Tamiya 61076 - 1/48 Dornier Do335A-12 Trainer Anteater  [61076]

Concerning the Dornier Do335A-12 Trainer "Anteater"

Even though hopes of this Luftwaffe rested on the twin-engine Dorner Do335 becoming Germany's next overpowering force inside sky, its deployment was prematurely cut short by the close of WWII. The unique design of the multipurpose aircraft featured two liquid cooled engines powering two propellers. The design of Do335 had been nothing lacking revolutionary, and supplied an unbelievable top-speed of 760km/h.
But the aircraft demanded of its pilot supreme traveling technique, specially during take-off and landing whenever cross-shaped end and backside propeller usually collided utilizing the runway. For that reason, the twin seater A-12 trainer variation associated with Do335 originated, a transformation associated with the single-seater fighter-bomber A-1 variation. Originally, only some trainer versions had been prepared become produced. However, due to the considerable quantity of accidents during flight tests for the A-0 additionally the heightened have to precisely instruct pilots, requests had been built to convert the mid-production A-1 into A-12 trainer aircraft.

The strange appearance of Do335 ended up being taken one action further on A-12 version, by adding a trainer cockpit above and behind the key cockpit. This extra "hump" regarding fuselage led pilots to nickname it "Anteater". Of eleven A-1 types produced, eight had been said to be changed to A-12 kinds, but just 2 or 3 had been in fact completed. A minumum of one among these aircraft had been ultimately seized by the invading Allies, and transported to England for display and experimentation.