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Ferry Dierckxsens (Ferry)
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De Havilland Mosquito NF. Mk.II

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Start of my next project Mosquito NF MkII 
 

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All parts in the box. Still old tooling despite the new box, but not too bad. 
 

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Flight deck is plain and simple. 
 

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Scratch build a platform behind the navigators seat to cover up the emptyness and create a place for radio equipment 
 

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Works out fine with some Evergreen. 
 

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Testfit to make sure fuselage halves still fit. 
 

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Touch of interiorgreen. I used humbrol 78 as a close match 
 

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Radio equipment partly from the kit and from my sparepart box 
 

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Looks ok for me. Pilot and navigator figures will be added later 
 

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Painting started of the 1:72 scale figures. Next to the Mosquito flight crew I'm also working on the Airfix RAF emergency set, so these figures are taken care of at the same time 
 

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Main landing gear doors show some serious ejector pin marks. As they are visible I had to fill them in with putty and sand them smooth 
 

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Main landing gear. rather fiddely job to work on. 
 

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Each wing contains a landinglight which has to be put in place before assembly of the winghalves. I've put in the glazing and on the inside a small piece of Bare metal foil does the trick. 
 

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Landinglight seen after the wing is fixed together 
 

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Working on the crew of my Mosquito. I use one of the crewmembers left over from my Airfix Defiant project. 
 

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The other one is from the Mosquito kit itself, so I will have two guys with full legs. 
 

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Also my first go with the new oilbrusher from Mig 
 

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Looks like a mascara set, but it really works clean and precise. Keep in mind this is oilpaint, so it takes longer to dry. 
 

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Results are fine. Bare in mind this is 1/72 scale 
 

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So, started out working on the main landing gear, which as stated is quit fiddely. 
 

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To prevent the propshaft falling backwarts after closing the engine cowling, I decided to put a little angled strip right behind it. This makes sure I can fit the propellor later in good fashion without the risk of dropping the small pin in the cowling 
 

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slowly getting there 
 

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Two wings allmost ready 
 

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super fine size rigging wire from Ushi van der Rosten 
 

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Shows to good effect in 1/72 scale 
 

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And finaly ready on concrete display 
 

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DH Mosquito NF-II (special) 23 Squadron Bradwell Bay 1942 
 

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Comments

1 28 May 2017, 20:12
Christian Keller
Hello Ferry, beautifully built. I have already built this kit, you can find it under projects 😉
19 September 2017, 16:41
Ferry Dierckxsens
Thank you Christian. I've looked at your build as well and looks wonderful too. Nice to see that we can make a nice model from an older kit as well. By the way, your other night fighters are great too.
22 September 2017, 08:17

Project info

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1:72
Completed
Scratchbuilt
De Havilland DH 98 Mosquito NF Mk.II
GB Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 23 Squadron YP-R | DD712
November 1942 World War 2»European Theatre - RAF Wittering
Black
 

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