AIRFRAME & MINIATURE No.8

The Part 1: Bomber & Photo-Reconnaissance

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v1.0 June 2016 ii Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Kit Extra Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Kit Extra iii

thin and looking more like standard oleo-pneu- matic legs? The mudguards lack their supporting Kit Extra: Mosquito Kit Review brackets, although did include the wire guards on the front of the (incorrect) under- carriage legs! The propeller blade profile is a bit odd, as is the twist within each blade at the root. Drop tanks are included, but even these look Our assessment of older Mosquito Bomber, PR but most are designed for the newer Hasegawa undersize even for 50 Imp. Gal. ones. and Target-Tug kits. example. The trailing aerial tube under the nose is shaped like an aerial mast, being tapered to Verdict 1/72nd Scale the tip, instead of a parallel ‘tube’. No drop This kit has had its day, OK it will build quite well tanks are included, the bomber option does not and some will probably enjoy making it, but it cannot come with alternative bulged bomb bays, which be the basis of an accurate Mosquito in this scale were common even on the B Mk IV, and the USA - Monogram 85-5320 without a massive amount of work, work which is Revell H180 tailwheel has a ridge around its centre, instead completely pointless with the newer and better Tamiya D.H. Mosquito Mk 4 or Mk 6 (#F187) of the groove for the TC (twin-contact) unit Overall the kit has issues, the fuselage is over example available now. This kit was produced from 1968 through to used. The propellers and spinner are moulded as 4–5mm too narrow and this of course affects 1977 and you will thus find it in a number of one and the blade profile is neither narrow nor both the canopy and the nose glazing. The sides 1/32nd Scale box styles. The kit was also reissued many times, broad, plus the undercarriage parts are all very are basically too flat and would have to be built with AMT (#A-631-100) from 1967 through crude and heavily moulded. The old Aeroclub up, but the work involved would be just for the early 1970s, Hasegawa (#JS-045) in 1967 sets would have corrected most of these details, the very skilled, and then why bother, as the Revell through to 1973/4, Igrushka in the 1980s, but even they are hard to obtain nowadays. Tamiya example is much better anyway. If you InTech (#T22) in the 1990s, Novo (#78072) were to correct the fuselage cross-section error, Mosquito Mk IV (#H-180) from 1979 to 1980, by Obit in 1993 and by Verdict PK116 it would push the wings too far out and as they First released in 1972 this is a kit that has been Tashigrushka. This last option is only a possible, Probably back in 1968 with very little else out there in were the correct span to start with, you would round the houses. It was reissued by Revell though, as its actual reissue by this Russian firm the way of a bomber version in 1/72nd this seemed an now have to chop them down and reprofile the in 1986, again in 1991 (#4758) and most is as yet unconfirmed. excellent kit, but by today’s standards it is very basic. piece, but they are too low and too flat so would tips. The vertical fin is also woefully inaccurate, recently in 2014 (#04758). The kit came out The kit itself is very much of the era, it The lack of detail combined with the various, and dif- have to be replaced. Under the wings, at mid- being a scale foot too tall, so cut it off, chop in the American packaging of the Revell brand Revell 0180 is basic in detail. Inside the cockpit there is ficult to correct, errors make this one for the collector. chord adjacent to the fuselage there should be a 5mm off the base and glue it back on. It is not (#85-4756) in 1993 and was issued here in the nothing, so that would all have to be built from bulge on each side, but this is completely omit- as simple as that, though, because the correc- UK under the Revell/Ripmax label in the 1980s. scratch. Because Frog offered both bomber Matchbox ted. The tip lights are only denoted by panel tion has removed the lower hinge line, which Finally, a special edition to mark the 50th an- B Mk IV and fighter-bomber FB Mk VI the nose lines, and the kit shows these as the twin units, you have to scribe back in, plus the rudder niversary of the type’s first flight in 1990 was section is a separate sub-assembly for each. The De Havilland Mosquito (#PK-116) so the rearmost one needs to be filled, while the actuator and fairing are now too low and will released by Lodela (#RH-0180). resulting joint for the separate nose needs to be Produced in 1976 this kit offered the option landing lights under each outer wing panel are have to be removed and replaced from scratch. The fuselage is slightly off in cross-section, completely hidden, as there is no such joint or of a B Mk IX or an NF Mk 30. It was reissued also not there, so would have to be drilled and The bomber canopy is moulded split in two, while the cockpit floor should have the section panel line in that region. The fuselage strength- (#40116) in 1989 when the Matchbox brand represented with Kristal Klear. Drop tanks are again due to mould limitations of the era and above the access hatch removed, otherwise the ening piece on the starboard side needs to be was being used under licence by Revell and then included and these are probably meant to be 50 the need to have side blisters, plus the overall crew could not get inside. The big problem with removed, as is it too long and positioned too again (same kit number) in 1992. Imp. Gal., but look a bit too skinny really. profile of it when installed is too flat (it does the kit is the contours of the rear of the engine far up the fuselage side. Cut a new piece from Originally moulded in their usual multi- not fit well either). The tailplanes and elevators nacelles. They are depicted as having the sides plastic rod 35mm long and position it 1.5mm coloured plastic style, when reissued by Revell Verdict are too narrow by about 3mm each. As if that parallel, where a complex bi-concave profile is below the wing trailing edge and with 8mm of it came in just one colour. Overall the kit is not Overall this is still your only real option for the was not enough, the engine nacelles forward required. The only option is to pad the areas Revell 04758 it actually under the wing. There is no round bad, it does have two-stage engines, which even two-stage version unless you get resin upgrades, but of the front of the undercarriage bays are too with filler and then gradually sand them back glazed panel (for the drift sight) in the crew today is still unique (Hasegawa and Tamiya have the quality and detail is such that this one has not got tapered, plus the propeller blades are too short to shape. The undercarriage legs, whilst OK for access door on the bomber version, so drill this thus far only done single-stage versions) and it much to offer today’s modeller and I thus suspect the (caused by their proximity to the incorrect detail, are 3mm too long, so trim the tops off by and glaze with clear stock or Kristal Klear. The was tooled with the nose section as a separate original Matchbox releases will remain collectors’ pieces. fuselage in the first place). Detail-wise inside this amount otherwise the model will sit too tall. big problems with the kit, though, is the vertical sub-assembly so the B Mk IX or NF Mk 30 the cockpit the crew seats supplied are identical, The canopy is split in two, due to the need for fin and the position of the wing in relation to could be built. The kit is just 0.75mm short in 1/48th Scale which is incorrect for a Mosquito, and the radio the side blisters, so getting these joined and then the fuselage. The vertical tail is completely the the fuselage, so nothing to worry about in the equipment (1154/1155) behind the crew is dealing with the resulting joint is a problem; wrong shape, being too pointed because it is ac- scale. Panel lines are included for things like missing (there is no radio frequency selector box then you will see that the canopy also sits too tually too narrow, so to get over this use the tail the radio access hatch in the lower starboard Monogram below the throttle either). Pretty much all of high once on the model, so is best replaced from of the Mk II/VI/XVIII kit (the newer Se- side, but the crew access door in the nose and the other small details in the cockpit, including the outset. The F-8 version in one of the releases ries 4 kit) as a template to make a new one from the dinghy pack on the dorsal spine are both Mosquito Mk II/IV/VI the throttle, emergency axe, oxygen economis- needs a camera in the nose, plus others in the plasticard or to revise and extend the existing kit omitted. The reinforcing strake on the starboard The Monogram kit has had a long and varied ers, extinguishers etc. are missing, as are all the bomb bay, but none of these parts come in the part. The wings are a far greater problem because side is 4mm too long at the front and much career, first appearing in 1965 (#PA129-200) various cables and rods you can see inside the kit, nor do Revell make any mention of them in they are positioned too far up on the fuselage. too pronounced for the scale. The fairing over it was reissued with a revised box style in 1968 cockpit. Up in the nose this area lacks any detail the instructions (tut, tut Revell). The interior is Sadly, due to mould limitations in 1968, the the elevator actuator on the port side of the fin/ and again in 1970 with the Mattel brand name and the floor is positioned wrong, as it should basic, although you get crew and seats, but there bomber canopy has been moulded in two parts, rudder is just like that on the starboard side, added (#6849). In 1973 it was reissued once just meet the lower edge of the nose glazing. is precious little else. If you are lucky enough to so you have both joining these and the resulting which is incorrect, so you will need to build it up again (#6849), followed by yet another reissue Talking floors, the main cockpit floor level is too still have the Paragon updates for this area of the Revell 04758 (2014) seam to deal with; nothing unusual as the much to get the profile correct. Both radiator intakes in 1978 (#5408). It was added to the ‘Heritage high, whilst the step at the edge of the bomb kit, then it will not be a problem, if not a lot of newer Hasegawa kit has the same problem. Buy- are devoid of any form of matrix inside and Edition’ range in 1984 (#6064) and then reis- bay is too shallow! The crew access door is scratchbuilding will be needed. Two complete ing a replacement vac-formed canopy may help, while the propellers and spinners are separate, sued in the standard range as #5478 in 1992. It moulded in the wrong position, it is too big and Merlin engines are included, although due to the be only ever so slightly raised. the profile of the blades on the former is such came out again in 1996 and 1997 once again as it lacks the glazed panel for the drift sight in the plastic thickness of the nacelles, these are slightly that they are neither narrow nor wide (being #5478 and in 1999 it was released as a limited middle. The tube for the trailing aerial lead is undersize, plus they really need a lot more in the Verdict ‘blunt narrow-ish’) and are thus best replaced. edition with the original box art etc. in the moulded centrally, whereas it should be offset to way of pipework etc. Only shrouded exhausts When I did my first book back in 1998 this was the The undercarriage units are basic with the wire ‘Monogram Classics’ series (#85-0129). The kit starboard. Externally the undercarriage is basic are included, although the F-8s would have had only game in town and Paragon Designs did a stack guards at the front missing from the main legs has also been reissued by numerous other firms, with the main legs truncated at the edge of the exposed exhausts. The propellers are of the nar- of conversions to make just about every version from it. and the mudguards have heavy supports, which Bandai (#8943) produced it in the 1970s, Hase- nacelle, when they should go all the way up row style, although they look a little too pointed Today, though, it has competition and about the only lack the customary holes in them. Inside the gawa (#HM09) from 1990 through to 1999, inside. The rear retraction linkage is also trun- to me. All the exterior detail, including the spar way it wins is in price, because when released in 2014 cockpit lacks any detail and the floor is posi- Necomisa (#5804) in the mid-1970s and most cated. The undercarriage bays themselves are caps on the wings, are via raised lines, so many it was only £29.99, whilst the HK and Tamiya kits tioned too high, so it needs to be replaced and recently in 2012 in the American packaging of just open into the engine nacelle and the bay for will want to sand these down and rescribe them came in at £149.99 each. OK, they are a quantum lowered by 2mm. Only the bomber style control the Revell brand marked as Mosquito Mk IV the tailwheel is also a void in the rear fuselage (not onerous with the Mosquito, as it had few leap over this old kit, but if you want to make a load of Frog F187 yoke is included, which is of course incorrect for ‘’ (#85-5320), al- (no internal mudguard as on the real thing). The panel lines). The spar caps, even in this scale, are versions and are not put off by some work that includes the night-fighter NF Mk 30. The two canopies though the box-art actually shows an FB Mk VI main undercarriage legs look decidedly skinny, probably best done with strips of decal film or rescribing, then these still represent a good basic start- offer the fighter and bomber styles and are one- to confuse things. the rubber in-compression block unit is just too self-adhesive foil because they would appear to ing point for the Mosquito in 1/32nd. iv Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Accessory List Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Accessory List v

Accessory List Mosquito Accessories

Below is a list of all accessories for static scale construction kits which at the time of writing are out of production. If there are Notes any amendments or additions, please contact the author via the dec – Decal Valiant Wings Publishing address shown on the last page. flm – Acetate Film Inj – Injection-moulded Plastic (limited-run) mtl – White-metal (including Pewter) PR Mk XVI RG116 in flight, note the photo-electric cells under the rear fuselage 1/72nd pa – Paper (©JM Bruce-S Leslie Collection via S.Howe) pe – Photo-etched Brass • Aeroclub [vac] Mosquito Canopy & Nose Blister x2 #C004 rb – Rubber {Matchbox} res – Resin Aeroclub ABC004 • Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito Undercarriage #V074 vac – Vacuum-formed Plastic • Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito Tailwheel #V097 vma – Vinyl Self-adhesive Paint Masks • Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito 3-Blade Propeller and Spinner #V116 {Academy} – Denotes the kit for which the set is intended • Aeroclub [vac] Mosquito PR Mk 34/B Mk 35 Deep Belly #VA60 • Aeroclub [vac/ltd inj] Mosquito B.35/PR.34/PR.XVI/B.XVI/ • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #7231 PR.IX/B.VI Conversion #N/K • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels - Plain Hubs #7232 • Aires [pe/ma] Mosquito Wheels, 5-Spoke with masks #7154 • Paragon Designs [res] Sea Mosquito TR Mk 33 Conversion • Airkit Enterprise [flm] Mosquito B Mk VI Instrument Panel #7234 {Airfix} #C.59 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #7235 • Airkit Enterprise [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks x2 #050 - • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay and Six In their ‘Airparts’ range Warhawk V72012 Camera Ports #7236 • Airwaves [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #AES72056 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito ‘Highball’ Conversion #7237 • Airwaves [res] Mosquito Wheels, Plain Hub #AES72057 {Matchbox} • Airwaves [res] Mosquito Wheels, Spoked Hub #AES72058 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #7245 • Armory [res] Mosquito Weighted Wheels #AW72406 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay and Six PR Mk 34 RG314 undertook the last RAF Mosquito sortie and • DB Products [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #None Camera Ports #72036 {Tamiya} it is seen here with (left to right) F/O J. Thompson (navigator), PR Mk XVI of No.618 Squadron (either NS729 or NS732) with 4-blade propellers fitted • DB Productions [vac] Mosquito B Mk XVI/B Mk 35 Canopy • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito B Mk IV ‘Twin Highball’ Sqn Ldr S. McCreith and F/O A. Knox (pilot) (©T Wilkins) during service in Australia in late 1945/early 1946 (©R. Manning via T. McCarthy/S.Howe) Set #DB2011 Conversion #72037 {Tamiya} • DB Productions [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #DB67 #72045 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bomber Nose Conversion • Horizon [inj] 50 Gal Drop Tanks #None • DB Productions [res] Mosquito Wheels, Plain Hubs #DB68 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Gal Drop Tanks #7075 #4870 {Airfix} • Marine Air Products [res/pe] Mosquito Cockpit Detail Set • DB Productions [res] Mosquito Wheels, Spoke Hubs #DB69 • SAM Pubs [res] Mosquito PR Mk I/B Mk IV Series I Merlin • Eduard [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV Detail Set ‘Zoom’ • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #4873 {Airfix} #None {Revell} Warhawk V72013 Engines with Short Nacelles and Short-span Tailplanes • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #4874 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #3211 #SS212 {Tamiya} #M720404001 {Tamiya} • Eduard [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV Detail Set #73-212 {Airfix} {Revell} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #4875 • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito Bomber Canopy, Teardrop {Tamiya} 1/48th • Equipage [res/rb] Mosquito I-IV Wheel Set #B705 - Also listed {Airfix} Sides #3214 {Revell} as #72083 • Aires [res] Mosquito Wheels (five-spoke hubs, square tread • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Twin ‘Highball’ Conversion • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito Bomber Canopy, Bulged Sides • Equipage [res/rb] Mosquito Wheel Set #72084 - No details of pattern) & Paint Masks #4294 {Tamiya} #4876 {Airfix} #3215 {Revell} variants • Aires [res] Mosquito Wheels (plain hubs, square tread pattern) Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 50 Gal Drop Tanks #4877 • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #3216 {Revell} • ExtraTech [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV Detail Set #EX72107 & Paint Masks #4296 {Tamiya} {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #3217 {Hasegawa} • Cutting Edge [res/pe] Mosquito Superdetailed Cockpit Set • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gallon Tanks #4878 {Revell} • Fiber Model [res/pe] Mosquito Detail Set, Flaps, Access Door #CEC48139 {Tamiya} {Airfix} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #3218 Marine Air Products Freightdog Models etc. #C72006 • Cutting Edge [res] Mosquito Crew Seats #CEC48153 • Paragon Designs [res/vac] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39 Conversion {Revell} B Mk IV interior FDR48M01 • Hi-Tech [res/mtl/vac] Mosquito Bomber Update Set #72019 • Cutting Edge [res/pe/flm] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV #48117 {Airfix} - Announced in 1998 but never released • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #3219 {Revell} {Airfix/Matchbox} Superdetailed Instrument Panel #CEC48180 Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #48040 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Paddle Blade Propellers x2 • Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Flaps & Rudder #72513 • Cutting Edge [res] Mosquito Control Surfaces #CEC48274 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Two-stage Merlin Nacelles #3220 {Revell} • Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Merlin 72/73 Nacelles #72514 {Airfix/ {Tamiya} #48042 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 50 Imp Gal Drop Tanks x2 Matchbox} • Hi-Tech [res/mtl/vac] Mosquito Update Set #48032 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Prototype Conversion #48068 #3221 {Revell} • Magna Models [res/mtl/vac] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39 • Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Flaps, Wheels & Rudder #48014 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Imp Gallon Drop Tanks x2 Conversion #N/K {Airfix} • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #48073 {Tamiya} #3222 {Revell} • Paragon Designs [res] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39 Conversion • Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Merlin 72/73 Nacelles #48015 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #48074 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 3in. 60lb Rockets and Rails x8 #7224 {Airfix} - Announced in 1998, never released • Model Design Construction [res] Mosquito Control Surfaces {Tamiya} #3223 {Revell} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels - Spoked Hubs #7225 #CV022 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #48075 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 5-Spoke Bulged Wheels #3234 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bomber Nose Conversion • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #4840 {Airfix} {Tamiya} {Revell} #7226 {Airfix} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #4842 Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Twin Highball Conversion • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Wheels, Plain Hubs, Koster Aeronautical vac- • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks #7227 {Airfix} #48076 {Tamiya} Treaded Tyres #3235 {Revell} formed set • Paragon Designs [res/vac] Mosquito Prototype Conversion • Paragon Designs [res/vac] Mosquito Prototype Conversion • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks #48078 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #3219 {Revell} #7228 {Airfix} #4868 {Airfix} {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Paddle-Blade Propellers x2 • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR/Bomber Canopies #7229 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Narrow Blade Propellers with • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Early Style Bulged Wheels #3220 {Revell} Paragon Designs #24005 {Matchbox} Spinners (x2) #4869 (5-spoke hub, treaded) #48112 • Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #3216 {Revell} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels, Square Tread, Plain Hubs #48113 1/24th • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Gal Drop Tanks #48153 Although the Airfix kit is an NF Mk II/FB Mk VI, many of the sets for {Tamiya} it are generic and thus apply to the Bomber and PR versions, so they are • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Tropical Intakes #48151 included below: {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Early Wheels, Spoked Hubs • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Imp Gal Grop Tanks #24001 {Airfix} #48153 {Tamiya} • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Fuselage I.D. Lights x3 • True Details [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV Detail Set #26023 #24005 {Airfix} {Monogram} - Also released as #48811 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Undercarriage Doors & Hinges with cable-rollers for u/c legs and upper u/c leg recesses #24006 1/32nd {Airfix} • Accurate Aircraft [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles x2 • Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Exhaust Stacks with inner #None {Revell} shrouds & spark plug/fuel pump cooling intakes #24007 MDC CV022 • Accurate Aircraft [res/vac] Mosquito 2-Stage PR/Bomber {Airfix} Variants Conversion #None {Revell} True Details 26023 Paragon Designs #48042 Paragon Designs #48076 Paragon Designs #48069 Paragon Designs #24001 vi Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Decal List Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Decal List vii

Decal List: Mosquito Decals & Masks

Below is a list of all the decal sheets which at the time of writing are out of production. If there are any amendments or additions, Esci AeroMaster 48-082 please contact the author via the Valiant Wings Publishing #37 address shown on the last page. Inc. • PR MK XVI, No.680 Sqn 1/72nd Freightdog Models ADS Decals #FSD72-007 Post-war Mosquitos in RAF Service ADS 012-72 Mosquito Pt.1 Inc. • B Mk XX, KB267, AZ•E, No.627 Sqn, `s last flight • PR Mk 34, RG245, DH•S, No.540 Squadron, RAF Benson, • B Mk XXV, KB416, AZ•P, ‘Pat/Pearl’ No.627 Sqn 1948 • B Mk XVI, MM199, M5•Q, No.128 Sqn • B Mk 35, VP202, CX•B, No.14 Squadron, RAF Wahn, • B Mk XVI, MM200, •X, No.128 Sqn Germany, 1949 AeroMaster 48-303 • B Mk XVI, RV297, M5•F, No.128 Sqn • PR Mk IX, ML897, ‘D’ ‘Dorothy’, No.1409 Met. Flight IsraDecal • PR Mk XVI, NS777, No.140 Sqn #IAF-8 Israeli Air Force’s Mosquitoes (1/72nd & 1/48th) Eagle Strike 72076 • PR Mk 32, NS589 Inc. B Mk VII KB303 was the fourth of 25 that remained in Canada, with six going to the USAAF. Note the vertical colour • F-8, S/No.43-34926, ‘The Spook’, 3rd. Photo Group, USAAF • PR Mk XVI, ‘2150, ‘Valley’ Squadron, 1952 demarcation on the engine nacelle side (©DH Canada) • PR Mk XVI, ‘39’, Photography Unit, 1954 APC Decals • PR Mk XVI, ‘90’, Photography Unit, 1956 #72501 Mosquito Mk IV • B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/ LF Models Thunderbird Models AeroMaster Neumark airfield, July 1944 #C72117 Mosquito over Rechlin #72-003 World Wide Airways Mosquito Racer #48-553 Mosquito Raiders Pt.VI • B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/ • B Mk 25, (ex-KB377) as CF-FZG, race number 41, flown by Inc. AeroMaster Neumark airfield, July 1944 Don McVicar in the Bendix Air Race in 1948, although it never • B Mk IV, DZ415, AZ•Q. No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa #72-032 Recon Birds completed the race • B Mk IV, DK337, GB•H, ‘Uncle Sam’, No.105 Sqn, May 1943 Inc. PD Decals • PR Mk 34, RG203, •E, No.684 Sqn, Cocos Island Detachment, • PR Mk XVI, NS644, No.680 Sqn, Foggia, Italy, 1944 #72-001 Mosquito Bombers Ventura Decals Indian Ocean, July 1944 Inc. #7256 USAAF 8th Air Force PR Mk XVI Mosquitoes Almark Carpena Decals • B Mk IV, MM403, SB•U, No.464 Sqn, 1945 • NS594/U, 653rd BS, USAAF • NS569/P, 653rd BS, USAAF #4826 RAF PRU Aircraft #72.30 De Havilland Mosquito Part 1 • B Mk IV, HR715, SB•4, No.464 Sqn, 1944 PD Decals 48-004 Inc. • B Mk IV, NS994, SB•F, NO.464 Sqn, 1944 • NS753/Y, 653rd BS, USAAF Inc. PR Mk XVI • PR Mk XVI, NS517 •R, Escadron de Reconnaissance 1/31 • NS519/P, 653rd BS, USAAF Carpena Decals ‘Lorraine’, 6º Escadre de Chasse, B.A.151 Rabat-Salé, Morocco, PD Decals 1/48th #48.96 Mosquito Part 2 1947/48 #72-004 Mosquito Bombers Same option as #72.30 Thunderbird Models Inc. ADS Decals 72-003 Carpena Decals • B Mk IV Series I, W4072, GD•D, No.105 Sqn, 1942 #ADS 012-48 Mosquito Part 1 Cutting Edge Modelworks #72.31 De Havilland Mosquito Part 2 • B Mk IV, DZ464, XD•C, No.139 Sqn, 1942 Same options as #ADS 012-72. #CED48256 Inc. • B Mk IV, DZ548, GB•D, No.105 Sqn, 1943 Same option as #CED72114 • PR Mk XVI, NS502/M, No.544 Sqn, RAF Benson, December • B Mk IV, DZ319, HS•S, No.109 Sqn, 1944 AeroMaster PD Decals 48-004 1944 • B Mk IV, DK333, HS•F, No.109 Sqn, 1944 #48-082 Recon Birds Freightdog Models • PR Mk XVI, NS594/U, 8th WR Sqn, 802nd BG, USAAF, RAF • B Mk IX, LR503, GB•F, No.105 Sqn, 1945 Same options as #72-032 #FSD48-005 Post-war Mosquitos in RAF Service Watton Same options as #FSD72-007 Tally Ho! AeroMaster Cutting Edge Modelworks #72 020 Mosquito Part 1 #48-298 International Mosquito Collection Kits at War #CED72114 Zircus Rosarius: Special Missions Inc. Inc. #DDK48022 ‘The Plastic Wonder’ Inc. • F-8, S/No.43-34926, ‘The Spook’, flown by Major Setchell, 3rd • PR Mk XVI, NS517, •R, ER 1/31 ‘Lorraine’, Armée de l’Air, Inc. • B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/ PG (Recon), Tunisia, 1943 North Africa • B Mk IV. DZ534, AZ•H, No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa, Neumark airfield, July 1944 • PR Mk VI, of No.1 Squadron after internment in Switzerland 1944 Tally Ho! post-1942 • B Mk IV, DZ637, P3•C, No.692 Sqn, RAF Graveley, 1944 Eagle Strike #72 021 Mosquito Part 2 • B Mk IX, ML922, GB•Y, No.105 Sqn, RAF Bourne, 1944 #72076 Mosquito Wooden Wonder Part III Inc. AeroMaster • B Mk XVI, ML966, P3•P, No.692 Sqn, RAF Graveley, 1944 Inc. • B Mk IV, DK296, tested by the Soviet Air Force #48-299 Mossey Collection Part 2 • B MK XXV, KB462, CR•B, No.162 Sqn, RAF Bourne, 1944 • B Mk IV, DZ415, AZ•Q, No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa • B Mk IV, DK295, GB•G, No.105 Sqn, flown by Flt Lt G. Perry Inc. • B Mk IV (Special) ‘Highball’, DZ545, No.618 Sqn, Australia, IsraDecal #IAF-8 • B Mk IV, DK337, GB•H, ‘Uncle Sam’ No.105 Sqn, May 1943 DFC and F/O V. Robson DFC • B Mk IV, DK338, GB•P, No.105 Sqn, RAF Marham, 1942 summer 1945 • B Mk IX, ML907, GB•B, No.109 Sqn, RAF Little Staughton, • B Mk IV, DZ837, P3•C, No.692 Sqn, 1944 late 1944 Tally Ho! • B Mk XX, KB288, Vi•46, No.7 OTU, Canada, 1944 PD Decals • B Mk IV, DZ383 •?, Film Production Unit, 138 Wing, 2nd #S72 005 Mosquito Stencils (all versions) #48-001 Mosquito Bombers TAF, RAF Benson, September 1944 AeroMaster Same options as #72-001 Tally Ho 48 014 #48-303 Post War Mosquitos • B Mk 35, VP181, No.98 Sqn, Germany, 1949 PD Decals • B Mk 35, TA569, CX•W, No.14 Sqn, RAF Celle, Germany, #48-004 Mosquito Bombers 1949 Same options as #72-004 • B Mk 35, 640•TA, No.139 (Jamaica) Sqn, RAF , June 1950 Tally Ho! AeroMaster 48-298 #48 020 Mosquito Part 1 AeroMaster Same option as #72 020 #48-552 Mosquito Raiders Pt.V Inc. Tally Ho! • B Mk IX, LR503, GB•F, No.105 Sqn, RAF Bourn #48 021 Mosquito Part 2 • B Mk XX, KB267, AZ•E, NO.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa, Same options as #72 021 September 1944 • B Mk IX, ML907, GB•B, No.109 Sqn, RAF Little Staughton, Tally Ho! late 1944 #S48 005 Mosquito Stencils (all versions) • B Mk IV, DZ383, •?, Film Production Unit, 138 Wing, 2nd AeroMaster 48-299 TAF, RAF Benson, September 1944 AeroMaster 48-552 AeroMaster 48-553 Carpena 48 96 Kits at War DDK48022 Tally Ho 48 015 AIRFRAME & MINIATURE No.8

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