Papa 695s Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito PR MkIV

[papa 695]

That looks very nice indeed Ian. Mosquito bomb bays varied slightly to accommodate different loads. Yours looks excellent, a little different to mine although it may just be due to the smaller scale.
I hope the fuselage halves fit around nicely.
Jim

Just had a dry fit, and all is well Jim.

 

[papa 695]

All buttoned up now, not much to see after all the work put into it, but we all know it’s there.

 

[Jim R]

Good progress Ian. Fit of the fuselage looks pretty good as do the wing roots.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Good progress Ian. Fit of the fuselage looks pretty good as do the wing roots.
Jim

And the wings aren’t glued on yet.

 

[Allen Dewire]

That looks great Ian!!! You can still see quite a bit of the finery inside too. I've spent the last day and a half trying to get my fuselage to close around the pit. Scraping, sanding, cutting and fiddling.......I'm having better luck french kissing rattlesnakes..............

Prost
Allen

 

[Mickc1440]

Cracking on with this too Ian, hoping to get some more done after the work finishes MOnday

 

[Ian M]

Looking good.
Don't glue the wings on! The Tamiya kit has great fit at the wing root. And it makes painting so much easier lol.

 

[papa 695]

Looking good.
Don't glue the wings on! The Tamiya kit has great fit at the wing root. And it makes painting so much easier lol.

Don’t the two little oblong pieces that hold the wings on ( on the underside ) need filling and sanding Ian?

 

[Ian M]

Don’t the two little oblong pieces that hold the wings on ( on the underside ) need filling and sanding Ian?

The fit is pretty good and thb they are quite well tucked away. Maybe you can trim the stub on the cover right down, leaving just enough to catch the hole, fit and fill befor you mount the wing and push it on after.

 

[papa 695]

Ready for some paint.

 

[Jim R]

All masked up and ready

 

[Tim Marlow]

Bring it on feller!

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep!!........ Looking forward to this......

 

[yak face]

Looks excellent Ian , its a great kit isnt it ? Looking forward to the paint, cheers tony

 

[tr1ckey66]

Just caught up with the build log. Great progress Ian and I really like your decision to model the PR version.
Looks a great kit looking forward to seeing the PR blue go on.
Cheers
Paul

 

[papa 695]

Been having to paint the house, so not much time for modelling, but I’ve now primed this.

 

[papa 695]

A little more work.

 

[Mark1]

Looking good.

 

[yak face]

Beautiful paintwork Ian , gives a great variation and interest to the all over PRU blue scheme , cheers tony

 

[Ian M]

Looking very nice Ian.
The dapple effect in the pre shade worked out rather well.