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

[N4521U]

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 $$$$$

 

[destrozas]

I'm sorry, Steph, I don't have more than an osprey book about the H.B.mosquito.

 

[le_steph40]

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

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Go for it Steph. Be it correct or not, you can only go on the best information that you have.

 

[le_steph40]

Little question to modify a little my cockpit...
Photo of a BC-1151-A indicator observers unit of an AI Mk.X/American SCR-720 radar system

 

[Wurger]

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.

 

[Airframes]

It's a CRT for either Monica VIII or perfectos II, according to "Aircraft of 100 Group".
Ring mount alongside gunsight is for a I.R. telescope sight.

 

[le_steph40]

sorry, I misspoke , I read that is it; I wanted to know the shape of this equipment because we only see it from the front, is it a long tube or an instrument that has the same length/"depth" as a dial? This is to reproduce this part for my model

 

[Wurger]

IMHO it must have been similar to the one ...

the source: the net.

 

[Wayne Little]

When you are finished...that's when all the required information will surface....in the mean time go with what you think Steph.

 

[le_steph40]

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 ?

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes it's possible to have bare aluminum in the nacelles. Our Mosquito has no paint there. The wood parts, basically everything above the joint of the nacelles with the bottom surface of the wing, would be grey-green.

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

No parts glued for the moment, I started by the green color

 

[Crimea_River]

Not sure if you want to fix it but the Tamiya fin is known to be too short. Look up my Hairless Joe build for a fix.

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

Not sure if you want to fix it but the Tamiya fin is known to be too short. Look up my Hairless Joe build for a fix.

Oops, thank you Andy, I forgot ths "detail"

 

[fubar57]

Steph, this is from the "Confound & Destroy - 100 Group and and the bomber support campaign " book

 

[le_steph40]

Hello,

Some work on the radar A.I. Mk X equipment

 

[fubar57]

Looks great Steph