ajaycad Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) I thought it about time I started on my example of this kit, inspired by "alpinestar" and his phenomenal example posted over on LargeScaleModeller. 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 "The Strike Wings" by Roy Conyers Nesbit and Graham Smiths Devon and Cornwall Airfields in the Second World War. Add ons I have acquired are as follows: Master Models .303 Browning barrels and 20mm Hispano Cannons Paragon .303 Ammo feed chutes - very rare now. Miracle Masks markings. Mastercaster resin mainwheels Cammett Fasteners and grille set 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 masksbefore, 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. Edited March 20, 2014 by ajaycad 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Nice work Andy! Looks really good. Where's this other build you speak of? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hey Andy, great to see another of these awesome kits being built! Your workmanship so far is flawless! Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 (edited) hi there mate... terrific built so far.... i guess alpinestar wip is from largescalemodeller site....very nice built thats for sure... shep Edited March 19, 2014 by shepard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparzanza Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Amazing looking painting and weathering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juhana Britschgi Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 So that's at least four Mosquito builds ongoing now - and what a great build this one is. I especially like the undercarriage bay, very neat detailing. Mine wont' be nearly as detailed, but seeing builds like this gives me some ideas about how to achieve the look I'm aiming for. Also, that's a nice trick with the oxygen hose, looks very convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 the main goal for me is to make it look the part. Well you got that one down - terrific work !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Great work ! 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 inAndy. Juhana Britschgi and shepard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I'm convinced I'm looking at an actual aircraft! This is a top-level build. Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 HOLY Smokes.....................that is amazing! I hope mine comes out half as good as this! Cheers Anthony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmyb Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 That is outstanding detail on the gun bay, only for the grey plastic in shot I would swear it was the real thing! Keep up the great work. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shepard Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 some of your landing gear pics looks 1:1 mate! fantastic cheers shep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow113 Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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