The Paragon parts include two drop tanks molded on pylons, two resin radar antenna, vacuformed canopy, Radar operators cockpit tub, two leading edge resin inserts to correct the Monogram kit, weighted main and nose wheel and a new nose gear strut. On some Do-335 versions, the single fork nose wheel as supplied by Paragon is needed, but because the detail is so much better on the Tamiya leg, I decided to forgo using the front wheel and nose gear from Paragon. The main gear wheels are great, as are the drop tanks and radar aerials. The radar operators interior is also well done, with a bit of sanding, it fits very well into the Japanese kit. It was fairly simple to cut the opening for the second cockpit by using the canopy as a guide. I would later install a piece of plastic to simulate the coming above the radar panel.

For the most part, the main kit was assembled stock; Reheat seat belts and an Eduard instrument panel are the only deviations. Also I needed the exhaust flame dampners, none were in the scrap box, so I took thin aluminum tubing, cut to length, and wrapped thin strips of BareFoil near the ends. Paragon also supplies 4 flame dampner intake screens, which neatly fit into the tube openings. Since this conversion was designed for the Monogram kit, the two aerials from that kit are needed on the left wing to complete the conversion. Lucky for me I happened to have a couple of the old kits stockpiled away for such a day.

A great source of information is contained in the soft cover AJ Press release on the Do-335 and all it's variants, constructed or planned.

As I progress on construction, what hits me is how well the Tamiya kit goes together, this gives me a bit more time to spend on some tiny details that I might other wise leave off. Landing gear indicator rods on the upper wing surfaces are represented by Tamiya as two small bumps, I added the rods on top of these painted red and white.