Don't seem to see them much here. I tend to mainly use Aires and True Details for wheels. Will have to have a better look for them.

Yes, Ultracast do very nice resin work from my limited experience and certainly worth a look if your after AM items.

Coming along nicely there Damian. I usually go for resin wheels, especially when the kit ones are 2 piece, but never tried Ultracaste. They look nice.

checkmateking02

Greg:  isn't PE fun?  Well done!

Steve:  progress is coming along nicely; looking good

damouav:  remarkble cockpit!  Nice work!

Toshi:  slick looking paint work on the props

More on the Hampden landing gear.  These have to be assembled and dropped into the lower wing before closing up with the upper wing.  

Unfortunately, with the wheels installed, a gap is created in that bar that surrounds the rear of the tires.  

You can see even without the wheel that there's a slight refusal of the parts to match.  

So I masked that part with blue tack.  

Inserted some styrene rod, and sanded things down.

But you'll notice I got some unwanted black marring on the nice gray tire when I stuffed them into the landing gear.  So I re-masked with tacky stuff and touched up.

Finally got them done, and painted the repaired area by hand with black acrylic paint.

 

I have some updates on sundry build elements like main gear, undercarriage doors, props etc.

Undercoated all parts with black primer, AB Tamiya AS12 (Bare Metal Silver) were applicable. Used Ultracast tyres all round which provide far better detail than OOB. Used a heavily diluted black oil paint for weathering. I was going to use PE mud guards, but they didnt fit properly, so I used the kit versions and drilled holes in the upper gusset to match photos I have on hand. Both landing gear will get some minor weathering before I coat them MRP Matt varnish.

I removed the molded hinges and bent these really small PE ones, I have some touch up painting to do which can wait till I install them at the end of the build. I attempted to remove the injector pin holes, poorly. But when the Mossie is on it legs you will never see the inner doors, so no real problem.

The props painted and ready to mount, i couldnt sight any livery to place on the props unlikely US props of the same era. Minor wear to be added to the leading edge, then done.

CMK02: Nice recovery there! I wouldn't have even noticed if you hadn't pointed it out.

Damouav: Yeah, the Mosquito was truly an amazing aircraft. And a very sleek attractive machine. I don't have any excuse for not having one, for some reason I have about a half dozen Spits in the stash and not one Mossie.

My grandmother,  during the war, ferried pilots to the planes and moved aircraft around on the tarmacs.  The used to tell me of the Mossies coming in to land for the first time, and how wonderful they were!  Those were her favorite ones!

Thanks checkmateking02.

Very nice work on the main gear, excellent save.

Thanks Toshi.

Excellent work on the prop, there are almost as many parts to that prop than im my entire build...

Hey Gamera,

The fact that the Mossie was built mainly from laminated ply, glued and screwed together shows how innovative  De Haviland really was. As metal availability was limited the use of wood, and the manner in which the airframe was constructed is just amazing for the period.

I know there where many great aircraft during WW2, but the Mossie is in the top 5 IMPO.

I really want to build the 1/32 Tamiya to pay homage to this remarkable aircraft.

When you get a chance, add one to your collection.

And, Thank You.

tempestjohnny

Damian I'm going to be watching your Mossie build. I have the,same kit half built for the last two years. Maybe watching you will motivate me to finish it

 

You humble me.

The Tamiya 1/48 Mossie is a really great build, I haven't had any significant issues to date to sort out. When you get back to it you will enjoy the build.

Nice fix, CMK.

I'm always interested to see how folk correct various issues, it's fun to read about. Even more so when there is a nice, layout-style step-by-step like yours here to follow.

Were those the OOB kit tires?

checkmateking02

Greg:  isn't PE fun?  Well done!

Steve:  progress is coming along nicely; looking good

damouav:  remarkble cockpit!  Nice work!

Toshi:  slick looking paint work on the props

More on the Hampden landing gear.  These have to be assembled and dropped into the lower wing before closing up with the upper wing.  

Unfortunately, with the wheels installed, a gap is created in that bar that surrounds the rear of the tires.  

You can see even without the wheel that there's a slight refusal of the parts to match.  

So I masked that part with blue tack.  

Inserted some styrene rod, and sanded things down.

But you'll notice I got some unwanted black marring on the nice gray tire when I stuffed them into the landing gear.  So I re-masked with tacky stuff and touched up.

Finally got them done, and painted the repaired area by hand with black acrylic paint.

 

Toshi

Thanks, Bish.

Great recovery check.

Thanks, Steve!  It was a little labor intensive.

Nice save Check

Greg:  isn't PE fun?  Well done!

Steve:  progress is coming along nicely; looking good

damouav:  remarkble cockpit!  Nice work!

Toshi:  slick looking paint work on the props

More on the Hampden landing gear.  These have to be assembled and dropped into the lower wing before closing up with the upper wing.  

Unfortunately, with the wheels installed, a gap is created in that bar that surrounds the rear of the tires.  

You can see even without the wheel that there's a slight refusal of the parts to match.  

So I masked that part with blue tack.  

Inserted some styrene rod, and sanded things down.

But you'll notice I got some unwanted black marring on the nice gray tire when I stuffed them into the landing gear.  So I re-masked with tacky stuff and touched up.

Finally got them done, and painted the repaired area by hand with black acrylic paint.

damouav

I'm guessing that is the case, I had a bit of trouble trying to locate detailed phots of this version.

This version of the Tamiya Mossie has the front section of the fuselage missing to allow for the different variants. This caused the unsightly seam as seen on the above image. A bit of sanding and more filling took care of it, you dont really see it when both fuselage halfs are together and the cockpit detail is in place.

 

Greg

 

 

Bossman

I should be able to dig into the Hurricane now with my other GB completed.

 

 

You're cleared for takeoff, Chris.

Here's some Tiffy cockpit parts with fiddly PE bits attached which I thought were ready for black primer until I looked at the assembled output photo. Lucy, you have some cleaning up to do....

 

Bossman

Hey All,

Nice work going on here.  I continue to be surprised by the addition of new subjects to this GB.  Just a real quick survey of the build list has 32 members producing somewhere around 28 different subjects.  Awesome !

Johnny - Nice tight feathered edging to the camo on that Harrier.  Looks Great.

Greg - nice PE instrument panel and seat - they should add alot.

Andy - wasn't expecting to see a Zero in this GB . . .  but now an FW as well  !

Toshi - How are those stencils going ?

Steve - Tornado pit looks nice.  We have a local airshow (Geneseo, NY) every year that brings in all kinds of WWII A/C, so I have had the pleasure of seeing B-17 flyovers and had a chance to see one up close.  They are so impressive in sight and sound.

Justin - Nice camo painting on the Lancaster !

I should be able to dig into the Hurricane now with my other GB completed.

Chris

 

About a dozen pieces just to assemble the propellers!  LOL!

damouav

Thanks Greg & BK.

I hope I'm up the challenge with all these sensational builds going on.

 

From what i have seen so far you have no worries there.

Greg: Nice work there. Maybe I should be happy my old kit came with a much simpler cockpit even if it lacks in detail. 

Steve: Glad to hear things are going well. The Tornado is an aircraft I keep intending to build and never get around to it. 

Damouav: Welcome! And great work there. The Mosquito is another aircraft for some reason or the other I've never built. 

Thanks Greg & BK.

I hope I'm up the challenge with all these sensational builds going on.

Damian, that is one very nice looking pit you have there.

BK

Steve, it looks as if somebody pulled the EJECT! levers by accident with those seats sitting there.

Damian, welcome to the GB and thanks for taking the time to comment on my PE pic. It'll be nice to have you here. And that pit looks great.

And thank you too, Bish.

Greg,

Very nice work with the PE.

Thank you for your kind words.