Tamiya 1/32 De Havilland Mosquito, "Operation Jericho" - Work in progress

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Tue May 20, 2025 2:02 pm

Hi guys,

As I have finally finished Tami's He219, I am going back to big scale with Tami's Mossie in the markings of captain Pickard's bird during the famous operation Jericho.

In my opinion possibly the best airplane of WW2.

As for AM, I will be using HGW seatbelts, Master guns and Eduard exterior set.

Best,
Nikola

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Tue May 20, 2025 2:13 pm

Looking forward to this one

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Wed May 21, 2025 12:06 am

cor · Post by **cor** » Wed May 21, 2025 2:22 am

This should be good. will you use the clear cowling?

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Wed May 21, 2025 7:55 am

Definitely signing up for this one

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Wed May 21, 2025 4:03 pm

cor wrote: ↑Wed May 21, 2025 2:22 am This should be good. will you use the clear cowling?

Not sure yet. I will probably do one engine "naked" and the other one with regular cowling. I'll see.

RangerNeil · Post by **RangerNeil** » Thu May 22, 2025 11:35 am

This looks interesting!!!

Elve1984 · Post by **Elve1984** » Fri May 23, 2025 8:44 am

Cool project, Good luck!

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Fri Aug 29, 2025 2:22 pm

Hi folks,

Some very slow progress on the Mossie:

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Fri Aug 29, 2025 5:39 pm

Off to a very nice start

Post by **Tomcat64** » Sat Aug 30, 2025 10:59 am

I'm a big fan of the Mosquito so looking forward to seeing this one develop

As Kev already said, that's great work in the cockpit so far.

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Tue Sep 02, 2025 12:15 pm

Some fine tuning of the seats...

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:56 pm

Beautiful work. The seat pads are stunning

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Wed Sep 03, 2025 10:12 am

Stokesy44 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 02, 2025 6:56 pm Beautiful work. The seat pads are stunning

What he said

cor · Post by **cor** » Fri Sep 05, 2025 10:47 am

Extremely nice work.

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Sun Sep 07, 2025 12:16 pm

Partially finished IP:

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Sun Sep 07, 2025 1:48 pm

Hell that's a impressive cockpit display. The sort of thing I aspire to and generally fall short

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Sun Sep 07, 2025 8:33 pm

Great work. I really like the depth in the instrument faces. It gives the instrument panel a brilliant authentic look.

Elve1984 · Post by **Elve1984** » Mon Sep 08, 2025 3:07 pm

Wow, that really is some amazing work. Love the paint/weathering job!

RangerNeil · Post by **RangerNeil** » Tue Sep 09, 2025 2:59 pm

That IP is an amazing job - I am impressed, wish I could produce work of that quality!!!

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Wed Sep 10, 2025 1:31 pm

More lovely work

I just hope it can all be seen, often with aircraft you can't see PE or detailed work once the fuselage is buttoned up

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Thu Sep 11, 2025 8:21 pm

Well, after 79 hours at the bench so far, the central portion of the cockpit is finished.

Left to do - the rest of the airplane...

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 12:26 am

Wow 79 hrs is massive, but I can see every minute was productive.

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 7:16 am

Beautiful work and so much will be visible through the canopy

Post by **Tomcat64** » Fri Sep 12, 2025 2:18 pm

That it absolutely awesome work - the detail & weathing is unreal.

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Thu Sep 18, 2025 9:14 pm

Top draw work here

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:44 pm

Fuselage finally buttoned up...

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 12:45 am

Awesome

Stokesy44 · Post by **Stokesy44** » Wed Sep 24, 2025 6:35 am

Great to see the fuselage come together. Its certainly not going to be small!

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:28 am

Can't see anything just another purple picture frame say not viewable in your region?

Gary30 · Post by **Gary30** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 12:14 pm

Kevthemodeller wrote: ↑Tue Sep 30, 2025 10:28 am Can't see anything just another purple picture frame say not viewable in your region?

Me too, it's an 'imgur' issue. It's bascially pulled the plug for UK users to be able to view content as it can't be bothered jumping through any hoops put up by our fine government's online safety (OSA) measures.

Kevthemodeller · Post by **Kevthemodeller** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 12:22 pm

Gary30 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 30, 2025 12:14 pm Me too, it's an 'imgur' issue. It's bascially pulled the plug for UK users to be able to view content as it can't be bothered jumping through any hoops put up by our fine government's online safety (OSA) measures.

Ok that's what I suspected.

Steve64 · Post by **Steve64** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 5:24 pm

Beautiful work. I was just scrolling through. I love the cockpit weathering and the texture you achieved on the seats.

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 9:10 am

Since the aftermarket PE parts for the engine pipework are flat and just look plain stupid at 32nd scale, I had to start scratch building them to add some more important details to the engines.

Not 100% accurate, but in my opinion it adds interest to the engine.

I discovered that I can make hose connectors by wrapping thin strips of masking tape around the lead wire and cover it with heavily diluted PVA glue to seal it all in place.

Not yet finished, but you get the gist of it...

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 12:04 pm

Accurate or not it looks good and leaves the viewer with a good impression.

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 2:06 pm

Some more pipework. Spark plug connections in place and magnetos connected:

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Sat Nov 08, 2025 11:54 am

Hi all,

Some progress with the engine. Still some stuff and fine tuning to do, but this is basically it.

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Sat Nov 08, 2025 12:12 pm

DRUMS01 · Post by **DRUMS01** » Sat Nov 08, 2025 6:22 pm

Wonderful tones on the engine detail.

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Tue Nov 11, 2025 11:32 am

Some work on the nacelle cowling structure...

Nikola · Post by **Nikola** » Sat Nov 15, 2025 11:34 pm

Engine in place (apologies for bad photos).
Exhaust stacks yet to be painted and installed.

digger303 · Post by **digger303** » Sun Nov 16, 2025 1:34 pm

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Mon Nov 17, 2025 4:08 pm

Jumping aboard late
Love your work on engine and cockpit details

The story of the jail break is a very cool operation