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SpotModel has quite a few decal sheets for DS3 WRC: https://www.spotmodel.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Citroen+ds3+1%2F24 Phil

Thanks James. I found these 2 photos of B.XVIs which I've squinted at and I think they have 3 ID lights. I'm going to add 3 of them anyway. https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/mosquito2/mosquito-b-mk-xvi-ml991-3/ https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/uk/raf/mosquito2/mosquito-b-xvi-rear/ Thanks guys. Its a lovely little kit and the Eduard set really brings the cockpit to life. Phil.

Its still the same month as my last update and we have some more progress! This is a bit much by my standards. At this rate, I may even finish this build by the end of the GB. This was my first attempt at using 3D decals and I was quite impressed. A bit of Gator's Grip was used to reduce the chances of any of them popping off later. The PE seat belts went on ok. I'm not totally pleased with them but that's all down to me - not Eduard. Still, after a light wash with Flory Models' dark dirt, the cockpit is finished. Now... identification lights in the lower fuselage. Should I open up 3 of them? I see from the PRXVI kit's instructions they are 1.5mm in diameter and the BXVI starboard fuselage half has indentations giving the approximate location. Phil

Lovely stuff James. That's a proper job. Phil.

James, its nice to know its not just me. Phil

Thanks James. It was your cracking PR XVI build which persuaded me to try the Eduard 3D decals. I'm thinking of using the Freightdog part as a guide and scratch-building the fairing. The trouble with me is that I want to still have the Freightdog part for my next Airfix B XVI in case I can't get hold of another set. Its just the way I think. It drives my wife mad sometimes. 🤪 Phil

Evening all. Well after a long time with no real excuse, my Mossie has received some TLC in the form of some paint and some pressies. My last bottle of Aeromaster acrylic UK Interior Green gave me a very pleasant and gentle re-introduction to brush painting. Its been a while since I picked up a hairy stick. I was a bit apprehensive about my brush painting skills but a new set of flat brushes from Hobbycraft costing all of £4.00 and a look at PlaStix's excellent YouTube video gave me the confidence to crack on. My OOB aspirations didn't survive an unrelated order from Hannants which just happened to have some resin wheels, 3D decals and canopy masks added to it. After that, a Facebook post from Colin at Freightdog told of a restock of resin bits which I couldn't resist. I'd already prepped the kit's closed bomb bay doors but now I'm in two minds about whether to use it with a scratchbuilt rear fairing or go with Freightdog's finest. My next session should see the cockpit detail painted, 3D decals in place and hopefully the fuselage ready to zip up. All the best, Phil.

No Chris, that's Steven Wright. This Steve Wright was well known in the UK but not so much elsewhere. Phil.

I'm stunned. Just heard him on Pick of the Pops on Saturday. RIP Steve.

Great minds think alike eh? For me it was next to this one: Does anyone know which airframe appears in this shot? My late uncle Barrie worked for DH/Hawker Siddeley/Bae at Stag Lane and Hatfield all of his working life so I'm a bit biased when it comes to their products. My wallet's going to take a hit with Revell reissuing their BAe146/RJ70 later this year. Anyway, back to things Mosquitoey (hey, its in the OED - I didn't know myself til just now). Oh I don't know Adrian. I can see the appeal looking back, as it were. I agree about the spinners colour on the box art. Mind you, the kit paint guide does call for Humbrol 230 PRU Blue Some further plastic fondling has occurred namely dry fitting various airframe and detail parts. I'm rather impressed with the fit of the various engine nacelle components. Some almost Tamiya-esque engineering. Good on yer Airfix. Now about that paint I promised... Phil.

Thanks chaps. We're off and running! No pics yet but the sprue cutters and sanding sticks made it out of the loft tonight and onto a cutting mat. The bomb bay/wing spar/cockpit floor has seen some Tamiya Extra thin and after a bit of fettling, I'm happy with their dry fit inside the fuselage halves. The closed bomb bay doors part has been sanded smooth and awaits a scribed centreline. This is a really nice little kit. It is good enough to have me reaching for a paintbrush tomorrow. Phil.

Evening all. I'd like to join in with Airfix's recent small-scale Mossie in its bomber guise. I'm going for the airframe on the box art because 1) I don't need any AM decals but mainly 2) Its the subject of a big poster I had on my bedroom wall when I was a model-mad teenager. Of course at the time, I dearly wanted to build a model of it so its great to now have that chance. Thanks Airfix! Here's the usual box & sprue shots. Here's the poster which I bought from the RAF Museum shop in the late '70s. It is, of course, one of Charles E Brown's wonderful wartime air to air photos. At the time, my friends all seemed to have rather different posters on their bedroom walls. Many involved models but were definitely not de Havilland or Airfix products! I'm planning to build this one out of the box but we'll see how that goes when I get to the bomb bay doors/fairing and the tailwheel. Here's hoping this thread gets further than my last one. I posted the same sort of photos for an Airfix 1/48 Chippy in the last DH GB then found out later the same day that we were moving house imminently. That stalled my modelling until now. That move went well so I'm confident I can actually start building this time. All the best, Phil.

Hi FB, Yes, it is for the Tamiya 1/20 kit. If you're up for it, perhaps you'd sell a kit of your parts like the 3-spoke front wheels, inlet trumpets, injectors & throttle slides and your mesh former as well as the cam covers? I reckon there are plenty of modellers out there who'd love to have your DFV parts for lots of other cars too. As and when you get to parts like the tyres for your FW07B, my credit card would really start to take a pasting. 😄 Anyway, enough about what I want. On with your great build! Phil

Great idea FB. Perhaps you could mark the bolt centres to be drilled and added? Would you be open to selling bits like this after your build? I have a pile of FW07 kits which all need 'em. True Ant but it went back further to the start of the Saudia sponsorship. For instance, Clay Regazzoni's '79 Silverstone winning car had the Ford logos ground away so there was just a blank space on the cam covers. Cosworth had only just started making them with their own name on for the DFX-powered Indycar teams and Williams were still a small team in '78/79 with limited finances so they made-do with what they had. By 1980 though they were on top of it and I've only ever seen FW07Bs and later with Cosworth on the cam covers right through to FW08C in '83. Incidentally the Ensign team used them too when they had Unipart sponsorship. Phil

Thanks so much on both counts. The removals men are doing their thing as I am posting this message so I'm hopeful of getting in some Chippy time in the next couple of weeks. Phil