{"id":1837,"date":"2021-08-05T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1837"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T10:04:21","slug":"mkm144062-dornier-do-17z-2-3-western-front","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/produkt\/mkm144062-dornier-do-17z-2-3-western-front\/","title":{"rendered":"[MKM144062] Dornier Do 17Z-2\/3 \u2018Western Front\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Do 17 was a German light bomber, designed in the early 1930s. It was originally intended as a fast six-passenger mail plane and its V1 prototype flew in November 1934. Following tests and design improvements in-line and radial engine powered aircraft were evolved, represented by the Do 17E\/F and Do 17K\/M\/P, respectively. The most recognised and mass-produced variant was the Do 17Z series, with the Z-2 bombers and Z-3 long-range reconnaissance planes. Due to its fuselage outline it was dubbed the \u2018Flying Pencil\u2019.<br \/>\nThe Do 17 was a four-seat, all-metal monoplane powered by two Bramo Fafnir radial engines. It had a shoulder wing configuration and twin tail fins. Its long thin fuselage was fitted with a stepped cockpit and a glazed nose. Its bombload was 1,000 kg and it was fitted with six machine guns. The Z-3 variant had reduced bombload, while carrying two recce cameras.<br \/>\nDo 17Zs were produced by four factories and in total some 880 aircraft were built.<br \/>\nThe Do 17 was used throughout the war, and saw action in significant numbers in every major European campaign theatre as a front line aircraft until the end of 1941. The last airworthy operated aircraft being used by the Finnish Air Force were eventually scrapped 1952.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Colour schemes included in the kit:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) Dornier Do 17Z-2, 3Z+AK, Red A, 2.\/KG 77, Luftwaffe, Werl airfield, Germany, spring 1940<\/p>\n<p>2) Dornier Do 17Z-2, 5K+EA, Black E, Stab\/KG 3 \u2018Blitz\u2019, Luftwaffe, Le Culot airfield, Belgium, summer 1940<\/p>\n<p>3) Dornier Do 17Z-2, F1+AL, Yellow A, 3.\/KG 76, Luftwaffe, France, 1940<\/p>\n<p>4) Dornier Do 17Z-3 (U5+BD, ex-Stab III.\/KG 3 a\/c, W.Nr. 312), Swiss Air Force (Schweizerische Flugwaffe), D\u00fcbendorf airfield, April 1940<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Assembly instructions:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-710\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pdf-download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"58\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MKM144062-Dornier-Do-17Z-Western-Front_instr-web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MKM144062 Dornier Do 17Z Western Front_instr web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>RELEASED 2\/2017<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This injection-moulded kit contains 64 parts and eleven clear parts (the cockpit canopies, rear ventral gunner\u2019s window etc.). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/smiley-click-here-moving_p1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"95\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eshop.miniwing.cz\/category\/mark-i-models\/mark-i-models-1-144\/dornier-do-17z-2-3-western-front\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On-line order<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (MARK I Modeller\u02bcs Boutique via Miniwing\u02bcs e-shop)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/platebni-brany-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/platebni-brany-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/platebni-brany-768x223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/platebni-brany-600x175.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/platebni-brany.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1838,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[69],"product_tag":[27,73],"class_list":{"0":"post-1837","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-144kitprop","7":"product_tag-plakit","8":"product_tag-plakitprop","10":"first","11":"instock","12":"shipping-taxable","13":"product-type-simple"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}