Just caught up Joe, some cracking work so far, looking forward to seeing the next update.
Joe's Tamiya 1/72 DH Mosquito FB.VI
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Cheers Ian
Everything needing its has been primed. Happy that the rear of the engine nacelles have turned out nice and smooth. Some very small areas need some acrylic putty, but overall pleased
with the outcome of the basic build so far.
The propeller spinners were always going to be tricky. Tamiya calls for a light blue and yellow, but I interpret the colour as being a Medium or Ocean Grey, or thereabouts. I started by painting them Ocean Grey, then used a suitable diametre drill bit to create a tubular mask with tape. Then I sprayed yellow, masking the next stage using the same principle.Then a strip of tape around the final Ocean grey stripe, and finished off in yellow again. Looks not too bad, perhaps could be more refined, but I doubt the original was precise as they would no doubt have been hand painted. So what you see is what it's going to get.
with the outcome of the basic build so far.
The propeller spinners were always going to be tricky. Tamiya calls for a light blue and yellow, but I interpret the colour as being a Medium or Ocean Grey, or thereabouts. I started by painting them Ocean Grey, then used a suitable diametre drill bit to create a tubular mask with tape. Then I sprayed yellow, masking the next stage using the same principle.Then a strip of tape around the final Ocean grey stripe, and finished off in yellow again. Looks not too bad, perhaps could be more refined, but I doubt the original was precise as they would no doubt have been hand painted. So what you see is what it's going to get.
Nice! Those spinners look good!
Cheers Darian!
Propellers are now assembled, they don't look too bad. I could have made those tip circles a bit smaller in diameter, but I'm not going back now.
Got the Sky on over some crude dark green pre-shading.
I have also painted and masked Dark Green and Medium Grey on a side each of the aft fuselage where the serials are placed. When this Mosquito was repainted into the Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky scheme, the serial positions were left in the old camouflage colours.
I have also painted and masked Dark Green and Medium Grey on a side each of the aft fuselage where the serials are placed. When this Mosquito was repainted into the Extra Dark Sea Grey over Sky scheme, the serial positions were left in the old camouflage colours.
Really nice painting, and it sounds like an interesting scheme - so much for standardisation! Looking forward to seeing it.
Thanks Darian. Many Coastal Command Mosquitoes wore the night fighter/intruder scheme of dark green and medium sea grey. the aircraft were cycled through Maintenance Units that did the painting; when the requirement came to paint strike aircraft in Dark Sea Grey, they must have not bothered to redo the serials. They did however paint Sky over the existing grey undersides.
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I managed more time on the Mosquito today. Started by masking off the Sky demarcations, then painted Dark Sea grey. I didn't use Extra dark Sea grey because I want a slightly faded look to it.
I followed up with some post-shading using the same colour, lightened with US Navy Gull Grey. I highlighted some panels, but mostly added weathering streaks along with wings, leading to trailing edges, and vertically down the fuselage. You can see the grey and green areas where the serials will be.
Pleased to say I only had to do one touch up on the Sky, that was a quick fix while everything was already set up.
I followed up with some post-shading using the same colour, lightened with US Navy Gull Grey. I highlighted some panels, but mostly added weathering streaks along with wings, leading to trailing edges, and vertically down the fuselage. You can see the grey and green areas where the serials will be.
Pleased to say I only had to do one touch up on the Sky, that was a quick fix while everything was already set up.
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