1/48 Mosquito B Mk IV - Heavy Hitters II GB

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That looks the dog's Andy. Jut one small point re the pilot's seat harness - the shoulder straps ran over the bar, onto a 'Bowden' cable through the armour plate. This cable ran down the back of the seat armour, to a pully and lock, from which another cable ran up the starboard, outside edge of the seat pan, ending in a release handle. This allowed the harness tension to be released, so that the pilot could lean forward if necessary.
a fire axe was also normally mounted on the rear of the armour plate.
 
Good info Terry, thanks. The picture showing the back armour is a little deceiving in that, rightly or wrongly, the radio set butts right up to the back of the seat. I think Revell overscaled it a bit and it just fits. With it located there, no axe or cabling will fit there, nor will these be seen so I'll just leave it.
 
You're right to leave it Andy, and I think the radio is slightly over scale. The cable can only just be seen, when the sun's low, on a Wednesday in March! If it was the fighter version, then the adjusting cable and handle, on the side of the seat, can be seen though the entry hatch, but I doubt if noticeable through the bomber's floor hatch.
 
Did it anyway. Here's a pic before painting:



Started on some hydraulic lines, most of which ran down the starboard side of the bomb bay. Speaker wire was cut to length, straightened and then carefully bundled and glued with CA to one of the ribs:



When dry, I pulled them straight, applied some tape and dabbed some CA on the remaining ribs. The rear ones aren't yet done as there will need to be some tricky bending around the bulkhead once that's put in place.

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

 
Cheers guys!

Noticed that I messed up those hydraulic tubes a bit in that they are too low in the bay. This will preclude installing some fuel line details that some references show for later mark Mossies. I'll need to decide if it's worth trying to fix this.
 
I think I'd leave it as it is Andy. It gives the impression there's something there, rather than just a bare area, and if moving things around results messing it up, for something that's only partly visible, I don't think it's worth it.
 
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