MikeA Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Amazing what you are doing with the paint finish! I'm way too scared off stuffing it up to try that sort of mechanical weathering process. Can't wait to see how it all ties together. Cheers Mike kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 Amazing what you are doing with the paint finish! I'm way too scared off stuffing it up to try that sort of mechanical weathering process. Can't wait to see how it all ties together. Cheers Mike Yeah me too! It's still real scary every time. So once you pass 'the point of no return' thinking I've just destroyed the model, it's ruined... Then you start correcting the paintwork, adding more and more layers. Slowly watching the surface come alive, finally you are rewarded with a much more complex surface, thinking why did I hesitate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 23, 2017 Author Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) Update on the airbrush paintwork... Finished the paintwork applying different shades of medium sea grey, ocean grey and dark green. Photos are not the best, will post more after the next step, using oils and washes... Why no canopy? I haven't decided if I'm the kit canopy or the one from tasman... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen airscale, Anthony in NZ, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Wow, I love the way you've done the preshading on the fuselage - the shading gets heavier as you go down the panel line! It looks terrific. Keep going! Cheers Jim kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Left engine finally done... A lot of scratching was necessary to get the detailing of the enginen to a decent level. Header tank, engine cowling frames, exhaust shrouds, air compressor and a lot of pipes and wirering etc... For the copper pipes I used real copper wire oxidized with household ammonia... Finally, I decided not to use the kit canopy, it's slightly off, even though I cannot quite make out whats wrong... Maybe a little too narrow? Inspired by the fantastic work Chris Wimmer did on his restoration of his old Revell Mosquito... http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=50017&hl=%20chris%20%20wimmer&page=5 So, I have begun building the inner framing for the canopy to fit the vacuumformed one from Tasman. Quite the task... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen MikeC, Lars Befring, Hubert Boillot and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 that canopy frame is a work of art - some very complicated shapes in there and you have got them spot on bloody good paint job too by the way.. Peter kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 Wow!!! You never cease to amaze, Kent ... the wiring in the engine is terrific, and the canopy framing ... just wow. Jim kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Exceptional work here very nice build really looking forward to more on this one you just can't have enough Mozzies. Guy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted January 31, 2017 Author Share Posted January 31, 2017 Thank you gent's! I sure hope the canopy fits... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hubert Boillot Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) Great job on this canopy frame (and just all the rest, by the way ). Like you, I cannot point out what makes the HK canopy feel "off", but the feeling is there all right. Maybe it is a combination of the width, height and slope of the sides I'd be interested to see a side-by-side comparison of your canopy with the Tasman vac on, and HK's one. Hubert Edited January 31, 2017 by MostlyRacers kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Photos of the finished Mosquito build... Winter atmosphere... Mosquito B Mk. IV Series II (Film Production Unit - FPU Benson 1944) Serial No. DZ414 Callsign 'O' Orange with 'camera' mission markings... The merits of DZ414: This aircraft was handpicked at Hatfield Aerodrome (The De Havilland Factory) on 22. December 1942 by Flt Lt C.E.S. Patterson for service with the FPU (RAF Film Production Unit). He subsequently flew DZ414 for 20.000 of its 24.000 miles, including its debut operation to L'Orient on 14. February 1943 in the wake of the 466-bomber raid staged the night before, the night bombing attack on Berlin on 20/21 April 1943 (performed to coincide with Hitler's birthday), when DZ414 was badly damaged by flak, the raids on Turin and Nürnburg, and on the long-range operation to Jena on 27. May. The second ‘B' on the nose is for the Berlin operation on 13/14 May 1943. Whilst part of the 2nd TAF, DZ414 took part in many notable operations, including 14 anti-Diver sorties (V-1 Flying Bombs) flown by Flt Lt Vic Hester of No 613 Sqn. along with cameraman, Flg Off Oakley, between 19-25. June 1944. The aircraft also participated in the Amiens prison raid on 18 February 1944, its pilot Flt Lt Tony Wickham, making three passes over the burning prison so as to allow Plt Off Leigh Howard to film the flight of 255 of the 700 prisoners released through the breached walls. On 31. of October DZ414 participated in the attack on the Gestapo headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, filming the attack on the buildings of Aarhus University. Finally, on 21. March 1945 DZ414 was flown by Fit Lt K L Greenwood of No 487 Sqn. RNZAF, as part of the force sent on the Shellhouse raid, Flg Off E Moore of the FPU filming the first wave attack on the building. Despite its wartime contribution, this veteran machine was SoC in October 1946 and unceremoniously scrapped. Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen Rainer Hoffmann, tucohoward, alain11 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Absolutely gorgeous, that one is a "keeper". Cheers Dennis kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Very nice build and the speed in which you did this amazing. Guy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonH Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 That is just beautiful. Great job! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) A couple of shots of the bomb bay with the scratch build bomb attachment crates... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen MikeC, mark31, alain11 and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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