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Can it be that, it has been misidentified as MM150, being something else?? 
Monogram 1/48 Mosquito
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Yeah strange one really.
I'll speak to Alex the guy who is the web master for the site and see if he knows who/where the picture come from.
Just noticed that the very far mossie also has black spinners.
How much longer were the nacelles? There doesn't seam to be much between the two in this shot.
Cheers Chris
I'll speak to Alex the guy who is the web master for the site and see if he knows who/where the picture come from.
Just noticed that the very far mossie also has black spinners.
How much longer were the nacelles? There doesn't seam to be much between the two in this shot.
Cheers Chris
And the next info, the MM150 was coded PE - E .....
Here is the same pic than the one above but taken from a distance.... source: 14/15.01.1945 No.692 Squadron R.A.F. Mosquito XVI MM150 F/O Morgan Location: Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
Here is the same pic than the one above but taken from a distance.... source: 14/15.01.1945 No.692 Squadron R.A.F. Mosquito XVI MM150 F/O Morgan Location: Chieveley, near Newbury, Berkshire, England.
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The Mosquito furthest away in the photo, looks very dark to me, different camouflage??
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Now that I've seen the better print, I agree, it appears to have four-bladed props. And as a squadron member states the squadron had "only one with four blades", then I presume it must have been trialling the props, as I've never heard of, or seen, this before.
Unfortunately, the Mosquito Aircrew Association is now disbanded, as members are fading away with time, so I can't find out from that source.
Chris, the line up are all MkXVI's, but the engine nacelles were longer, deeper, and a totally different shape to those of the BIV/FBVI. You would either have to cut off and convert the nacelles on your existing model, or obtain the Airfix B.XVI/PRXVI kit, or the NF30 kit and add the nose from your Monogram model - but you'd still need the later, 'blown' bomber canopy, which was different to the B.IV, with 'bulged' sides instead of blisters, and slightly different internal frame work.
The Squadron was formed on 1st January, 1944, but operated from Gransden Lodge, as part of the Light Night Striking Force, so that far Mossie probably does have black sides and under surfaces - can't see any reason why a PRU aircraft would be in a squadron line-up from BC - and there was often a mix of colour variations.
I've found the same photo in one of my references so far, but haven't been able to discern anything not noticed to date.
As for the black spinners, it's more than likely they were supplied with the props, or were for identification to ground crew, when engines running, although black spinners were not uncommon.
Unfortunately, the Mosquito Aircrew Association is now disbanded, as members are fading away with time, so I can't find out from that source.
Chris, the line up are all MkXVI's, but the engine nacelles were longer, deeper, and a totally different shape to those of the BIV/FBVI. You would either have to cut off and convert the nacelles on your existing model, or obtain the Airfix B.XVI/PRXVI kit, or the NF30 kit and add the nose from your Monogram model - but you'd still need the later, 'blown' bomber canopy, which was different to the B.IV, with 'bulged' sides instead of blisters, and slightly different internal frame work.
The Squadron was formed on 1st January, 1944, but operated from Gransden Lodge, as part of the Light Night Striking Force, so that far Mossie probably does have black sides and under surfaces - can't see any reason why a PRU aircraft would be in a squadron line-up from BC - and there was often a mix of colour variations.
I've found the same photo in one of my references so far, but haven't been able to discern anything not noticed to date.
As for the black spinners, it's more than likely they were supplied with the props, or were for identification to ground crew, when engines running, although black spinners were not uncommon.
This is exactly that I suggested in my post #5 here.
