Planes & Helicopters Thread, Oggy trashes the Revell 1/48 Mosquito IV in Under Construction; I came across the Mosquito in our local model shop while on a visit there to get bits for the ...
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Oggy trashes the Revell 1/48 Mosquito IV
I came across the Mosquito in our local model shop while on a visit there to get bits for the Spitfire. At about the same price as the Spit it struck me as good value and I am very fond of the Mossie so I thought I would buy it – after all, how hard can it be? (More of that later.)
Sorry for all the missing parts – I have been building it in parallel with the Spit.
The box is quite substantial and they are not bluffing. Inside there are 5 grey sprues, 4 are full size and 1 slightly smaller. There is also one transparent one along with the decals and instructions. Most are in separate polythene bags so well packed. Two of the sprues are nearly identical – these carry the things that come in pairs like propellers, spinners, engine bits etc.
I am going to raise a number of niggles and nigglets (a bit like a niggle but smaller). Some of these will reflect on the model and some on my lack of talent.
The first impression is of a lot of pieces (about 160 I think) and very good detail. The cockpit and bomb bay are fully modelled and there are two small Merlins. This leads to my first nigglet. The bomb bay doors, gear doors and nacelles are all modelled closed. If you want to have the doors open you have to cut them apart and if you want the engines visible, you have to saw up the nacelles.
Nigglet 2 involves the sprues. On the Spit (Tamiya) where the sprues led to very small or delicate parts, they came to a thin neck unlike this kit – for example
These are the bomb bay door jacks which are less than 20mm long to give the picture scale. You have to be very careful getting them off the sprues.
Nigglet 3 is the pins on which the gear and bomb bay doors mount in the open positions.
These may look fairly substantial in the picture but they are not. They are about 1mm diameter and very easy to knock off. Guess how I know.
On the plus side, there are a lot of options and extras in the kit. It has the colour scheme and decals for three variants. It also includes two different sizes of drop tank, three cameras, rockets, wing bomb pylons and cameras. It also comes with narrow and paddle bladed propellers. Good for a “what if”.
Onward! 
Last edited by Oggy; 11-04-2012 at 01:55.
Oggy's Gallery - Name:
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A learner learning
Good luck Roger, I did this kit as my first build back after many, many years away from building. I crashed and burnt big style.
Tony.
One day I'm sure I'll do it right.
mossiepilot's Gallery - Name:
- Tony
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- Oggy's Gallery
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- Roger
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- Oggy's Gallery
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- Roger
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Scale Model Member
I've got this kit as well and plan to build it "flying" because of the famous problem with the landing gear. Just need to source some pilots for it! I never use gloss black on models anymore except maybe for instrument dials. In fact I seldom even use "black". my favourite is the Tamiya "Nato Black" which is a very dark grey and looks like black that's been bleached by the sun for a bit which to me looks much more appropriate. Good luck with the rest of your build, you've done well so far!
Boldman's Gallery - Name:
- Andrew
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Im impressed with the level of detail in this kit.Might have to get myself one.Ive got the old Monogram kit in my stash,but this one looks a lot better despite the known problems with the undercarriage.
Dave W's Gallery - Name:
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Laurie
Originally Posted by
Boldman 
I've got this kit as well and plan to build it "flying" because of the famous problem with the landing gear. Just need to source some pilots for it! I never use gloss black on models anymore except maybe for instrument dials. In fact I seldom even use "black". my favourite is the Tamiya "Nato Black" which is a very dark grey and looks like black that's been bleached by the sun for a bit which to me looks much more appropriate. Good luck with the rest of your build, you've done well so far!
Yes I got into a mess with the landing gear Andrew when I built mine last year.
But Tony (mossieman) recorded how he constructed his landing gear which was out of the nacelle. I built mine inside the nacelle. Tony's way is much more practical. Apart from that I did not find any major problems with the landing gear. As the most complex of the whole kit they were interesting to build. My advice build a little scaffold around them while constructing the rest as they are flimsy. Least pressure & they snap
A warning Roger the mudguards on my instructions show them back to front. And guess who found out after putting the lot together.
A lot of problems with putting the fuselage together. Plus a lot of work put into filling & sanding both fuselage & the nacelles. But good practice & really worth it. In the end it turned out to be my best model so far. Luckily there are few panel lines which makes shaping & sanding a lot easier.
Laurie
tecdes's Gallery - Name:
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John H
Nice office Roger, love the old Mozzy myself.
John
John Huggins's Gallery - Name:
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Seems to be a very good kit?
Nice start and cockpit
Roman
World Of Scale Modelling
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Dont be afraid it's Ju-88. It will be swift and without pain!!! 
Vajled's Gallery - Name:
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Thanks for the replies.
It is encouraging to hear that there are known issues with the kit. At least it is not just me.
Something else I noticed later, on a scale of 1 (very easy) to 5 (well 'ard) it's a 5.
It is becoming apparent that it is a very detailed kit with some very nice features, but it is going to require some work. More when I get home this evening.
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