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.

 

[HAWKERHUNTER]

I have to say that this has not been a pleasant build experience. It started off well and then went downhill when it came to join the fuzz halves together. The fuzz comes in four pieces. There are two forward sections that come together to enclose the cockpit area and then you assemble the rear two sections and then bring the two completed sections together. Just a recap. The below picture shows the completed cockpit area and I have circled all the areas that I had to trim, on both sides, and sand to get the two halves to come together.

Below are the instructions that show the two halves coming together

So I now have this.

Just ended up with a small gap behind the cockpit area. I have reinforced the seam on the inside with some epoxy bandage and will be moving on now to tidying up the fuzz seams. One advantage of doing a Mossie being a wooden construction is the absence of panel lines. That will make cleaning up so much easier.

I have also assembled the rear tail wheel assembly which needed to be done before joining the rear fuzz halves together, and I have put some protection around the rear pitot static tube. There is more work to do on the tail wheel, seam removal etc.


The instructions now tell you to fit the wings but this is a bad idea. There is a ton of stuff to fit to the wings, engine mountings, engines, cowlings, undercarriage etc and the information on internet is that I should expect more fit issues particularly around engine cowlings/covers. So I am going to complete all the wing fittings and assemble the wings at the end. I could not however resist a dry fit just to keep my enthusiasm up. Hopefully the next part of the build will be more trouble free.

Thanks for checking in.

 

[Steven000]

Sad to read about all the fitting issues Steve, great to see you keep on going nonetheless you'll figure it out - goodluck