1:72 Tamiya De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI - Yugoslav Air Force

[Goldfish Whisper]

Hi all. My most recent project, Tamiya's Mosquito FB Mk VI in the colours of the Yugoslav Air Force. Mostly out of box but the decals are from the Lift Here set, and I also used the Eduard canopy mask set. Brush painted with Vallejo acrylics. The aircraft was a former RAF bird delivered to the Yugoslav Air Force in December 1951.

 

This build went together incredibly quickly (for me) and I'm very happy with the results. I kept it light on the weathering and I think the colours pop very nicely, a very attractive scheme. The Tamiya kit was basically perfect and needed only minimal sanding and zero filler. Some minor frustrations (don't look too closely at the carrier film on the stencils on the underside!) but overall an enjoyable build which is what it's all about!

 

Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited April 5, 2024 by Goldfish Whisper
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[airbus320]

That’s a very interesting colour scheme that I don’t think I’ve ever seen modelled before! I like it! Nice restrained weathering too

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

[Goldfish Whisper]

58 minutes ago, airbus320 said:

That’s a very interesting colour scheme that I don’t think I’ve ever seen modelled before! I like it! Nice restrained weathering too

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

Thank you! The Lift Here set has some other interesting options but I liked the red spinners. Sadly couldn't find any reference photos so who knows what the real aircraft looked like!

[AdrianMF]

Super build and a great off the wall colour scheme too.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[georgeusa]

Great looking foreign service Mossie.  Built well and finished even better.  Thanks for sharing.