Tamiya's Masterpiece - Their 1/32 scale Mosquito

[Guest]

in a £/hour it is far cheaper than the same cost of say a premier league football match.

IMHO that’s the best way of looking at it, if the money may be a problem for you. Years ago, I used to play World of Warcraft, and people would sometimes say to me, “€13 a month to play a game is very expensive!” Is it? Go to the pictures, you can’t even see two movies for that kind money, yet if you play an hour a day you’re looking less than 50 cents an hour for the game, and I found it more enjoyable than most movies anyway. Same with modelling, I’d say.

I would prefer to build a smaller number of high quality kits than a larger number of cheap kits. These Tamiyas may seem expensive when you just look at the price, but that really is only part of the story.

The other side, of course, is that if you buy an expensive “shake-the-box” kit like this, it will go together in a lot less time than a cheap one that that takes a lot more work to bring up to the same standard, meaning this Tamiya kit will be more expensive per unit of {time|effort|enjoyment} you put in or get from it

But then there are people who enjoy the challenge of carving, filling and sanding an otherwise poor kit into shape, not for me, all to their own I suppose.

That’s probably the best part about this hobby: you can put in as much or as little effort as you want or feel capable of, and nobody can say you’re doing it wrong. (Well, not legitimately, anyway — won’t stop some people from trying )

[BarryW]

Some more progress:

I sprayed the seat leather areas and a couple of other places Black Green as per the colour call-out. Green leather I believe. I used RLM70 for this and I will need to think carefully about how I will weather it to make it look realistic.


Some more interior subs done


Another shot to show the well thought out engineering, this part will go exactly where it is supposed to go, no argument...


Just recieved delivery of these steel seatbelts, much more practical than the fabric type.... Just in good time tii as, hopefully, by the wekend I will be ready to install them.

[Gary MacKenzie]

Just recieved delivery of these steel seatbelts, much more practical than the fabric type.... Just in good time tii as, hopefully, by the wekend I will be ready to install them.

Good luck with eduard pe, having been spoiled recently by italeri's own PE , plus Griffon's , i will not be buying any more from eduard.
Only good eduard set i bought was the LCM3 structural support framework ( 35 746 ) , the inverted v shapes for the tread on the cargo area , its a thicker , higher quality pe.

[BarryW]

Good luck with eduard pe, having been spoiled recently by italeri's own PE , plus Griffon's , i will not be buying any more from eduard.
Only good eduard set i bought was the LCM3 structural support framework ( 35 746 ) , the inverted v shapes for the tread on the cargo area , its a thicker , higher quality pe.

The ‘Steel’ type of seatbelts work well and are not a problem. The older type were very problematical. I know what you mean about Eduard pe I am not a fan of pe as such myself.

[Dave W]

I get fed up with people moaning about the cost of these kits. I’ve built one and it’s like the Rolls Royce of Model kits. The best of the best. Every part fits perfectly. The details are superb. Yes it’s expensive. But like everything else in life you get what you pay for. If you want an Austin Allegro, get the Revell Mossie instead!. in fairness to the Revell kit it’s a product of the 70’s. I got one for Christmas when I was 12 or 13 and absolutely loved it.

[Vaughan]

Great work so far Barry. Looks a dream to build. I've never built a Tamiya kit before, will have to save up some cash.

[Guest]

I've never built a Tamiya kit before

Um … what?

[BarryW]

Great work so far Barry. Looks a dream to build. I've never built a Tamiya kit before, will have to save up some cash.

That surprises me Vaughan. You could do a great job with one of these.

All of the Tamiya 1/32 WW2 warbirds are masterpieces and every time they have released one they seem to set the bar even higher.

Cheaper than this Mossie is their Corsair the release prior to the Mossie... almost as great a kit...

http://www.hyperscale.com/2014/reviews/kits/tamiya60325reviewbg_1.htm

[Vaughan]

Thanks Barry, where's the best place to buy these kits(cheapest I mean? Certain ones I thought you had to order from Japan?)

[Vaughan]

OK just looked at your link, Hannants is just down the road from me. :smiling3:

[Mr Bowcat]

OK just looked at your link, Hannants is just down the road from me. :smiling3:

Or maybe contact John (the site owner) and see if he can get if for you.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Great progress on this great kit. It is true that you get what you pay for - that is generally a fact of life. Each to their own I suppose regarding this hobby - all are welcome. It is still quite cheap worked out as cost per hour.
I look forward to the rest of the build.
Jim

[BarryW]

Thanks Barry, where's the best place to buy these kits(cheapest I mean? Certain ones I thought you had to order from Japan?)

No they are all available in the UK.

John at SMS has one of the 1/32 Tammy Spitfires in stock for a good price (£20 less than I paid for my last one). Hannants of course stock them as do many others.

[Mickc1440]

Late comer but glad I've seen it, great build so far Barry.

[BarryW]

Some more progress...

Internal detail painting coming along well, I have added some of the internal detailing decals as well





The above are not quite there yet. Got to finish off, varnish and weather before bringing all the subs together adding seatbelts.

Likewise the i.p.

Photo not very sharp, apologies. Once I have finished it off I will see if I can get a better pic but this Tamiya system really works well.

Work started on painting the insides of the fuselage halves.

Long way to go on these still....