De Havilland Mosquito B.XVI at bombing

Andy Ball
Yep, a good subject! Let me have a peek…..oh, and those details?, exquisite in this scale!

Shar Dipree
Thank you Andy. 🙂

Живко Джаков
This is very good! I already have a Mosquito, but Tamaya is not the same. Here, Arifix leads in all indicators. You motivate me to make another Mosquito.

Shar Dipree
Some more new pictures

Robert Barkoski
This is looking great so far. I love the bombardier.

David Januska
Well, awesome job, especially on the crew👍. Perfect work, following.

Shar Dipree
Thanks Живко, Robert and David.

Finn
Looking good

Shar Dipree
Some news. She's starting to look like a mossie. 🙂

Michael Jonker
That is shaping up nice. I like the bomb bay detailing and colours.

Shar Dipree
Thanks to everyone. Today i´m brushing the upper camouflage. At next, i will brush the bottom an parts of the upperside / rudder in black. At the moment, i´m searching for an aerial photograph to show it in the diorama ground.

Shar Dipree
Some little news, at next i have to painting the glossy clear coat, a job i don't like doing.

Robert Barkoski
I feel the same. All the pre-shading, then color and camouflage is fun. The gloss coat means means business and committing to the look of the plane. It has to go right! Good luck!

Shar Dipree
Thank you very much robert.

Robert Podkoński
A bit late, but joining the party! Fantastic work so far, Shar!

Shar Dipree
Hey robert nice to read you here! 🙂

Shar Dipree
I totally forgot to upload the pics. The camouflage is ready. At next, the glossy clear coat.

Shar Dipree
After comparing several original photos, I decided not to paint the course of the camouflage (green+grey) too hard. The gradient between the green/grey camouflage and the black underside and part of fuselage and the rudder is sharp.
I am very satisfied with the color (green(grey) gradient of the camouflage

Shar Dipree
Some little progress
what annoys me, i´m too stupid to paint decent glossy clear coat. I hope the matt finish improves the visual impression.

Shar Dipree
RESET: After I was not at all satisfied with the result, i removed the paint and will start painting again. I hope my dealer gets the decal as a replacement.

Andy M
Following. Always wanted to build a Mosquito.

Bernd Grün
Awesome work so far, Shar! Congratulation! 👍

Живко Джаков
I don't understand what made you repaint?

Also, how the hell did you manage to remove the paint so well?

Shar Dipree
Thanks Andy and Bernd.
@Andy: This kit is really nice to build. The parts fit very well and minimal putty work was needed. Only the decal options are few.
@Живко : The paint finish was partial very creepy and the decals the decals have partially come off despite Micro Sol / Set.
For stripping the paint, i used "TAMIYA-Carson - Paint-Killer" (Paint Killer (Carson Modelsport 500908113, No)).

Живко Джаков
Thanks! I was solving the same problem, but I was not doing well.

Łukasz Gliński
Missed this one so far. Brilliant build. Looks like a nice kit 👍

Shar Dipree
Thanks Łukasz. The kit is very nice. I like it very much.

Shar Dipree
The "day" after reset: the decals are fully applied. This time i used decal adhesive + softener from tamiya. I also use "Micro Set" in three places. Only four decals tended to come off but with a subsequent re-treat with tamiya adhesive+softener all decals are now ok and holding. . I'm quite satisfied.

Guy Rump
Following, looking good. 👍

Shar Dipree
Thanks Guy Rump and welcome. 🙂

Shar Dipree
The satin finish is clear. Now its time to wait until the paint has completely dried. Then comes the wethering.
At the same time, i'm trying to visualize an optically rotating propeller, which has already taken more than a day. i initially liked my first finished variant but after a few days I didn't like it anymore. So I'm currently working on another version.

Jennifer Franklin
This looks great! I love the camouflage, why did you repaint it, it looked perfect the first time to me. I can't wait to see the finished kit, so close.

Mr James
Cracking subject and Impressive detail administered at this scale. bravo.

Shar Dipree
Hi Jennifer, nice to meet you here. I repainted the mossie, because the paint surface was sometimes quite ugly, like a 320 sandpaper.

Shar Dipree
Thank you very much Mr. James. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Oh ok, that makes sense, it really did not show up in the photos.

Shar Dipree
Some news. I removed the painting masks, opened the bomb bay, touched up with paint and added the bombs, painted the rear landing gear bay and the position lights.
I also painted the exhaust pipes in several layers, touched up the painting of the cockpid and bug hood.
Unfortunately i made a scratch in the bow hood 🙁

Jennifer Franklin
The bombs look great, and so do the position lights.

Shar Dipree
Hi Jennifer. Thanks but i totally forgotten to weathering the bombs, what I'm doing now. and the position lights are unfortunately wrong. The position lights are obviously clear in the original, so I stripped them very carefully so as not to damage the paint on the wing.

Mr James
Beautiful job Shar. What did you use to weather the black? Is it a grey oil wash and some pigment powder? It looks good. I'm Looking for tips when I get round to finishing my Mossie.

Jennifer Franklin
Lol, to my beginner's eye, it all looks good.

Shar Dipree
Thanks.
@Jennifer: I think you always find something in your own model that doesn't suit you, but that others never notice. 🙂
@Mr James, for the black side i used a color i mixed myself (dark grey, dark brown, brown and black) that i applied with the airbrush (dirt on the flaps & co.). You can also use oil paint for this, which I will do in the future. I've gotten along very well with the oil paint method so far. That's why i weathered the upper side in the second attempt only with oil paint.

For the panel lines i used the panel line wash for black colour from AK. Light grey oil paint and oderless thinner ("white spirit") are cheaper and works the same way. You can vary the look of the pane line better with oil paint; lighter colours make the lines more noticeable/present, slightly darker colours make the panel lines appear more subtle, depending on how you want it. only it must not be too dark, otherwise you can no longer see it.

Finally i used oil paints in ochre (dust around undercarriage area and rear lower fuselage), burnt umber (general soiling in the area of ​​the corners, for example) and engine grease in combination with brunt umber (engine cowling area, fuel tank & co.) and ochre, brunt umber and faded white as a dot method for general variation of the black colour.

I will apply the exhaust stacks with my airbrush, just like I did at my P-47 (brown -> black -> grey -> some heavily diluted black again).

A video that describes the basic methods: Youtube Video

When using oil paint and thinner it is only important that you apply acrylic based paint or clear coat first since these are not damaged by the thinner for oilcolours.

Mr James
Thanks for that Shar. Interesting to know you've made your own black mix. Those browns will tone down the black and add a bit of depth to it I'd imagine. Hard to weather black, I wouldnt have thought to use the dot method. I'll refer back to this when the time comes. I also agree that you have so more control when using oils for pin washing and weathering.

Shar Dipree
Since i had to repaint the tanks again, it was necessary to mask them off. The result after removing the masking masks can be seen in the pictures....
Clear coat and i will probably not be friends in this life.

Shar Dipree
The final spurt is heralded!
I scratch built the protective grille in front of the air intake, painted the exhaust stacks and mounted the bomb bay doors.
They moosie has also recently been "flying" alone. The pictures will follow when I'm completely done. At the moment the slightly decorated floor of the display case is drying.

Shar Dipree
I finished it a few weeks ago but haven't gotten around to taking any halfway usable pictures. Here are the first pictures. More will follow; unfortunately, it's not that easy to get usable images.

Shar Dipree
Some more pictures.

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice and inspiring final result 👍

Shar Dipree
Thank you very much, Lukasz. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and creative presentation.

Shar Dipree
Thank you very much, Villiers de Vos. 🙂

Shar Dipree
An addendum to my idea: The photo is a print of a real aerial photo of test stand VIII Peenemünde Army Research Institute.
It was created after the RAF's massive bombing raid on August 17, 1943 (Operation Hydra with 596 aircrafts involved). Unfortunately, the operation did not achieve its full effect and so there was only a delay of around four weeks for the A4 (V2) project.
That's why there were repeated attacks on the facility and identified positions and facilities on or for the A4. As far as I know, mosquitoes were also used for this.
I don't know whether the machine I built ever flew such a mission against the A4 (V2) project.
For me it was more about the symbolism. The Mosquito - a nemesis for the Third Reich and its air force in the Second World War, repeatedly attacked important nodes of the German war machine through quick attacks. Here my case symbolizes the A4 (V2) terror of the Third Reich against England.