01 | 25 Jun 2012 10:14 p.m. PST |
Thanks for your guidance Fatman.
Sad, it was a beautifull plane. Amicalement
Armand |
| Fatman | 26 Jun 2012 5:16 a.m. PST |
No arguments there Tango. The sort of monstrously beautiful but ultimately useless technology the Germans of that period were so good at. And thanks for the link to what is a really spectacular model. Fatman |
| Tango01 | 26 Jun 2012 11:59 a.m. PST |
A pleasure to me my friend.! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
| elsyrsyn | 28 Jun 2012 4:58 a.m. PST |
Makes the BV 222 look like a mass production item.  Doug |
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