Well, for better or worse, it's done. Not an enjoyable build at all. I nearly binned it a few times. Broke the antenna off twice, the pitot several times, and the undercarriage doors even more! I haven't bothered replacing the pitot as I'm fed up with this thing.
Still, I suppose it does look a bit like a Mossie, from a distance, if you squint a bit, in the dark.
Most of the decals went on well, but the "Keep Off" decals above the radiators just wouldn't settle over the rows of rivets (being a wooden 'plane, perhaps they're round head woodscrews?). Looked OK until I put a varnish coat on.
This aircraft did have a 'notch' in the rear white strip to clear the serial numbers. The narrow stripes are just a mistake - I masked for 18 inch stripes instead of 24 inch, which apparently was correct for some Mossies so I didn't bother to correct them.
The black stripes, and the clear coats, were sprayed with my bargain Iwata Revolution airbrush, which I really like using.
One thing I've learned from this build is that my modelling space is just not big enough to build at this scale, so I've put a couple of large scale kits from my stash on ebay - an Airfix 1/24 Spitfire, and a Revell AC47D gunship in 1/48. I've got another 1/48 twin engine plane somewhere, that will also go on the bay.
Now, what next? I need something smaller and more likely to have parts that fit. Maybe a recent Airfix in 1/72...
Pete
Still, I suppose it does look a bit like a Mossie, from a distance, if you squint a bit, in the dark.
Most of the decals went on well, but the "Keep Off" decals above the radiators just wouldn't settle over the rows of rivets (being a wooden 'plane, perhaps they're round head woodscrews?). Looked OK until I put a varnish coat on.
This aircraft did have a 'notch' in the rear white strip to clear the serial numbers. The narrow stripes are just a mistake - I masked for 18 inch stripes instead of 24 inch, which apparently was correct for some Mossies so I didn't bother to correct them.
The black stripes, and the clear coats, were sprayed with my bargain Iwata Revolution airbrush, which I really like using.
One thing I've learned from this build is that my modelling space is just not big enough to build at this scale, so I've put a couple of large scale kits from my stash on ebay - an Airfix 1/24 Spitfire, and a Revell AC47D gunship in 1/48. I've got another 1/48 twin engine plane somewhere, that will also go on the bay.
Now, what next? I need something smaller and more likely to have parts that fit. Maybe a recent Airfix in 1/72...
Pete
