Tamiya's Masterpiece - Their 1/32 scale Mosquito

[Vaughan]

That must be really disappointing for you Barry, you had made a great job of the interior detail.

[BarryW]

Ultimately for me it is about enjoying the build and as I do like to see the clean lines on an aircraft it is not all negative.

[minitnkr]

Amazing work. Sorry for your loss. I would have been heart broken. PaulE

[rtfoe]

Hi Barry,
Love the clean lines of the Mosquito and your clean build. Shame about the bomb bay though. You did a pretty good job on the interior. The latest Tamiya's always a shake and bake kit with superb fit.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Shame that your great work will not be seen.
Jim

[PhilJ]

Hi Barry, loving this thread. Cant wait to see her finished

[BarryW]

I have closed up the bomb bay. If I intended to do it from the start then it would have attached as a single piece but I had to cut it into three for an open bomb bay. To fix it closed I used some pieces of plastic card down the centre to strengthen the join. It all then fitted pretty much perfectly needing only a smear of putty which I wet sanded to preserve the detail. A quick run all over with a sanding sponge and it seems fine. I will only know if more work is needed once I have applied a coat of primer.

Here is how it now looks.

A bit messy with all the work done.

I got on with masking

Canopy


Tail wheel housing and starboard undercarriage. I will do the port side tonight and with luck get the first primer coat on to see what work, is any, is needed before a base coat.

I retrospect I should have left off the underside engine housing to be attached with the magnet system. It would have made the masking a lot easier but I did manage it OK.

[BarryW]

I finished the masking and airbrushed my first primer coat. At a cursory look there are just a couple of small rough patches near the bomb bay to sand and the underside fuselage seam needs some attention. No doubt I will find more to deal with when I look closely with the optivisor on. Overall it looks pretty good.





Hopefully I will finish the surface preparation over the next couple of nights to get ready for the base coats. This is my favourite stage of the build, getting this blank canvas ready and then creating the 'look' of the real thing.

I will certainly be using a lot of the Medium Sea Grey!!!

[prichrd1]

Barry,

Been watching this from the sidelines, absolutely fabulous build so far.
Looking good just in primer.:thumb2::thumb2:

Paul.
:smiling3:

[Guest]

Great build Barry , did you make the stand yourself , looks useful

[BarryW]

The stand is a commercially available one. There are a few on the market. I cannot remember where I got it and would suggest some on line searches for stands or jigs. I will take a look to see if I can identify where it’s from and if I find it will post a link.

[Guest]

cheers Barry

[BarryW]

I have airbrushed an overall base coat of Medium Sea Grey. I sprayed in sections with light coats building up colour gradually ensuring some modulation with the slightly darker sections at the outer edges of panels.

Then I did my favourite MRP trick, I sprayed a cup of Mr Levelling Thinner as a mist coat all over. It does a number of things, it blends the overall finish giving it a even light sheen that is good for decal application. It also is the first stage of cleaning the airbrush. After all why waste that thinner by just blowing it into a jar!!

Here are a couple of pics.
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I am planning to mask for the dark green rather than freehand it.

[papa 695]

Looking great Barry

[BarryW]

I masked up with white tac snakes for the sides where a reasonably straight demarcation lines are needed, Clever Putty where curved camo shapes are needed and masking tape and blue tissue in some ‘odd’ places. I then sprayed Dark Green, modulated the colour by adding some white which was then blended by two mist coats, one of the green and the other MLP.

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