discussion Airfix 1/48 De Haviland Mosquito FB MkVI

[Alan 45]

after doing some dry fitting of parts for this kit I realised this wasn't going to be a great build dur to the mix of old old airfix and newish airfix , I say newish as this is clearly not the new tool of airfix today

The kit is a mixture of two kits but if you thought about I think you could build any Mk of mossie complete with ordinance

I opted to build the FB Mk VI as you don't see many kits of this variant

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[Dave W]

Nice Mossie Alan.

 

[tr1ckey66]

Great result Alan, the Mosquito looks excellent

Paul

 

[Guest]

Looks fine to me! Is a nice Mossie

 

[Guest]

Was that the kit that came with 2 fuselages / wings Alan?

I think it looks great, the feathering on the camo is becoming your trademark!

 

[Alan 45]

Thanks folks I appreciate the kind words

I don't think I have done it just due to feeling a little out of sorts over Christmas and I know I could have done better

Was that the kit that came with 2 fuselages / wings Alan?I think it looks great, the feathering on the camo is becoming your trademark!

yes mate this is the Airfix Pr XVI kit

All this feathering is practice for a number of German armour and soft skins I want to do the camo for

 

[eddiesolo]

I think you have done it justice mate, looks great, the nose looks good and the overall paintwork looks tops.

Si

 

[Guest]

Great job mate looks the businesses

 

[papa 695]

Nice work Alan I really like the Mosquito and that looks very good indeed

 

[monica]

looks good to me,very well done Alan,and like the over all look,

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice one Alan. Looks well worn!

 

[Alan 45]

Thanks for the kind comments I appreciate them

I am surprised no one has noticed anything odd with this build , now this could be due to how friendly this site is and people noticed but didn't want to trash someone's build or they just accepted it as it was a way to build the MkVi

Now I've brought this to your attention and you now know that I built this spacific and for a reason can anyone tell me what this is

 

[Dave W]

You've used the mk16 canopy and two stage Merlins.Neither were fitted to the mk6.I didn't say anything as I didn't want to be a rivet counter and annoy you Alan!.

 

[Alan 45]

You've used the mk16 canopy and two stage Merlins.Neither were fitted to the mk6.I didn't say anything as I didn't want to be a rivet counter and annoy you Alan!.

Yes I have done exactly that and I added something else but I can assure you this aircraft existed and flew

 

[Dave W]

Yes I have done exactly that and I added something else but I can assure you this aircraft existed and flew

Hard to tell from your pics.But have you fitted the bulged bomb bay doors as well?.Plus I think they had done away with HF antenna wires when this mark was in service.Though there's probably a photo of the real aircraft to show I'm wrong ?!.

 

[Alan 45]

Hard to tell from your pics.But have you fitted the bulged bomb bay doors as well?.Plus I think they had done away with HF antenna wires when this mark was in service.Though there's probably a photo of the real aircraft to show I'm wrong ?!.

Ok dave I'll spill

I have added the 4,000lb bomb bay , I also painted over the Perspex nose and drilled holes to fit the 20mm cannons to look like .........wait for it ......... Wing commander Roy Grants mosquito from 633 squadron

Here's the photos she actually flew

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I thought it might be a bit of fun and too be honest I do like the look of it
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[Alan 45]

Oh by the way dave thanks for pointing out the antenna looks like I should be more observant

 

[Dave W]

So you've built a movie star?!.Anything goes then.As for the antenna,I hate doing the bloody things so do a bit of research to see if they were actually fitted.And I thought the nose looked a bit odd .But looking at your pics on my iPhone i couldn't work out what it was .

 

[Alan 45]

So you've built a movie star?!.Anything goes then.As for the antenna,I hate doing the bloody things so do a bit of research to see if they were actually fitted.And I thought the nose looked a bit odd .But looking at your pics on my iPhone i couldn't work out what it was .

Yeah I looked at all the bits in this kit and thought I wonder and then sat down and watched the movie twice picking out all the the little adaptions they made and I still missed the antenna lol

But I did spot the tractor pulling the mossie and an Alvis Saracen armoured personnel carrier be used by the Germans

 

[Guest]

Excellent Mossie.