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Done! Photos in Ready for Inspection: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234983489-48th-scale-mosquito-fever-tamiya-airfix-love-children-biv-and-fbvi/

Finished the Tamiya & Airfix Mosquitos. The FB.VI has the Airfix fuselage and Tamiya wings; the B.IV has the Airfix fuselage, Airfix upper wings and Tamiya lower wings. The B.IV's canopy is from Revell, and the fuel tanks are from Revell too. Used Eduard stuff and Aires stuff on the interiors, and Ultracast goodies for the exteriors. FB.VI decals from Aviology (excellent) and the B.IV's decals were cobbled together - AZ-H from the Revell kit's decal sheet. Thanks for looking! Comments & feedback is welcome, as always. Build thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234975427-a-tale-of-two-mosquitos-48th-scale-mosquito-fever-decals-on/

Decals are on The final bits and pieces are also ready to be assembled. The wheels are from Ultracast. The guns are from Master. Weathering and finishing is next; exciting times Thanks for looking!

Glider towing heavies received full invasion stripes (around wings and fuselage) for D-day. The wing stripes were removed at some point in the following months (might have been before September 44) but certainly by October 1944 but the fuselage stripes were at least partially retained for some time.

Fantastic work; on the B-17 too!

most excellent!

very nice!

Bank holiday weekend and got a lot of painting done. The B.IV has Tamiya colours on top and Vallejo black on the bottom. I weathered the FB.VI with the hairspray method. I painted the underside Medium Sea Grey and the top side with lighter version of dark green. Then the dark green went on and I chipped it using an old toothbrush. I repeated the same process for the underside. Next up: decals, final bits and pieces and then finishing. Thanks for looking!

Today I primed the aircraft with Games Workshop black primer (as an experiment) and it seems to be working out. The B.IV with the Airfix fuselage, Airfix upper wings, Tamiya lower wings and engine nacelles and the Revell canopy. I used thin strips of painted scotch tape on the inside to simulate the internal frame of the canopy. The under wing fuel tanks I also borrowed from the Revell kit. The FB.VI with the Airfix fuselage, Tamiya wings and engine nacelles and a vacuum formed canopy from Falcon. Thanks for looking!

is this also based on the Hasegawa molds like their recent Typhoon and P-51 release?

yes, that is the one.

Although Revell might release another variant of the kit in the (near?) future, would it be possible to build an A-8 out of the F-8 boxing of their new FW-190 kit or are some key parts missing?

The bomb bay of the mk III is practically identical to the mk I. The cockpit interiors between the marks do differ and the CMK set is only accurate for a mk I. The instruments panels of the different marks have a slightly different layout. The instruments panel can hardly be seen one the model is completed though. The CMK set comes with an early style radio for the mk I. This cannot be seen in a mk III because of the lack of windows anyway so you might as well use it on the mk I if you build that first. Be careful to only use a single control column for most operational Wellingtons.

Thanks for all the comments!

Finished the diorama! Build thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234971962-revell-132-messerschmitt-109g-6-jg1-diorama-ready-for-decals/ I was inspired by this article in a 1997 issue of Fine Scale Modeler: This is my first attempt at a complete, large scale diorama, including figures and a fuel truck. It's also my first serious attempt at painting larger scale figures. I used the Revell 1/32 kit as a basis. The truck is from Italeri and the figures are from Verlinden. I used acrylic paints throughout: mainly Vallejo, but also Tamiya and Games Workshop. Used quite a bit of aftermarket for the 109 including the Alley Cat update set and the Aires cockpit set. Thanks for looking! Feedback and comments are welcome, as always.

and it's done! will post pictures in Ready for Inspection

Very nice; I love it when someone makes something awesome out of these classic Italeri kits.

On the home stretch with the 109: I added the decals and after that I weathered the aircraft. All that needs to be added still are the navigation lights and some antennae. Thanks for looking!

as I'm working on mine I noticed that in addition to the gap issue when I dryfit the upper wings to the fuselage there is actually significant anhedral; I'll try to fix it by adding a little strip of styrene to the slot. Did you have this issue as well?

yup; will be following this too!

amazing work; fantastic!

The interiors of the fuselages are done! The B.IV cockpit features the Airfix floor and instruments panel (with slightly modified Eduard B.IV instruments added to it). I used the Tamiya pilot seat but added the Airfix cushion. The seatbelts are from Eduard. The radios came from the Aires detail set. The Gee unit was made from parts out of the spares box. The instruments panel on the right hand side is also from the Aires B.IV detail set. The hatch and the oxygen bottles in the front of the nose are from the Revell kit. The bomb computer was scratch built. I used Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics. I had to modify the radio unit on the rear shelf to make it fit. The FB.VI received similar treatment. It actually features the instruments panel from the old Eduard Airfix FB.VI detail set. It also has the Tamiya pilot seat and the sidewall panel from the Tamiya kit. Thanks for looking! Comments & feedback is always welcome.

small update: colours are on (Vallejo). Next up: decals. Thanks for looking!

There was a discussion on Hyperscale on Spitfire BS124 some time ago: http://www.network54.com/Forum/149674/thread/1280014186/Spitfire+Mk+VI+%28Trop%29....Photo The thread (2 pages) includes some photos of this aircraft.

still looking fantastic