Stripped down Mosquito MK IV 1/32

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I had already written a few times that I was stuck with the wings, especially the control of the flaps, so I started doing other things to reset, including the LEGO, but also drawing, working on my "new engine Well, lots of other things that take time too. I now leave the wings for what they are and have started rebuilding the cockpit. Well, with me everything has to be done in 3 times I believe, but now in the digital form and 3D printer.
The drawing takes a lot of time because you don't have any dimensional sketches, so make everything based on feeling and then you are sometimes wrong, so I first draw the various parts separately and then assemble them digitally and then you sometimes come surprises and you can go back to the digital drawing board. Then printing the piece, the printer didn't feel like it, so find out why and replace a few things, but you have to wait for that. If you can finally print, it turns out that parts that looked reasonably sturdy on the screen are still too thin in practice.......................... .....yes, you probably guessed it.........back to the digital drawing board. But oh well, you also learn a lot from it, anyway thinking in steps ahead, the skill in drawing, although that remains in beginner mode with me and solving mistakes or decisions.

Okay, just a few pictures of the wing flaps

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And here's the construction drawing from the Internet, unfortunately I lost the source

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The red markings are the pivot points as shown on the drawing at the bottom, but you can see, through the fiddling, searching for the right movement and place, sometimes something comes loose or something started to wring and I had to cut it loose.... ..................why should I make it move again?......................... ..good question :)

Then just the parts for the cockpit where you see the foot pedals for the rudder and the base where they have to go, furthermore a cockpit floor and the construction for moving the flaps and elevator via the control stick. Also made a new chair

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Yep, there are also a few spare parts ready, just in case something breaks again
 
Here's a page from the Squadron Signal "Walk Around" book, showing the angled outboard side, and the head armour area angled aft.
Note that the seat harness shown here is a "modern" addition, and different to the wartime harness, whilst the cushion in the seat pan is where the seat-type parachute pack would fit.
On the right side of the seat pan there is a release for the shoulder harness, attached to a cable that runs up the back of the armour to the harness shackle. The release grip and cable are not seen In the pics. A fire axe was also mounted on the rear of the armour plate.


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Well, I mainly draw and solve stupid blunders with my engine, both take time, I will spare you the second, in the first case an overview in the digital version

Well, I'm mainly drawing and solving stupid blunders with my engine, both take time, I'll spare you the second, in the first case an overview in the digital version

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Ah, the old version of the chair is still on here, so I modified it a bit and printed it out again. It's not much, but the panel plate has been given a better shape in response to a tip from another forum and an armrest has been made, unfortunately it's hard to see in the photo I see now, so a better photo will come back

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Also played with the IP, based on the photos of the real thing

You can see the front on the 1st photo, the back on the next photo, just see if it could be drawn and printed

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The disadvantage of drawing is that you sometimes zoom, so everything seems oversized, you start printing, it is all just too good, so rather flat, paint goes over it, you start to miss details

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Oh well, that's how you keep busy
 
Between all the companies, I also adjusted the IP a bit and made a test print again, the counter edges (bezels?) have been raised a bit and the switches on the lower center console have been adjusted.
In the photo you see 1 counter looking a bit bad, but again this is purely a test print, but much better to my liking than the previous version

About the odometer layout, well, I'm going to draw first, otherwise I'll grab a set of aftermarket odometer images in 3D, as suggested

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And how big is this thing anyway?
Well

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