Mach Turtle Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 So, for the De Havilland Group Build, I'm thinking about building G-AVFG, the BOAC Mosquito that spirited Niels Bohr out of Sweden. Fundekals has an appropriate sheet of markings. Negative, Ghostrider, the budget is full! Nevermind that guy. Is the Hong Kong Models 1/32 de Havilland Mosquito B Mk.VI Series II the correct 1/32 kit for this project? The Mosquito variants confuse me. If so, should I build the bulged bomb bay or the normal one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Standard bomb bay, not the bulged one. You will need to modify the exhausts http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/mosquitocowlingsjh_1.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Vingtor also has a set of markings for BOAC Mosquitos. I hadn't realised that it was known which aircraft carried Niels Bohr. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 According to the Fündekals instructions of the FB.VI markings for BOAC mosquitos, it was G-AGGG which transported Niels Bohr - a mk VI. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don McIntyre Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Take a look here: http://www.fundekals.com/F8Mosquito_BOAC_FBVI.html Unfortunately (for me), I see it listed in 1/32 but not 1/48. Edited January 20, 2017 by Don McIntyre Added comment on scale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach Turtle Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) Niels Bohr was flown from Stockholm to Leuchars in Mosquito Mk.VI G-AGGC on 6 October 1943. The full story can be read here: http://mmpbooks.biz/ksiazki/328 1/48 scale decals are available from Vingtor: Nils Edited January 21, 2017 by Vingtor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junchan Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 The HK 1/32 Mosquito is B. Mk. IV, not F.B. Mk.VI. You have to buy a Tamiya 1/32 kit. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 But not if he wants to build G-AGFV as stated in the original post as that was a PR.IV, for which a B.IV is basically similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach Turtle Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Thanks again, everyone. So, Bohr was on G-AGGG (according to Fundekals) or G-AGGC (according to the Mathisrud book cited by Vingtor). I'm not sure what the primary sources are for each of these, but I imagine there's some logbook entry or the like in which a C can't be distinguished from a G. (Though it was Heisenberg, not Bohr, who described the uncertainty theorem.) Either way, I would need to make a FB Mk. VI, and the Bohr ship probably wasn't G-AGFV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 I have various original documents from Swedish, Norwegian and British archives - including the Bromma arrival/departure logs, Norwegian and Swedish intelligence reports and BOAC passenger lists. All documents but one say AGGC. The exception being AGGG, and this must be an error as AGGG was not flying the date Bohr sr. was flown to Leuchars. Fündecals has got the information from me, but you must ask them why they have interpreted it differently. As said, the full story, with references, is in the book. Nils 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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