Operation Jericho Completed 6/3/17 Tamiya 1/32 DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI

Below is the partial dry fit of the instrument panel.

Toshi

Over at the 100th Anniversery of the RAF GB, Bish had a great question I just wanted to share with all forum members.  Here is an excerpt:

["Bish"]

Interesting looking IP there Toshio. Is there anything that goes in those holes or do they go right through.

["Toshi"]

In a sense, that is just the skeletal shell of the IP itself.  I still must attach the control pedals and the individual dials that are needed to make up the IP.

There's still a lot of parts that go together to make the IP in that I haven't even seen yet.  What I have seen, I don't understand it at this time.  

From what I gather, there's PE for the face plate of the dials.  Then comes clear plastic dials of which it seems many are individual pieces.  Then finally a decal.  At least from what I can decipher.  Thank's for asking, now you have me on my toes!  LOL!

Toshi

Bish

Right, so they are individual dials that fit into those holes. Now thats detail. At least you can paint them all seperatly.

 

 

Yes, from what I'm looking at, each coressponding dial has it's own color chart although most are X-18 Black.  There are a few red, green, and I think blue in there.  

I'll take a photo of that particular step and post it here in a minute or so.  Thanks for asking!

Toshi

I'm going a little far ahead of myself but this is great to know of as it's my next upcoming step.

Toshi

 Step #8

Too bad you have to enclose that beautiful cockpit inside the fuselage.  

scottrc

Too bad you have to enclose that beautiful cockpit inside the fuselage.  

 

For me, that's all that counts!  Thank's scottrc for always supporting my WIP and all the read and replies you've so dedicatedly done over these past two years!

Toshi

P.S.  Can you believe it, I've been building kits for now for two years?  Wow!

I am attaching some pics of the Mosquito my then 7 y.o. son and I did @ a year ago. He did most of the work himself. I helped with the decals, invasion stripes and (attempted to) canopy. He's finishing an F-14 and then has a P-61 next in line.

Toshi:  Looking at the cockpit, I noticed the tool near the nose. Being a flight Navigator myself, it appears to be a drfit meter. Prior to modern doppler/etc systems, it allows the Nav to view the aircraft ground track. This data, along with the calculated airspeed and couse allow them to find the flight winds affect on the course and correct accordingly. I collect aircraft instruments and recently saw one in a collection shop. Th seller wanted quite a bit more than I was willing to part with. Looking forward to seeing how your Skeeter turns out.

Mike 

mawright20

I am attaching some pics of the Mosquito my then 7 y.o. son and I did @ a year ago. He did most of the work himself. I helped with the decals, invasion stripes and (attempted to) canopy. He's finishing an F-14 and then has a P-61 next in line.

Toshi:  Looking at the cockpit, I noticed the tool near the nose. Being a flight Navigator myself, it appears to be a drfit meter. Prior to modern doppler/etc systems, it allows the Nav to view the aircraft ground track. This data, along with the calculated airspeed and couse allow them to find the flight winds affect on the course and correct accordingly. I collect aircraft instruments and recently saw one in a collection shop. Th seller wanted quite a bit more than I was willing to part with. Looking forward to seeing how your Skeeter turns out.

Mike 

 

 

Toshi

mawright20

Oops. Apologize for the wind drift details on my last post. Didn't see your mention of it from pervious postings!

 

Toshi

Will do. That's him in the upper corner of one of the pics. If he's not working on models he wants to be out doing some serious fishing!

mawright20

Will do. That's him in the upper corner of one of the pics. If he's not working on models he wants to be out doing some serious fishing!

 

Tell your son the P-61 Black Widow is one of my favorite aircrafts!

Toshi

Here is the start of the IP.

Here is the assembly book page as a reference to the IP.

mawright20

I work for a company in the northwest. Would be interested in meeting up sometime . If interested, let me know. My email is mawright20@hotmail.com. Mike

 

Toshi

Here is the cockpit completed.  Now it's time to assemble the Browning 7.7mm Machine Guns.

As always an awesome job Toshi, just out of curiosity do you know why there seems to be a window where the Navs headrest would be?

iampiper13

As always an awesome job Toshi, just out of curiosity do you know why there seems to be a window where the Navs headrest would be?

 

Thank you so much for your support, it's extremely appreciate it.

Toshi

Exceptional detail work, Toshi! You must have the hands of a surgeon. With diet soda or tea (HATE COFFEE) in the morning and working out at night, my hands are to jittery to even attempt the work you do. I am finally getting a Tamiya paint stand this week so I can paint with two hands, one to hold the brush and one to hold my hand to keep it from shaking so much! lol. I can't wait to see how the Mosquito turns out.

PS... You got to love Ohios weather.