1/32 scale de Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI

[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]

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Andy.
From what I've seen in photos over the years, the cable sheathing was the yellowish brown in service aircraft and, from memory, was the same colour in the former BAe Mosquito T.III, lost at Barton in 1996.
I've only ever seen one, possibly two photos of the darker colour, both possibly from the same aircraft, and most likely post WW2.
I think the colour pic you posted is the Mosquito NF in the museum in Belgium which, as far as I'm aware, is unrestored.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Vic!

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thanks again gents for popping by, the kind words and the helpful info.

Today I finished all the hydraulic and feed piping on the bomb bay forward bulkhead which is basically under the navigators seat. The first pic shows the bulkhead of an actual aircraft which I found on the web and the second is my best interpretation.

This in effect finishes most of the cockpit work. Next I intend make a start on the main wing spar which incorporates much of the bomb bay. It means skipping the next 23 steps which deal mainly with the tail plane and engines but I can go back to these later.

 

[fubar57]

Lord tunderin jaysus Vic, that's awesome

 

[javlin]

Impressive!! Vic still has a little left in him.