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Tamiya Mosquito FB MkVI.' Wooden Wonder' 1/48 scale Reveal

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so , after a initial plan to make a Mosquito depicting it in wood , here it is my participation on this SiG

A Camo Mosquito , and it is a nice plane , really beautifull in my opinion !

This is a Tamiya Kit , used some Eduard PE for the cockpit , mainly the seatbelts , as I do not like the decals one and also the instrument panel , all painted with Tamiya Acrylics , and a wonderful kit , really nice one , even makes me wondering to buy the !/32 , yet I think that in a collection , this is a good option if you live in an Apartment (like me ...) :-)

The option depict a Mosquito FB Mk.VI ,487 Sqn MM417/EG-T , I found in a Moquito Aces from WWII the figure of it , and found that it was flown by Wg Cmmdr I S Smith and it is from RNZAF , Hudson, March 1944 :-)

some fact and history on this Mossie , as it is in Osprey Book 'Mosquito Aces from WW II' in their number 69 Aircraft of the Aces collection .

' Blackie Smith had claimed the first ever Mosquito nightfighter victories in June 1942 and later returned to operations as CO of No 487 Sqn , leading the unit on the famous Amiens prision raid in FB VI EG-R. He preferred to fly MM417 EG-T , however and on 26 March , with Navigator Flt Lt R A Nash , he led an attack on coastal defences emplacements under construction at Les Hayes .MM417 was hit by flak during mission and Smith was forced to crash-land at Hudson .The FB VI was wrecked , but the crew escaped without injury ' .

So not a very famous plane , not a bright finish , but make a lot of history in WWII :-) , nice to discover this history on the plane that you are building

CO 'Blackie' Smith'

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Operation Jericho - Raid on Amiens Prision

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Picture from a Recon Mossie on the raid

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Formation of the Mosquitos from the 487 Sqn RNZAF , with the EG-T

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ok , now for the reveal Photos , hope you like , not my best build , not my worst , but in the end some technical issues :-)

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António

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Lovely build Antonio. The back story is great, I like to hear about the history of these planes that we build.
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Great build Antonio. Very nice paint job. :th: Have several mossies in the stash and SWMBO has just bought me the 1/32 Tamiya kit for our anniversary :banana: . Not sure she has thought this through though as were I am going to put it I have no idea. Looking forward to building it though.
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Great build, and good research on the back story. :th: :th:
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Great result mate. Lovely camo painting. Always nice to read a bit of history on the subject too.

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Cracking build mate. Cheers for taking part mate.
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:jd: Wow..... As always a super build António..
I think the kit is superb, and you have built a fantastic example mate.
I love the history on this plane, it is good that us as builders take the time to find out a little about what we are trying to represent. The serial and registration are something to research and ponder over the campaigns the build flew in real life.. Well done again on sharing the info.... And well done again on a fantastic finish..
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Keep safe and well my friend... All the best.. :thumb1:
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great background info for a great build. Nice paint job!
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