1/48 Tamiya Mosquito B Mk IV in captured markings

[Kahunaminor]

The light and dark at the end of the tunnel! I over coated the decals with Testors gloss enamel topcoat (by mistake) and got a lovely shiny finish. I then mucked it up with Promodeller wash, dark dirt on the green (and engine nacelle sides) and light dirt on the yellow before removing it with a plethora of cotton buds (Q tips for our colonial readers) moistened with water:

The finished was Dullcoat lacquer through the back up Runway 13 airbrush and then collecting all the bits and bobs for final assembly. At this stage I was really wanting to tear the masking off but I walked away for a couple of hours:

Eduard have you remove the fore and aft bomb bay doors before adding the three PE hinges. Disregard their advice and leave them. Here I have replaced the plastic with some evergreen strips. This will allow me to attach the doors more securely and cover the little holes in the doors where the plastic Tamiya provides would fit:

Who was I kidding? After two agonising hours wait, I peeled off the canopy masks and attached the exhausts. I was disappointed to find a large thumb print on the glazing, which was thankfully on the exterior. So again judicious use of a cotton bud and some elbow grease removed most of that:

Despite my best efforts, some dust and yellow overspray got inside the fuselage. The dust was mainly on the cockpit roof glazing so I could actually remove that by carefully inserting a microbrush. Alas the yellow had migrated to the front starboard side of the bomb aimers glass. All attempts to reach it have proven unsuccessful so far:

The cracked window detracts but not much I can do:

There is still a fair bit of work to do on the underside, attaching bomb bay, gear doors and other bits of tiny PE. I also have some touch ups to do and maybe some more polishing of the canopies and some Future.

Regards,

[m4rky]

As mentioned by others, it's great to see a mossie in a non standard scheme.

Might have to steal your idea of a captured mossie as yours looks so good...

[Kahunaminor]

And that's a wrap!

Calling this one finished today. The wheel bay covers proved an absolute nightmare to fix using only the Eduard PE. I actually managed to drop two doors and lose all but one of the tiny PE hinges, so I have only affixed the four rear hinges...the front ones cannot be seen anyway. I have also included the retraction lines out of Ezi line. The bomb bay was comparatively simple and all the other lower fuselage parts went on without a hitch:

I will have to live with the dust in the interior as there was no getting it out:

I also managed to break the pitot so a small piece of staple was pressed into service:

Overall an enjoyable build, unusual for its scheme and one (of many) rescued from the Shelf of Procrastination:

Thanks for following along and the encouragement given along the way.

Regards,

[Blogs On]

Very Nice.

[Greif]

Very nice job!

I love the unusual scheme...it could be an idea for a futur kit to do.

Cheers

[JasonC]

Nice work Kent. It's certainly eye catching in those colours. If you hadn't mentioned them, I think most people wouldn't pick on on the small issues mentioned. I especially like the work you did to replicate the engine configuration on this aircraft. Good save on the pitot tube as well!

cheers,

Jason

[Kahunaminor]

I especially like the work you did to replicate the engine configuration on this aircraft.

cheers,

Jason

Thanks Jason,

I did have a little help there. I appreciate the assistance and encouragement.

Regards,