**** DONE: GB-58 1/48 Mosquito NF Mk.XIII/XVII - Night Fighters all Eras

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The hoops we jump thru for these builds.
When and IF actual pictures are found,
we find the "illustrations" take many liberties.
Then off I go for custom printed decals $$$$$
 
Thank you all for your help, I kept researching in my books and in the book I talked about in post #13, it seems that the only missions in the night of 5/6 June 1944 was to support invasion (maybe as an escort), it seems that the first flight with MM629 was on night 14/15 June to protect South-East of England against German night bombers coming from over Belgium. The missions against V-1 attacks were over South-East of England too. It seems that from September, all victories claimed with MM629 were over German territory...
So to resume, ifs I well understood (English language isn't my maternal language): in the few photos of 85 Sqn Mosquitos dated fom second half 1944 , none with IS, the only mission to support invasion was the night of 5/6 June 1944, all other missions were defence of the English coasts and night missions over German territory. It is said in the book that only the aircrafts which participed to the invasion in Normandy and over France wore the invasion stripes, it seems that is not the case of 85 Sqn.
So I think to keep my opinion as stated in post #11 => no D-Day stripes for MM629.
I hope it's the right decision
 
Not sure but it might be a repeater (PRI) scope, for pilot or navigator use. Or it could be the indicator of the Monica tail warning system or the Perfectos.
 
Well, OK, I'm ready to start... And I started: I cut out the rudder...


In the Tamiya assembly notice the sides of the wheel bays and the inner gear doors are in NMF; in my books, all photos are in grey green and I found the 2 versions on the web. I thought that all the internal parts of British aircrafts are in grey green color... Maybe the 2 versions are possible ?

 
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