shan Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Hi all after building 2 trumpeter kits, i decided to try out and treat myself to Tamiya. I bought the spitfire and the mosquito was a birthday gift, and since both pretty much have the same colours i thought of a dual build. also, i would really try to do a camouflage aircraft. never tried it before and i've been building pretty much single colour tone aircrafts so far, except for the harrier with minor camo on the top and bottom. so here goes....... i am following closely with 2 builds currently on line on the mosquito, namely the Wolf build ( http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=58664) and the Peter's build (http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=63855&page=20 ) Both are superb examples for a step by step reference. first up..... i could wait to try out the engines. so i skipped Tamiya's instruction and went straight to the engines. unfortunately, i did not have any intentions of doing a WIP so , the build had advanced i must say, everything came together very nicely on the Tamiya kit. everything fits. that is a welcome surprise to my previous builds started to put in some details for the pipe works finally, i think the engines are done do anyone have good pictures and references to the Mosquito's firewall? dont seem to be able to find any on the net. Lots of pics on the spitfire , but not on the mosquito. thanks 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/gallery/ See image 6, also look at the 3d view of the museum interior, isn't great quality but it is a mosquito! (Google DH98 firewall) Edited October 3, 2016 by It's a disease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, It's a disease said: http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/gallery/ See image 6, also look at the 3d view of the museum interior, isn't great quality but it is a mosquito! (Google DH98 firewall) thanks, got a little sneak peak there. and also, the fire wall is in interior green, unlike the tamiya build where its supposed to be bare steel? interesting? Edited October 3, 2016 by shan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 See the homepage from the museum website, the prototype they have shows bare metal firewalls too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 14 minutes ago, It's a disease said: See the homepage from the museum website, the prototype they have shows bare metal firewalls too. Thanks , the Firewall in the Engine compartment looks to be in interior green, rather than the Bare Steel quoted in the Tamiya Build reference? looked thru the net and it looks like only the restored ones are in bare steel. which would be more accurate during the war? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Honestly, I could not answer that with any degree of certainty! Im sure somebody will offer an answer....... Perhaps the ones undergoing restoration are yet to be painted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 3, 2016 Author Share Posted October 3, 2016 23 minutes ago, It's a disease said: Honestly, I could not answer that with any degree of certainty! Im sure somebody will offer an answer....... Perhaps the ones undergoing restoration are yet to be painted? thanks, i appreciate your help. i will just scour the net for more pics and if majority shows interior green, then i will go for it thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 No worries, surely there must be mosquito fans on here! You can only hope that one appears..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 Finally found some time to work on the models. started out by adding some details to the engine gondola's then went on to apply surfacer and some pre shading and artificial shadows had the frames painted, i used Tamiya's sky and a mixture of green, but added some cockpit interior wash later on to darken the tone proceeded to paint the metals added some salt for weathering affects i used common table salt with a mixture of Mc Donalds fine salt 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 finally, the frames are done, need some pin washing and hopefully can start assembling the engine 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 the bits and pieces for the engines are finally ready 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 got to work on one engine, everything fits in very nicely. As usual, Tamiya did a great job 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 i've hit a snag. dont seem to be able to get the frames fitting well. ended up with a huge gap. after analyzing the problem, i think i've done something wrong and the paint is too thick, so ended up with some minor surgery decided to remove the circular attachment part to the engine that still didnt work, so ended up removing some detail for a better fit and finally, it fits now, off to work on the spitfire's engines. the spit has more details on the engines, so, gonna take some time there. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shan Posted November 13, 2016 Author Share Posted November 13, 2016 Finally got some work done on the spitfire engine and again ran into the same issue with the Mosquito engines. but well prepared this time. i found that enlarging the opening where the front of the engine meets the spinner backplate solves the issue and i got a perfect fit without needing to sand off some details like in the mosquito build. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Great work on those engines. Hopefully I can get my build up to this standard. Do you paint the pipework or leave it the colour of the wire? I'm guessing paint but you never know. all the best. Johnny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 10 hours ago, The Spadgent said: Great work on those engines. Hopefully I can get my build up to this standard. Do you paint the pipework or leave it the colour of the wire? I'm guessing paint but you never know. all the best. Johnny. Greetings Johnny all the wires are painted. i used lead wired ( soldering wires). the wires are primed with the Gunze Metal Primer. its a mix beween copper, brass and flat alumn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted November 17, 2016 Share Posted November 17, 2016 Great work so far..... I really like what you've done with the engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted December 11, 2016 Author Share Posted December 11, 2016 moving along with the build..... started with the Spitfires cockpit. the parts went on well with fits and all. i've added Eduard's photo etched interiors and they are simply gorgeous!!! Eduards, instrument panels....... fabulous!! Added in some lead wires and it really complements the details in cramped spaces got to start working on the seat belts and then the 2 halfs can be glued in!! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 some close ups of the cockpit 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Very impressive!!! Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toms111s Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Lovely job. I like all the extra detail youve added, I feel like I could climb in the cockpit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Thank you Phil, Drift and Tom for the complements, cant say enough about Tamiya's excellent model kit. just a joy to build. now to close up the fuselage.... and on to the mosquitos cockpit!!! first up is the seatbelts...... finally got to close up the fuselage a bit of a scale comparison between the spitfire fuselage vs the mosquito's engine necelle, looks like the mosquito is going to be a huge model? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 Been, working on the Mosquito's cockpit, its a ton of work, compared to the Spitfire. lots and lots of details i am off for my vacation for the long Chinese New Year Break here in Asia, so wishing all of you a Happy New Year and hope to be back on the saddle soon to finish up the rest of the cockpit area. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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