DeHavilland Mosquito FB Mk VI by Danstream - Tamiya - 1/48 - PLASTIC

[Danstream]

Dear all,

this is my model of a De Havilland Mosquito Fighter Bomber Mk. VI belonging to the 143 Squadron of the RAF Coastal Command fighter and anti-submarine unit operating from October 1944 to May 1945 and based at Banff, Scotland.

The kit was the old Tamiya 1/48 which is dated 1998, but I found this kit very nice and it still builds into an impressive model. My build log can be found here.

The Extra Dark Sea Grey camouflage was often painted over the standard RAF grey/green camouflage and I applied the former so that the latter could be seen through the EDSG layer. The model is finished with Tamiya acrylic paints with the exception of the metallic parts that are finished with Vallejo Metallic paints.

All the pictures of this post are taken with a Nikon 3100 camera with an aperture priority mode with an indirect natural sun light illumination.

The dimensions of the Mosquito can be here compared with those of a Spitfire:

Two legends pictured together:

In conclusion, I enjoyed very much building this fine kit and I hope that you like my model. Now I am moving back to my ship model.

Best regards,

Dan

Edited 5 hours ago by Danstream
Correction of typos

[ccoyle]

Handsomely done!

[gsdpic]

Very well done!  I am not much into military models but they do present a lot of opportunity for artistic/creative interpretation with the different liveries and the weathering.  You've taken full advantage of that here with your expert weathering and accentuating the details.

[AJohnson]

Superb job Dan!