mark.au Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Hello all; Here's my recently finished Mossie. The WIP explains a few of the decision points such as how I painted the D-Day stripes around the S/N, and the weathering choices I made along the way; I'm not going to claim this is my best work, it isn't. The pics aren't my best either - I just could not get the White Balance just right. But nonetheless here's the finished article. I built the kit more or less straight out of the box, the only real exception being the addition of seatbelts made from Tamiya Tape and foil. The paints I used were Tamiya for the D-Day stripes and Hataka (Red Line) for the PRU Blue; the decals were from the kit. I found this an interesting kit as it was a mix of old and new tooled parts, while t's not nearly up to modern standards it builds up into a reasonably nice finished piece. It definitely looks like a Mosquito to me. My subject aircraft, MM312 was only a month or so old at the moment I've modelled it, which was early hours of the morning of 7th June, 1944. It had just completed back to back sorties over France, the second of which was a night-time sortie. The composite pic below includes one of the actual photos (which I found on the UK's National Collection of Aerial Photography site) taken on that sortie by MM312 over Lisieux, in Lower Normandy. MM312 went on to have a very busy time though June to August but was lost in September, 1944 when one of its Flashbombs exploded prematurely; its pilot that night, F/O H. Flight demonstrated excellent airmanship in being able to bring it back to base. There's more details in the piece on my site. Anyway, without further waffle, here's the pics... Cheers; Mark. 52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 An excellent Mozzie! You've done an awesome job! Moreover, your love for the subject (and its history) really shines through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 5 hours ago, kapam said: An excellent Mozzie! You've done an awesome job! Moreover, your love for the subject (and its history) really shines through. Thanks mate, the history is the driver for me to the point where I find it hard to get into a project without a backstory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Congratulations on a fine piece of modelling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Lovely result from an old kit. 👍 Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Hi Mark, I think you have produced an excellent Mosquito from the Airfix kit. I built this one sometime ago and was disappointed with the end result. The "new" tool parts were somewhat iffy in detail and fit. Not that you would know that from your model. well done 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Wow! Lovely job of one of my favourite WW2 aircraft. I had this kit but moved it on when I decided to stick to 1/72nd scale, the 1/72 one still builds into a nice model and so, it seems, does it's bigger brother. Great paint and weathering. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Super job Mark - really does look the part and love the history side of it too. I'm the same - I get hung up on finding out about the subject - buy books and hunt for hours for information and eventually - build fewer models! Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Mark that Mossie looks flippin gorgeous fella. The Airfix kit builds up very nicely and am very impressed with the cockpit details too. You have done a cracking job and created a wonderful model, the weathering looks fantastic and it's great to see you got some staining on the Tailplanes. Excellent work Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I love it! 🍻 What a beauty, and it really makes me want a Mossie in my display! Great job Mark! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 It's really well done, the exhaust staining is spot on and really adds to the overall look. Like how you carried it on to the stabilisers as well, excellent attention to detail 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 13 hours ago, Baldy said: Super job Mark - really does look the part and love the history side of it too. I'm the same - I get hung up on finding out about the subject - buy books and hunt for hours for information and eventually - build fewer models Got that tee-shirt. Currently struggling with finding the necessary inspiration for the next project. 15 hours ago, GREG DESTEC said: I built this one sometime ago and was disappointed with the end result. The "new" tool parts were somewhat iffy in detail and fit. Not that you would know that from your model. Thank you Greg. The kit was a bit of a disappointment and the resulting finished article a little compromised. The fit was challenging in places and the overall result soft. But the finished article still looks very much like a Mosquito and I’m happy it’s on the shelf now. Thanks to everyone for the likes and comments, all much appreciated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 That is a stunning build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Beautifully finished!! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Well that's stunning, the exhaust weathering in particular! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Very very impressive work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Beautiful work Mark. It looks so realistic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanP Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Outstanding model! Congrats! Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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