John Masters Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 I promise...this is the last of the Tintin aircraft! In 'The Red Sea Sharks' we get to see the Mossie several times throughout the book. The first is in the found wallet of General Alcazar, ousted by his perennial rival General Tapioca. News clippings, a bit of nosing around... Then we see the Mossies at work in the desert, trying to get Tintin and Haddock and accidentally blowing up their own armoured cars instead. Nice graphics in those panels. The final sighting is when Tintin and Haddock are strafed while onboard the dhow and our boy reporter manages to shoot one of them down with what looks like a surplus MP44...enter Piotr Skut. Herge really had some nice art work in this book, beautifully drawn and coloured. I'll be using a venerable kit as well... A few panels, some backstory...I always liked the newspaper add advertising the sale...those initials happen to be my own, albeit in a different order! Nice colours...and decal placement... All at sea...are the guns in the right places? I thought they were all in a line...might have to fiddle with that. And we're off. In a bit. I want to finish up the Seagull for the other GB first. --JDCM 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Nice one John, keep em coming, nice to see Tin Tin inspired builds. All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) Another Great looking idea. The artist changed the nose on the Mosquito and replaced it with the nose from a Westland whirlwind. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Whirlwind_(fighter) https://www.pinterest.com/pin/295408056802201949/ Though to be fair you could probably mount the cannons like this in a bomber/recce version of the mosquito if it were a modified plane ? Edited November 29, 2019 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: changed the nose And so will I. It's just a matter of filling in the holes, drilling new ones and scratch-building 4 gun barrels. "Easy-peasy", so he said...famous last words! Thanks for the links Dennis... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 29, 2019 Author Share Posted November 29, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Edited November 30, 2019 by John D.C. Masters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestar12chris Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Hi John just flagging up your build WIP Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I can see it as well @whitestar12chris & @John D.C. Masters ? Im actually in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Hey! We're back! Mojo restored! So I'll be building 3 kits on the bench at this point (Seagull, Bristol M.1C and Mossie...) Many thanks to the mods for fixing this. I'll get into it soon. I think I'll start with the nose/gun modification. --John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Im happy to see this back, i hope it doesn't happen again ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 2, 2019 Author Share Posted December 2, 2019 Me too! I think it was a SNAFU in the classic sense. 🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 Yayyy! Looking forward to this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 6, 2019 Author Share Posted December 6, 2019 Me too! Thanks...I’ll get to it as soon as I finish the Seagull. Only so much room on the bench! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 8, 2019 Author Share Posted December 8, 2019 Ok...the Seagull is done and I set about to begin the Mossie...quick work as it s one of the older Airfix kits, designed for younger fingers than mine to build up over a rainy weekend! As promised, I fixed the nose. I used the Mk.VI nose, filled in the extraneous holes with Milliput and drilled two more. I'll just glue in the gun barrels separately. Easy enough. Then I set about assembling the larger components and the 'halves' that I could assemble. Not to worry! I didn't not forget the landing lights in the wings! And primed the rest of the smaller pieces including the cockpit interior bits. I will be painting them an interior cockpit green, much like the Spits of the era unless anyone had a better idea. I am assuming that Bab El Ehr's ground crew and pilots did not repaint the insides! --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Nice start John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Thanks Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 A bit more...the office, and the closing up of the fuselage. I skipped the seat harnesses on this one. I am not sure how much will be visible once the canopy is on. "Not much" would be my guess. All closed up. I had to insert the tail wheel at this stage. I could have done it later, I suppose, just snipped of the mounting nubbins, but oh well... --John 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 I'll get back to this on Sunday or Monday. Off to Athens for my monthly off-island escape. 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 There is a lesson here for me to remember. Just because two pieces look like matching halves does not mean they are. I made that mistake with the engine nacelles and was at a loss as to why they did not fit on the wings. Well, perhaps I should have followed the instructions to begin with. I had to pride them apart and glue them correctly. No damage, thankfully. Now they fit well enough although there are plenty of places where filler and sanding will be needed. And we push on! --John 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 48 minutes ago, John D.C. Masters said: I made that mistake with the engine nacelles and was at a loss as to why they did not fit on the wings. Well, perhaps I should have followed the instructions to begin with. Yep been there to. 😐 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Yep been there to. 😐 I suspect that most of us have at one time or another. My latest goof was forgetting the slight anhedral on my Scimitar's wings in the current KUTA! Usually happens when I am rushing things like when I am building multiple kits for a GB, or at least that is my current excuse.😁 Pete Edited December 18, 2019 by PeterB 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) Few bits and pieces... Did up the nose guns...Pretty obvious what I did and how. Undercarriage parts are ready for paint and assembly. I removed the moulded axles and will be using Evergreen rod as a replacement. Props are tipped with trainer yellow. I'll mask them off tomorrow and give it some flat black. Exhausts are painted. I gave them a rusty black first and then dry brushed a black/bronze afterwards. I'll send the wheels and gear down to the paint shop tomorrow and mask off the canopy. --John Edited December 20, 2019 by John D.C. Masters 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 canopy masked and adhered to the fuselage! The landing gear is mostly finished. I will search out some good colour pictures to get the details right. --John 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Very nice, John. I love the Tin Tin adventures. I cant see any mention of it but what decals are you using? Blue Rider do some great Tin Tin decals :). Martin Edited December 21, 2019 by RidgeRunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Thanks Martin. If you peruse this GB you'll see that this is the fourth Tintin aircraft I have included. Yes...I am using the Blue Rider set. So far I have built a Spitfire, a Mi-1M, and a Bf-109. Very fun! --John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 The nose in in place and the aircraft is ready for priming. I'll smooth out some of the seams before hand... --John 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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