Once again I sit and wait. I went to start the decals yesterday and the last of my type C roundels fell apart on hitting the water. So rather than cock it up, I have ordered some more and will wait. I did get the Vac formed cockpit cut out without any misadventures.
Just a quick up date. I got the decals I needed from John. Once again great service. Ordered them Saturday night and got them in the post yesterday!!! Thanks John.
I am apparently number blind! I did the serials on the underwings last week, it was some that I had printed my self.
When I went to do the serial numbers on the fuselage I almost feinted! I am doing TW 270 what did the decals say... Yep! TW 720 Oh bugger! Spent an hour removing them all and started again.
That's looking reply good Ian.ive got 3 1/48 Mossies in my stash.After looking at my superb Tamiya kit I don't fancy making the others (Airfix and Monogram)
I will tell you what. The Airfix Mossy builds very nicely and if its the one with the US recon mossy on the box its a good one to have as it has the two stage Merlin nacelles.
Makes for all kinds of cross kitting options. Oddly enough the Airfix and Tamiya parts are almost interchangeable. In fact I am after an Airfix one again....
I'm not sure how I managed to completely miss this. Anyway it's been fun reading through the thread and seeing the progress. It's looking really good now, despite a few trials and tribulations.
A little catch up / revision here for me. I'm sure I've said before the Mosquito is probably my favourite aircraft. This Sea version looks lovely. You're doing a great job Ian.
Just got the wings and props on. put the wing fold locking handles on. Five times actually! The antennae wires where also being very uncooperative!! Got the buggers to stick in the end!!! Just got to find the nav lights and get those on. Then I can try repairing all the small paint damaged by clumsy fingers and CA spots that are a bit shiny.
So I think this is thread is pretty much wrapped up and the finished build will appear in the completed section in a day or three. I got a couple of days off soon but also some front discs that need changing on one of the cars. Real car that is!
Looking excellent Ian , the FAA colours really look good on the mossie , i always fancied doing the meteor f3 in the Navy evaluation colours - sky / EDSG . looking forward to seeing the pics , cheers tony