discussion Monogram 1/48 Mosquito mk2

[flyjoe180]

Some great work going on here Dave. Makes me want to start my two.

 

[Guest]

Slow but good progress Dave.

Can't wait to see more

 

[Dave W]

Now the Airfix Mosquito is finished,I can spend more time on this one.After two rounds of filling and sanding ,the nose to fuselage join is done.As often happens when a dry run shows a good parts fit,they don't fit that well when glued together.So a bit of filler was needed.The wings needed a bit of filler around the engine cowling joins.Then I glued the wings and tailplanes to the fuselage.

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[flyjoe180]

Mr de Havilland's production run continues.

 

[Alan 45]

Thanks for showing the flaws dave , I have the revell release of the MKIV for Christmas so it's a big help for me to know what's instore

 

[Guest]

Coming along nicely.

 

[Dave W]

Thanks for showing the flaws dave , I have the revell release of the MKIV for Christmas so it's a big help for me to know what's instore

Are you sure you've got the same kit Alan?.Revell also do a newer tooled mk4.This is the ancient Monogram kit.

 

[Alan 45]

Are you sure you've got the same kit Alan?.Revell also do a newer tooled mk4.This is the ancient Monogram kit.

Of that I'm not sure all I know is it's in an old box and is now wrapped under tree , wife bought it and wouldn't let me take a look at it

 

[Dave W]

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Of that I'm not sure all I know is it's in an old box and is now wrapped under tree , wife bought it and wouldn't let me take a look at it

If it's this one you are getting,it's a more recent moulding than the Monogram kit.

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[Alan 45]

View attachment 96129If it's this one you are getting,it's a more recent moulding than the Monogram kit.

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I just got this off google
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[Dave W]

No mate it's this one View attachment 96141I just got this off google

That's the old Monogram kit reboxed then.The one I'm building here.Its not a totally accurate Mosquito.But if I hadn't just built the Tamiya and Airfix kits,I don't think I would have noticed!.

 

[Alan 45]

That's the old Monogram kit reboxed then.The one I'm building here.Its not a totally accurate Mosquito.But if I hadn't just built the Tamiya and Airfix kits,I don't think I would have noticed!.

That's a relief dave I can use this thread to get around the problems when I build mine

 

[Dave W]

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The undercarriage doors are moulded as part of the engine nacelles.If you want the gear down,they have to be carefully cut out then cleaned up.Door hinges are supplied as separate items.Ive masked the canopy frames this evening and glued it to the model.And I've glued on the wing tip lights.These needed a bit of plastic card to make them a better fit.The kits .303 machine guns are way over scale.So I've got some 'Master' brass barrels to fit in their place.On this build I've decided to fit them after painting and finishing the model.So I've filled the inside of the nose with scrap plastic.And I've filled the oversized gun ports.I will drill holes for the guns and fix with superglue at the end of the build.View attachment 208266

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[Dave W]

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Thought I would try out the spray booth I got for Christmas.Its very cold in my garage, so I used Alclad grey primer on the model.It doesn't seem to be affected by the low temperature and has dried as quick as usual and give a nice,smooth finish.View attachment 208609

 

[Guest]

This is coming along very nicely Dave.

 

[Alan 45]

Very nice dave

I'm building that airfix one at the moment but I'm further along and already have the base colours on which means yours will look better than mine

 

[Dave W]

Very nice dave I'm building that airfix one at the moment but I'm further along and already have the base colours on which means yours will look better than mine

I doubt it will look better than yours Alan.I may appear to be taking my time with this one.But the reality is I haven't had much chance to do much modelling lately.Family stuff keeps getting in the way!.

 

[flyjoe180]

That Alclad primer looks like good stuff Dave.

 

[Alan 45]

I doubt it will look better than yours Alan.I may appear to be taking my time with this one.But the reality is I haven't had much chance to do much modelling lately.Family stuff keeps getting in the way!.

Nah dave ive rushed mine and left out some filing and I got the underside colour wrong , i cose what I thought was a mid sea grey mate but ended up with a stone grey gloss and me and gloss don't get on so the surface is full of brush marks and will be difficult to weather , top side is fine but to much rushing for the 1/24 SSIG has made me do stupid mistakes

 

[Dave W]

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After a bit more filling and some more primer I have now got a coat of black on the model.for this I used Revell enamel number 9 'Anthracite' as it's not too black if you know what I mean.Ive also sprayed the prop spinners and undercarriage doors the same colour.View attachment 208674

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