GB-43 1/48 Mosquito FB.VI - Aces' Aircraft of all Eras

[Airframes]

Nicely done Andy, but odd about the locating points, a bit strange for Tamiya.

 

[Jock Tamson]

Amazing additional details

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Terry, I agree that it's odd for Tamiya. I thought I had done something wrong but there is no mistaking placement of the parts given that there is only one way things can fit. Anyway, it's all good now.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Some details done. The wires for the undercarriage doors, not yet painted:

Brass pitot tube installed. Thanks Terry!

Brake lines on all 4 sides. Hard to see and photograph but there it is.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Having milked as much information as I could from other threads to figure out what the bomb carriers should look like, I decided to go with a heavily modified version of the Tamiya kit parts. The Revell ones are much too bulky so I put back the two racks that I broke out of my B. IV and began modifying the Tamiya parts. Modifications started with cutting away the one fusing terminal box, shaping the stabilizers, adding a flange plate to the undersides, adding the stabilizer adjustment cranks, the bomb shackle, new fuse terminals, and wiring to the terminals. The cranks were, by far, the trickiest part and arguably one of the craziest scratch building jobs that I've done to date but I think they turned out well and look the part. Below are images of the modified rack along side the unmodified kit part and a few solo pics.

 

[rochie]

Wow Andy, incredibly well done mate

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

That's bl**dy impressive !

 

[Wayne Little]

Done good mate.....

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks all. I'll be happy to see the back of these. It's the last major hurdle before I finish this beast.

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far Andy!

 

[Crimea_River]

Finally finished the carriers and stuck them in. Also added sway braces and am glad this stuff is done!

The last bit on my punch list - the cables from the front of the undercarriage to the doors - isn't going to get done as it seems that either the undercarriage stick down too far or the doors don't hang down far enough. To connect the needed parts, the cables would be on a very weird angle. The red below shows how these cables would have to go:

And here's the real thing:

The top of the tire relative to the bottom of the doors is proportionately different between the model and the actual bird so I'm not sure where the issue lies. In any event, fixing this now would involve major work so I'm going to ignore this. Don't tell anybody!

 

[rochie]

The do look the part though Andy !

 

[Wurger]

With Karl...

 

[Airframes]

Deat Modelling Magazine, a bloke called Andy is going to ....................
Very nice work, and to be honest, you'd have to look hard to see the scale cables anyway (that's the excuse I use when I leave them off !) .

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the comments.

I'll give this model a once over tomorrow, do some final tweaks and weathering, and then get some finished pics done.

 

[fubar57]

Well worth the wait