1/32 scale de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI (2 Viewers)

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks for the compliments gents, nice to have you call by. The starboard side is now complete, as well as the wiring I also had to add the navigators trailing aerial winch wind wheel and some form of control panel that sits beside the navigator.

The side panel as provided by the kit after some detail has been added

The completed work prior to a lick of paint.

All done.

 

[SaparotRob]

The wiring harnesses look real.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Vic. The wiring bundle that runs from the fuel selector box aft and past the navigator, was normally a yellowish brown colour.
See the pic of my 1/48th scale PR.IX below.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good stuff Vic.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Terry, the instructions stated yellow for all these wires from the selection box but on my looking at what few actual aircraft shots I could find, none showed any yellow. So I just went for a darker colour on all three wires.

 

[Crimea_River]

Vic Balshaw I've actually seen both pale yellow and black harnesses in several museum examples though I can't be sure if the black cables are modern replacements. It's also possible that later machines had the darker sheaths as B.35s RS712 and 709 have them, as does the TT.35 TA634 at the DH Museum at Hatfield. According to original drawings, the cable harnesses were protected by a "Polyvinyl Tube" but I see no reference as to colour. It may be that the colour was whatever the raw material turned out to be.

The pic below is an excerpt from AP2019E for the FB VI which does indeed show light coloured cables connected to Junction Box B next to the Navigator.

One pic that I have on file showing the light coloured cables is this one below. I got it somewhere off the net many years ago so I can't trace it to a source, nor which aircraft it is from but, as you can see, the aircraft has the fighter-type crew hatch. You can just make out the not-black cables on the extreme right.

Note that there is also a black harness just below them.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks Andy, maybe I'll split the difference and do a dirty yellow or hemp type colour. I also note on the above pic another yellow cable coming out the other end of the junction box.

 

[Wurger]