Popular Post Tail-Dragon Posted February 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 25, 2018 Airfix’s 1980 kit of the 1/48 Mosquito FB VI converted to a Molins’ 57mm Mk XVIII ‘TseTse' sub-hunter. The main gun was a standard British Army 6 pounder anti-tank gun, fitted with an auto loader and could fire 25 rounds in 20 seconds! The .303 machine guns were reduced to 2 (for sighting purposes) and an additional 900 pounds of armour were added. 26 were so modified. The kit was rescribed, the small scoops and the carb intakes on the engine nacelles were opened up, and a scratch built gunsight, details and wiring were added to the cockpit. The propeller blades were reshaped and the spinner openings reduced. The mods required were adding the late style bulged canopy, removing the 20mm cannons and shell chutes, and replacing with brass tubing for the 57mm cannon, breech fairing from spare pieces of bombs and missiles, breech hatch and shell eject chute from plastic sheet, reinforced inboard flaps with strip, and adding additional armour plate to nose I used Eduard brass seatbelts, a Squadron vacuform late style bulged canopy, Griffon etch carb intake screens, and a lot of plastic sheet, strip, brass tubing, and assorted bomb/missile parts for the breech fairing. Paints are Tamiya Acrylic and markings are a mix of Aeromaster nationality, Barracudacal stencils, Aviaeology serials, and masking and painting for the “O”. Weathering is with oil paints and pastels. Hope you like. 92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Great job on the conversion, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Cracking mossie!!!! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Fantastic result on one of my favourite types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Gorgeous. Great to see what can be done with the Airfix kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Ive always wanted a Tse Tse in my collection. Yours just makes me want it more and soon 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkSH Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Lovely looking mossie and a great conversion job, nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris148 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 VERY NICE CLEAN BUILD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Absolutely lovely. There must have been some recoil on that. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Great job. Nice to see a lesser marque Mossie. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 This is one mosquito we don't see everyday.Smashing job on the old Airfix kit.I guess the RAF chose the Mossie for the job as the wood structures absorbed the recoils very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That’s one hell of a build with the old Airfix 1/48 Classic kit. You’ve captured the look and feel of this version most beautifully. This is Modelling at its very best.. Cheers.. and thanks for the inspiration to possibly consider this kit over the more recent Mosquito moulds on offer. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Oooh, that's really nice!!! Those colours look great and your rescribe job is great. I've nicked those ref pics too as I've got the 1/72 Hasegawa version about ready to go into the part barn. Again, great job. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Nice, uber nice in fact, you've achieved a brilliant result with that, even with the white outlined code. I Think that is a stunning bit of modelling. Steve. Edited February 26, 2018 by stevehnz stupid keyboard, no really!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_w Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That's a beauty! Fantastic job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Great looking build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 That's really nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Stunning work, sir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Absolutely brilliant. You've got a real head turner there, Sir. The perfect balance between building and painting....That's how a perfect model shall look. Congrats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tail-Dragon Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 10 hours ago, Mick Drover said: Oooh, that's really nice!!! Those colours look great and your rescribe job is great. I've nicked those ref pics too as I've got the 1/72 Hasegawa version about ready to go into the part barn. Again, great job. Michael Thanks a lot, it was a fun "old school" build. Here's a couple of more photo's of the original that might come in handy with your build ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Nice build .... ALERT !!!!! Did anyone take notice to the rather sloppy paint job on the invasion stripes on the real aircraft ? Whenever we judge our models we tend to deduct points if the invasion stripes are not perfectly painted. From a judging standpoint it is rather difficult to tell the difference between a poor paint application by a model builder or a legitimate effort to be historically accurate .... an interesting dilemma for sure. Bob H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 13 hours ago, Tail-Dragon said: Thanks a lot, it was a fun "old school" build. Here's a couple of more photo's of the original that might come in handy with your build ... Thanks for those additional images. Right click, saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Well done! Nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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