1:32 Hong Kong Models DH Mosquito B Mk IV

[saguy]

very cool .... this is going to be a top class build .....

[scottie3158]

That's a great looking kit and your making a fine job of it.

[Vaughan]

This is looking good Colin I wish I had enough money to buy one of the these. Looking forward to your progress.

[adt70hk]

Colin

Looking very nice indeed so far. Well done.

Andrew

[rtfoe]

That's looking clean and nice Colin...real neat I must say. What did you use for the chromed part?

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Brodie]

silly question but are those ejection pin marks on the cockpit side wall

[rtfoe]

silly question but are those ejection pin marks on the cockpit side wall

Actually not a silly question as it does look like ejector pin marks but the actual interior had these disc like thingy. As the plane was made entirely of wood, these could have been laminar supports. Could someone shed light on this.

Cheers,
Richard

[stillp]

Mosquitos had circular plywood discs in various places so that interior fittings could be screwed to them.
Pete

[colin m]

They are fantastic kits

They are. The engineering is very different from anything I've seen before.

I wish I had enough money to buy one of the these.

You just have to wait for a special birthday like I did. And drop some HUGE hints.

What did you use for the chromed part?

That is the old favourite, Alclad chrome on gloss black enamel.

but are those ejection pin marks on the cockpit side wall

As the chaps have explained it's part of the Mosquito construction. Although I can't pretend the odd ejection pin mark didn't slip through as well....I'm getting lazy.

Well, a bit more has been done.
The landing gear has had a little weathering done to them, nothing much, just a hint of oil / grime flying around the place.


Tail wheel and horizontal stabiliser all done. Here again you can see HKM different approach to their engineering. This is a one piece unit were filler pieces are used to block the gap.

You can see better here. Again the elevators are once piece, here one filler piece is in place, the other to be fitted.


The cockpit is ready for installation into the nose. The pre-fabricated unit slides in from undernearh.


And ends up looking like this. Tight fit, no glue required.


Which quickly adds up to this.

So, for a 1:32 model, the pace of build could be quite a quick one. Not for me, I'm too slow, but if you made an effort, this wouldn't take long to build at all.

[scottie3158]

Looking good some very clever engineering.

[Steven000]

Clever engineered indeed, nice progress Colin :thumb2:

[yak face]

Fascinating stuff colin , the way HKM have approached the breakdown of the parts is wildly different to the norm ( unless you count the hobbyboss easy build kits) but looks to have been done with ease of assembly and minimal seam clean up in mind . Top work mate keep it up and itll be finished by next weekend

[Steve Brodie]

Looking stunning. And thanks for the reply re ejector pins.

[tr1ckey66]

Looking really good Colin. The breakout of the parts is unusual but from the evidence seems to work.
I’ll be sure and drop by regularly to see the progress.
Cheers
Paul

[topgazza]

What a nice kit Colin. I think I would take my time on it just to make sure I enjoyed it and to spend more time on each detail with the paints. As you have clearly done. Quite superb job