De Havilland Mosquito NF. Mk.II

Start of my next project Mosquito NF MkII 

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

Flight deck is plain and simple. 

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

Works out fine with some Evergreen. 

Testfit to make sure fuselage halves still fit. 

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

Radio equipment partly from the kit and from my sparepart box 

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

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 

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 

Main landing gear. rather fiddely job to work on. 

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. 

Landinglight seen after the wing is fixed together 

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

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

Also my first go with the new oilbrusher from Mig 

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

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

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

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 

slowly getting there 

Two wings allmost ready 

super fine size rigging wire from Ushi van der Rosten 

Shows to good effect in 1/72 scale 

And finaly ready on concrete display 

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