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 June 17 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! 

[GrandpaPhil]

Very nicely done!

[FriedClams]

Beautifully done, Dan - congratulations!

 

Gary

 

[DocRob]

Absolutely fantastic result Dan. I love, how colors and decals blend and the restrained weathering. Getting the spinners right must have been a chore.

Cheers Rob

[Danstream]

@ccoyle, @AJohnson, @GrandpaPhil, @FriedClams, thank you very much for all your nice feedback input! I am glad that you liked my result.

@gsdpic and @DocRob in particular, commented the weathering which indeed was for me one of the theme of this build. It is great to know that you found it pleasing and not obvious.

 

Thanks also to those that followed the build and hit the 'like' (even 'wow') buttons here and in the post of my build log.

 

At present, I am halting my modeling activity because I will be traveling to Italy, my home country. I will stay away quite long time, but I will keep an eye on the forum, although I expect I will not be very responsive.

See you when I am back, until then stay healthy and enjoy your hobbies,

warmest greetings,

Dan

Edited 43 minutes ago by Danstream