airbus320 Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Good morning all! As part of the DH group build I decided to drag the Revell Mosquito out of its long, lonely storage and get it built! This was a mistake...the kit is a dog! Fit was poor and the canopy had to be thrown away due to a large mould flaw running through it. In addition, the wheels are too big, the gear legs too short and the spinners would look more at home on a Lancaster! Here is a full list of changes made: Gear legs extended and wheel guards added from stretched sprue Ultracast wheels Spinners reshaped Canopy replaced with a vacuform one plus lots of plasticard Decals by EagleCals VHF aerial from stretched sprue Nose window replaced with acetate The model was finished with Tamiya acrylics and Windor & Newton Galleria flat varnish. For more info, the build thread is here: Photographing the model was a challenge as the desert sun is rather warm! Bearing in mind the real Mosquito's tendancy to suffer glue failure and fall apart in hot climes I took these as quickly as I could and returned the model to it's air-conditioned home! Even so it is now being closely monitored for signs of the wings sagging! Anyway that's enough chat, here are the photos: Thanks for looking and hope you enjoyed looking at the finished result more than I enjoyed wrestling with it!!!! Chris 34 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 (edited) Outstanding build Chris! Good photos too. Edited April 13, 2017 by IanC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Nice job Chris, came up pretty well for a dog, the modeller must be a real dog whisperer. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Considering what you started with,.....you`ve most certainly made a silk purse from a sows ear there,....... what a lovely Mossie! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Cracking piece of work there Chris.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 That very dodgy looking kit no longer looks like a dodgy looking kit any more, fantastic result ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hello dears, Very good shop with that Revell mossie, mine suffer from a stall for that while. One more bark and then it's good for the drawer of doom I really like the painting and weathering. Brilliant ! Sincerely. Corsaircorp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Simply outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Hi Chris: Congratulations for your outstanding work in this nice model. Even though with all that trouble, the result is a fantastic build, so the effort payed dividends in the end. Thank you very much for sharing, Cheers, Luis Alfonso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 You have turned a dog into an absolute peach. The painting and weathering is sublime. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Wow , what a real peach , that's one hell of a nice Mosquito you have turned out there. Great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Thank you for the kind comments everybody! Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Great work, you can polish a . Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Nicley done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 great looking Mossie, nice job on the finish.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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