ajaycad Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I thought it about time I started on my example of this kit, inspired by "alpinestar" and his phenomenal example posted elsewhere on this site. Those of you who have built this kit will agree that there is so much more detail that can be added, which is what I'm going to try and accomplish. As in alpinestar's example, I'm also building HR118 "W" from 235 Sqdn Coastal Command stationed at RAF Portreath circa June 1944. Reason for that is that I live a few miles from Portreath, and recently read Devon and Cornwall Airfields in the Second World War by Graham Smith and Roy Conyers Nesbit "The Strike Wings". Add ons I have acquired are as follows: Master Models .303 Browning barrels and 20mm Hispano CannonsParagon .303 Ammo feed chutes - very rare now.Miracle Masks markings.Mastercaster resin mainwheelsCammett Fasteners and grille setEduard Harnesses. Miles of lead wire and a fair bit of plasticard !! I'm also going to use a set of Miracle Masks instead of regular decals, this will be a bit of a leap into the unknown as I have never used masks before, but I think that in this scale its the best option. Paint will, at the moment, be either Gunze (my favourite), Xtracrylix or Tamiya. Here goes...... Photos of the actual cockpit show many discs attached to the cockpit sidewalls, enabling all the fittings to be secured to the cockpit walls. I have used 3mm sequins superglued to the inside walls to replicate these.Rear cockpit bulkhead. Control rods and brackets from stock and rod. The moulded on cables were removed and substituted with lead wire.Partially complete port cockpit wall. The oxygen hose was made by wrapping lead wire around a length of stiff 0.5mm wire and bent to shape. Then sealed with very thin cyano.Incomplete starboard side. Switches were added to the control panel to improve this area. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUY5Y Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I'm so looking forward to this! Here are a couple of shots I took at the Hamilton Airshow.Hope they help. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinestar Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Great start mate! That Mosquito book you have there is the one I used, found it to be a great source of reference. It's great that you got the Paragon ammo chutes, the kit rubber ones are flippin' rubbish..... Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikec Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 ...... Looking Good ................. nice build .............. ................. Mike . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Sequins Eh?! Thats one for the books! Exceptional Mosquito to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaycad Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 I'm so looking forward to this! Here are a couple of shots I took at the Hamilton Airshow.Hope they help.Thanks for the photos Guy. You are so lucky to have the only airworthy example in your part of the planet, I and many others can only hope of seeing one airborne here in the UK. Part of the inspiration for this build was an ex Royal Marine named Arthur Williams presented a programme last year on Channel 4 here in the UK called "The Plane that saved Britain". Arthur was badly injured in a car accident and is now wheelchair bound. Didn't stop him gaining his pilots licence though !! The programme tells the story of the Mosquito, and concludes with Arthur getting a "jolly" in KA114. It gets quite emotional at the end, but it's a brilliant programme presented by a top bloke !! It was available on demand and is well worth watching. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 N-i-i-i-c-e. Another Mossie. By the looks of it you're giving it some serious welly, A J. Me watching this 'un. Regards Rossky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaycad Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Few more pictures......fuselage joined and cockpit 90% complete. Seats still to be installed and the wiring/GEE radio installation finished off once the wing assembly is attached. Its at this stage that I realise my workspace is not big enough for this project !!! I have also modified the wing assembly and installed the reinforcing plates. Cut from the thinnest plasticard sheet I could get and attached using Zap cyano, then overpainted with thinned Mr Surfacer 500 and sanded. The wing surface detail is a little simplified on this kit. There are various access hatches and panels on the upper and lower surfaces of the wings. Some have rivet detail, some don't so I have added this, but this detail should really have been incorporated in the moulding process especially for an aircraft in this scale, but its all part of the hobby. Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Great start Andy... This is a very temping kit to get... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaycad Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Great start Andy... This is a very temping kit to get... Your right there Dave, Even though its now OOP, there are quite a few examples popping up on eBay but expect to pay upwards of 150 GBP for one, there is currently one in the US with a host of upgrades, (including some very rare Paragon items) for 1299 USD buy it now !!! Yes really $1299 :-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I am pretty sure that Airfix will repop this kit soon with the Typhoon coming out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaycad Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Well progress has been a little slow on the Mosquito, what with work commitments and a little loss of enthusiasm that I'm sure every modellers gets once in a while, however things have moved on a little since my last post. I'm going to display the port merlin whilst the starboard engine will be covered. Plenty of lead wire and a little fabrication and its finished - well almost but I wont finish it off until installed onto the wing. The cockpit is nearly complete. The pilots seat still needs to be fitted as does the radio equipment behind the co-pilot - hence the mess of lead wire awaiting the "black boxes" of the GEE radio fit. The bomb bay forward bulkhead is no-where near finished. There is still plenty of lead wire to add for the pipework hear as well as the hydraulic lines down the sides. I have tried to keep as close to reference photos as I can, but I think the main goal for me is to make it look the part. An finally in this update, the port undercarriage bay. Again plenty more detail will be added, and then I will start on the starboard bay. Well that's it so far, slow but steady progress. Thanks for looking in. Andy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Andy, great idea of those discs! Your detail- and painting looks very attractive. I like the shading of the details! Keep up the good work!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Nice work with the solder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Very nice indeed - who doesn't love a Mosquito?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUY5Y Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Wonderful viewing.Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinestar Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Good stuff Andy. Loving that Merlin! Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beychevelle Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Awesome! love the plumbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_ Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Very nice, like Erik, I am impressed at your finishing and weathering, both very smooth and subtle. I particularly like the effect you get on metallic surfaces... lokks very scale.. Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 bravo on the plumbing efforts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Very nice work. Cees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajaycad Posted April 11, 2014 Author Share Posted April 11, 2014 OK, again slow progress on the Mosquito. The bomb bay is all but complete, although I'm not 100% happy with the bomb rack frames, so I'm going to rework them with some 1.5mm alloy tubing. The forward bulkhead containing all the Hydraulic services is complete and weathered as is the Hispano cannon pack. Both undercarriage bays are all but finished, and wont be 100% complete until the U/C doors are installed at a much later stage. At the moment I am attaching the engine and undercarriage sponsons to the wings, and the bare stbd merlin is fitted. I will post more photos of my progress soon. thanks for looking in Andy. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beychevelle Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 At first glance I thought you posted photos of the real thing. At second and third also for that matter. this is seriously crazy stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 All I can say is amazing craftmenship. We're all in the stone age compared to your skill set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted April 13, 2014 Share Posted April 13, 2014 more jaw dropping scratch and wire work. my eyes are strained! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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