discussion Steve's Revell 1/48 Mosquito B Mk.IV

[HAWKERHUNTER]

So I have been having a bit of a nightmare with this one chaps. Things were going reasonable well and I got the office internals all assembled. I used the kit provided seat belt decals.



Then the fun started I could not get the fuzz sides to join. A check online shows this is a common problem experienced by many with this kit.


So the hacking has begun which has resulted in many of the fitted delicate parts dropping off. Work is continuing but I am not a happy bunny.

 

[Geoffers]

Crikey that’s really disappointing, I hope you manage to sort it Steve

Geoff.

 

[flyjoe180]

Good old Revell. Hope you can get the fit sorted without too much damage Steve, and that the rest of the build progresses without too much hassle

 

[colin m]

I bought this model shortly after returning to the hobby. When I looked into the box, I closed it up and put it away for a very long time. It did get built in the end, some years later.

 

[Neil]

Ouch, that is frustrating when you’ve got the office all sorted and then the fuselage looks like it was made for a different piece of kit.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Ouch, that is frustrating when you’ve got the office all sorted and then the fuselage looks like it was made for a different piece of kit.

Yes it is Neil. Broke a few pieces off whilst sanding down. Very annoying.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

So I have finished sanding and managed to get a decent join at the front end of the fuzz. The join behind the seats is a different story. I cant get the parts to come together cleanly. I toyed with the idea of removing some plastic from the area that I have circled in order to get the front of the seam to join but if I do that it will affect the join of the remaining rear part of the fuzz.

So with that in mind I am cutting my losses and will resort to filler. At the moment I am gluing the fuzz together in two stages. I have glued and clamped the forward section in front of the seats first. Tomorrow I will join the rear section behind the seats, reinforce the seam internally and then fill , sand and rescribe where needed.

Next up some work on the wings. Flaps and ailerons were made up and the wing halves joined. No issues there.



Then I put the Merlins together. Each engine is made up of 7 separate parts. Again no major issues just some minor trimming to get a good fit.


Thats it for now. Thanks for checking in.