Tamiya Mosquito FB MkVI.' Wooden Wonder' 1/48 scale Reveal
Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 9:42 pm
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'
Operation Jericho - Raid on Amiens Prision
Picture from a Recon Mossie on the raid
Formation of the Mosquitos from the 487 Sqn RNZAF , with the EG-T
ok , now for the reveal Photos , hope you like , not my best build , not my worst , but in the end some technical issues
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'
Operation Jericho - Raid on Amiens Prision
Picture from a Recon Mossie on the raid
Formation of the Mosquitos from the 487 Sqn RNZAF , with the EG-T
ok , now for the reveal Photos , hope you like , not my best build , not my worst , but in the end some technical issues
Have several mossies in the stash and SWMBO has just bought me the 1/32 Tamiya kit for our anniversary 
. 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.
Wow..... As always a super build António..
