Mossy TR33

[Ian M]

So late last night I started to prime a few bits and today I started to paint said bits...

Got the Nacelles fitted which in true Tamiya form was perfect. Due to the way the kit is designed, I found that I could carry on while waiting for the seats, so I did. The front section is only dry fitted and can be taken off again to put the rest of the cockpit in then glue it up.

There is a decal for the dials on the IP but haven't looked at that yet..

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The "thimble" radar nose is on and a fitted perfectly in the hole! Small bits painted; legs, wheels and exhausts, So the next frightening bit will be cutting out the vac formed canopy and getting all those frames painted. Oh Joy.

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Oh well back to it.

Ian M

 

[John Huggins]

Looking top notch Ianm loving it.

 

[CDW]

That does look good mate

 

[Ian M]

An experiment. I have as I mentioned a Vac formed canopy for this and there was only the one in the box...It needs to be done right first time.

I put the tamiya decals on the inside of the canopy and thought they looked a bit naff...I also had another thought.

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Take a bit of clear decal paper and paint it Interior green and leave to dry
then paint it the exterior when that has had a day to dry, cut thin strips off with a sharp blade.

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Place the "decals" on the frames for the cockpit....
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Not finished yet but it looks OK. Or does it...?
The best of it is if it goes wrong I can wash them off again with out leaving any marks.

I have also done a patch in red for those keep off crosses on the oil coolers. Always a pain in the...

Ian M

 

[Dave W]

Looking good Ian.Ive got the mkiv in my stash.Looks like a superb kit in true Tamiya style.

 

[Sky Raider]

Coming along well Ian

 

[flyjoe180]

Your canopy looks good Ian, interesting method and very effective I think.

 

[Dave W]

Last time I tried painting clear decal the paint flaked off when I put the decal in water.I painted it with enamel.Havent tried it with acrylic paint.Is that what you use?.

 

[Ian M]

Last time I tried painting clear decal the paint flaked off when I put the decal in water.I painted it with enamel. Havent tried it with acrylic paint.Is that what you use?.

Yes I use Vallejo model color. I just gave it a couple of light coats, then a wet coat and left it over night to dry. I removed the kit's canopy decals and will do them again with my own.

I wish I could say that it was my own idea, but I read it on the www someplace.

Ian M

 

[Ian M]

An update!

Well I got some paint on it. The decal for the instrument panel was in a nut shell, naff, so that got painted as well.

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The post shading on the EDSG just shows through and on the Sky shows quite well.

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The main wing and nose are only dry fitted pt. Still waiting for the seats to turn up so I still can't button it yet!

The canopy...I think it worked out OK. It actually looks like frames!! You can see the colour difference better over the dark back ground. All I have to do now is cut the s*dding thing out. Hate that bit. (the very bottom frame will be painted on after the canopy is glued on.

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I made some decals yesterday, but they are only the black under-wing codes.

More about that later.

Ian M

 

[Polux]

You are doing an excellent paint work Ian.

Cheers. Polux

 

[Vajled]

great job so far...

Roman

 

[Ian M]

Ha ha. Here is a good tip for others that are building, or are going to build a mossy a la Tamiya. The nose section HAS to be built AROUND the cockpit. Failure to do so will result in one having to "un-build" the cockpit and half the nose.

Lesson learned!

The good news is the resin seats came today and are stuck on a stick waiting for the paint to dry. I wont bore you with the before but I will post an after when they are done.

I will just say they look rather nice!

Ian M

 

[Alan 45]

Oh yes Ian this is looking fantastic , I particularly like that instrument panel .

I want one and and I'm going to get one

 

[Ian M]

Thanks Alan. The Tamiya Mosquito's are, I think, one of their best. Every thing just fits perfectly.

And the old airfix one ain't bad either!

Anyhow.. Those seats. They came from Ultracast and I got them from 3D-models. (sorry John).

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A bit of paint, a splash of wash and thats those sorted. (maybe a new pair of glasses might help). I think they look rather better than the kits seats. However, thats due to the lack of harnesses, and the decal ones just don't do it for me.

Ian M

 

[CDW]

They look really neat Ian.

I take it the seats are an odd shape as they are ''offset'' in the cockpit?

 

[Ian M]

They look really neat Ian.I take it the seats are an odd shape as they are ''offset'' in the cockpit?

Correct. The nav is right and rear the pilot front left (Duh). The pilots seat, the high backed one has the slope so it can come tighter over to the cockpit wall/canopy.

Ian M

 

[flyjoe180]

The nose section HAS to be built AROUND the cockpit. Failure to do so will result in one having to "un-build" the cockpit and half the nose.

Would this apply to the Tamiya FBVI and BIV in 1/72 as well? Do the instructions say otherwise? Great work so far Ian, it's looking fantastic mate.

 

[Ian M]

Would this apply to the Tamiya FBVI and BIV in 1/72 as well? Do the instructions say otherwise? Great work so far Ian, it's looking fantastic mate.

Never built the 1/72 version so I can't really say. The fault was entirely my own Joe. I was waiting for the seats and just wanted to get on. It looked like it could be done "my way" but as it turned out it couldn't :mad:

Ian M

 

[flyjoe180]

Cool. I think we are all familiar with 'get there-itis'.