Tag: De Havilland Mosquito
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Airfix Mosquito – Part Four – Thank You, Mike Grant
Mike Grant had been a pioneer where I wished to go and I was fortunate to discover an magazine article he wrote – sponsored by Airfix – that dealt with exactly the aircraft I was working on. The story was illustrated with a lot of good coloured photos and Mike had gone into the scale…
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Airfix Mosquito – Part Three – Look Quickly
I suggest that you look quickly at the IAF Mosquito in today’s illustrations – it may be the last time that you will see it in such a clean condition. It is just about to be wheeled out onto the hardstand at Schmattarim Air Base to join the museum of aircraft that have been in…
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AIrfix Mosquito – Part Two – The Lists…
There can be two lists connected with every scale model airplane kit; the list of things that went right and the list of things that went wrong. You’re only in trouble if the lists contain the same items…Here’s the good one for this Airfix Mosquito: It was free. I had special decals saved up for…
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Airfix Mosquito – Part One – The Free Skeeter
Is there any nicer word in the English language than ” free “?* I was attracted to this Airfix model of the Mosquito NF MkII when I saw it on the free kit table of the Model Car Spectacular earlier in the year. If you put in an entry you got a number that was…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Eight – The Colour Lab
When I set myself the task of finding an effective workflow, I decided to make it as realistic as possible. So I cut 16 MDF board tablets to 2 x 3 inches and sprayed them with standard Tamiya primer. Some grey, some white, and some red oxide. The Tamiya product in a can has always…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Six – A Day of Challenges
The markings day has become a day of challenges. Of mistakes and discoveries. It has seen the finishing of the model, but not quite in the way that I expected. a. The markings for the squadron code were nowhere to be found in my stash of decals nor in our local shops. T,W, and Z…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Four – The Mask Of Comedy
Or of tragedy. I cannot be sure which it is to be until tomorrow when the paint has cured…Here is the tale of too much coffee and too much time to think. The painting of a British camouflage pattern on a model of a WW II aircraft was always easy when I was a child.…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Three – Subassembly
I was right about the quality of the Tamiya kit – the first encounters at the dry-fit stage were excellent. No flash whatsoever, and small casting gates. In most cases the precision shears were all that were needed to separate the parts with no additional mangling. The cockpit has a great deal of detail without…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part Two – The Peek Into The Box
I must confess to a slightly pusillanimous nature when it comes to buying model airplane kits sight-unseen. I was bit by a Revell Tradewind kit as a child and the scar still throbs in wet weather. I prefer to look carefully at what I’ve got before I spend my money. Nevertheless I do read reviews…
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De Havilland Mosquito Mk II – Part One – 12:35 In The Morning
6 July, 1944. Western France – near the Pas de Calais. One of HM aircraft on a Serrate mission was lost. It crashed with my wife’s uncle in it. His navigator was killed, he evaded capture, and was eventually delivered back to England by the French Resistance. He wasn’t allowed to fly over enemy territory…
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