Hi folks,
Just finished* the Airfix 1/48th DH Mosquito FB VI as a 235 Sqn Coastal Command machine, LR437 'T', based at Portreath in June '44.
The ol' Airfix kit is not state of the art anymore but by jingo, it's a fun build with sufficient detail for me and good fit**. I was particularly happy with the way the cockpit scrubbed up.
It was built for a 'Classic Airfix' GB on another forum and, as I've had this kit in the stash since the late '80s, I thought it was high time I built it. I used it to try out some weathering techniques I hadn't tried before on a 1/48th aircraft (I usually build in the gentleman's scale), and I think it turned out quite nicely.
Hope you like it.
regards,
Martin
* OK, so I lost the tailwheel and am awaiting the arrival of a replacement c/o Airfix spares department
**Apart from the fit of the wings to the fuselage; that was appalling! They're none too robustly joined at all.