CrankyCrafstman Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 Some more progress on this beast. I decided to add all of the bulkheads from 1 through 7. Bulkhead 1 comes in the kit, 2 comes in the kit, 3 comes in the kit, 4 only has the lower half in the kit so I made the upper half of it. 5 is totally from scratch, 6 is totally from scratch and 7 comes in the kit. Here are some pictures. This is the rear of bulkhead 3 and lower portion of bulkhead 4. I added the two white peices of plastic card to represent the attachment plates that held the two halfs of the fuselage together. This is the front of bulkhead 3 and the added plates. This is bulkhead 4 upper, I added the plate and the inside of the cutout is lined with a piece of 0.015" thk. x 0.08" wide plastic card. Similar to what is on bulkhead 3. Front view of bulkhead 4 showing the added plate and card stock rib added to the cutout. This is bulkhead 5 with the added attachment plates. This is bulkhead 6 with the added attachment plates. This view shows bulkheads 4 upper, 5 and 6. this is a view looking forward at bulkheads 4 and 3. You can see how my part fits to the kit parts. I also added a piece of card to the lower half of the back of bulkhead 4. View looking rearward through bulkheads 3 and 4. View showing the top of the fuselage joint, not to bad of a fit. This view shows the fit of the lower fuselage. View looking into the rear radio hatch. A view looking down through the fuselage. This will all be covered up, but I will know that it's there. Thanks for looking let me know what you think. Ron G 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 28, 2019 Share Posted September 28, 2019 That looks pretty darn awesome Ron! If you got that done from when I was at the Mosquito yesterday and photographed those bulkheads for you, then I am mighty impressed! Well done mate, they look spot on! Let me know if you need any more details Cheers Anthony 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted September 28, 2019 Author Share Posted September 28, 2019 Thanks Anthony Actually I finished them Friday evening, before I got your photos, but thanks they helped to refine my plans. Hey did you ever find those Paragon exhaust shrouds? I could sure use em if you got em. This thing is a huge drain on ones modeling mojo, and I know you get what I mean. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 Hey Ron, I have just spent 3/4 of an hour going through my Mossie kit/box and cant find the other spare shroud set I had. I have given lots of stuff away over the years, I guess I did the same with those...sorry mate. Yes the kit is a life-sucker LOL, but you are inspiring me again. Anthony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted September 29, 2019 Author Share Posted September 29, 2019 Ok, thanks again Anthony 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 Hey all A little update on what I've been working on. I started working on the wings, rudder and elevators. I went through everything and altered them so that they work. I had a few mishaps, but everything worked out. Here are some pictures. I added the reinforcement strip cut from .015" plastic sheet. On the left you can see one of the rocket rails sitting in place. Everything is just sitting in place, nothing is glued yet. I still need to add the strip to the top of the wing. underside of port wing showing landing light, flaps (they need some filling on the rear edge) and the ailerons. At the right you can see were I drilled through the outer surface... but I managed to fix it. underside of starboard wing with one of the rocket rails. port aileron and the hinge pins made from plastic rod. 06" on the left and .04" on the right. port aileron with pins inserted in the drilled out holes. this picture shows the holes drilled in the hinges that the pins go in when you install the ailerons. wing tips with covers added and bilbs made from 1/16" colored acrylic rods cut to size and coat with a light coat of Tamiya clear red and green. top of tail planes assembled. bottom of tail planes showing the tail wheel guard drilled and cut out and rear of guard extended, thanks to Anthony in NZ's build. view showing parts apart. bottom view of port elevator and tail plane. You can see the cutouts made to clear the hinges that I made from plastic rods. view showing plastic rod hinges. view showing rudder in place. view showing rudder to the right. view showing rudder to the left. view showing the bottom of the rudder hinge pin. view showing hole for hinge pin. view showing holes for hinge pin. I had to reolace the upper hinge cause it broke off when I was test fitting the rudder. port side of rudder, you can see were I f'd up on the center slot. Hinge pin shown installed. view of starboard side of rudder. view showing rudder and hinge pin made from steel rod and aluminum tube. Well that's as far as I have gotten on this beast up to now. I've test fit all of the wing, fuselage, rudder and nacelles and everything seams to fit pretty good. But we'll see how it goes when it gets to gluing it all together...knock on wood Ron G 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Ron, ............. I see you mention adding the 'strip ' to the top wing.............. in actuality it is just tape and not actually a 'strip' of anything thick and huge, it is barely discernible even in real life, in some cases hardly visible at all...... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 Thanks Jeff, good to know 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 Ron, Jeff is correct when it comes to early production wings, I have the mod sheets somewhere that stipulates adding this ply weather strip and how much to feather the edges before applying the fabric strip. These illustrate. I havent used restored examples to illustrate. Hope this dosent add too much to your confusion LOL Note the tops of the bolts for RP rail stub on top of that weather strip on the photo of the top wing on the RNZAF Mosquito. The red circle shows the lack of blending on many examples 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 16, 2019 Author Share Posted October 16, 2019 So Anthony should I leave it off? Ron G 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 It's up to you really after looking at the photo's. Personally I have put them on as I feel in 24th it's warranted. However I sanded mine down very thin, sprayed Mr surfacer heavily on the edges then used a sanding sponge to blend it all in. Your call, really... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Cool, thanks Anthony. I'm going to use 0.005" thick plastic card and sand it almost away. Ron G 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: It's up to you really after looking at the photo's. Personally I have put them on as I feel in 24th it's warranted. However I sanded mine down very thin, sprayed Mr surfacer heavily on the edges then used a sanding sponge to blend it all in. Your call, really... Thanks for the better pics Anthony, I had some as I had a great discussion with our Calgary Mosquito Society Prez, he sent me some excellent pics and I was trying to find them, but your fit the bill perfectly.............. I only brought this up so Ron didn't have an issue that he would have had to rectify later on should he want to.... I feel the 'cap strips' on the 1/32 Tamiya Mossie are a bit 'proud' and need a little tlc as well.... it seems this is a subject by subject thing, as you show, some birds show the prominent strips and others not so much... thanks for the great pics, now I don't have to keep searching for mine.... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 47 minutes ago, Jeff said: Thanks for the better pics Anthony, I had some as I had a great discussion with our Calgary Mosquito Society Prez, he sent me some excellent pics and I was trying to find them, but your fit the bill perfectly.............. I only brought this up so Ron didn't have an issue that he would have had to rectify later on should he want to.... I feel the 'cap strips' on the 1/32 Tamiya Mossie are a bit 'proud' and need a little tlc as well.... it seems this is a subject by subject thing, as you show, some birds show the prominent strips and others not so much... thanks for the great pics, now I don't have to keep searching for mine.... LOL, pleasure mate! Its a community of sharing information, that's what makes it so great. It's always a pleasure to help fellow modelers, especially on the Mosquito for me, as I have had a lot to do with them over the years. As well as working extensively with Tamiya (and several others of course) to do the 32nd kit, I have a real love for them. Cheers Anthony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: LOL, pleasure mate! Its a community of sharing information, that's what makes it so great. It's always a pleasure to help fellow modelers, especially on the Mosquito for me, as I have had a lot to do with them over the years. As well as working extensively with Tamiya (and several others of course) to do the 32nd kit, I have a real love for them. Cheers Anthony Me too, although I don't have quite as much experience, I did help a little bit and am in constant contact with 'our' restoration of the Spartan B.35 in Nanton Alberta, as well as the prez of the Calgary Mosquito Society, who is my good friend, and................................ 633 Sqdn was one of my top movies ! LOL.... how cool that was that you got to work with Tamiya on their 1/32 Mossie.......................... THAT could be a story in itself, also you must be proud of all the good comments on that kit..................................................... sorry for the high-jack, Ron.................. we now return to our regularly scheduled program................ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 No problem Jeff all comments welcome 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Small update Made a wing spar out of 0.06" thick black plastic. Put the dihedra at 1.40 deg. Or 1°24'10" inside of upper wing showing spar installed. inside of starboard upper wing. inside of port upper wing. I had to modify the nacelles to accept the spar, fairly easy. More later, waiting on some mister surfacer to dry so I can sand it smooth. Ron G 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Great update Ron! Loving it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifter Posted October 18, 2019 Share Posted October 18, 2019 Phew, great work. You going to town on this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 Hey all Another update on the big Mossie. I was thinking of getting the Eduard set for the undercarriage, but I really only need the undercarriage door parts, so I looked at the pdf of this set and decided I would scratch build my own using the Eduard ones as a guide. I have started, but still have a long way to go. Here are some pics, so take a look and let me know what you think. these are the port doors still have some details to add and some grinding in order to relieve the large squarish area between the bigger circular piece on the left and the long square piece. this is the other set of doors. I have cut enough pieces to do both sets of doors. Ron G 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Nice work Ron. The thin card probably conforms better to the curves than the PE sometimes does. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 Ron, very cool work ! She is gonna be a stunner !......harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks guys, this thing is definitely not an easy plane to build, because you have to do every thing twice! I'm just glad its only a twin engine bird and not a four engine one...oh..damn, I have two of those in the stash...yikes! Ron G 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazypoet Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 This is gorgeous! I’m thoroughly enjoying your approach to adding detail 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Thanks CP Here are the finished doors, they still need the hinges added and a coat of primer then interior grey/green. port doors. starboard doors. Theres more detail that could be add, but I think this is just right. So I'm done for the day and its off to dinner. Ron G 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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