De Havilland Mosquito

[The Wooksta!]

Tamiya.  Unless you want a two stage, in which case it's Tamiya with Attack Squadron two stage Merlins.

Avoid all the others.  Poor fit, age, inaccuracy.

[zenrat]

Thanks guys.  I knew you could give me a definitive answer.
I'll look out for one at Expo at the weekend.

[Steel Penguin]

Mrs Penguin found this today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628
WW2 Mosquito aircraft blueprints found at Airbus factory   is the headline,  according to the report, you could use them to build any model, including some that didn't fly   

[PR19_Kit]

That's amazing! 148 lbs worth of microfilm cards is a VAST amount of drawings. 

I'd be suitably astonished if this did result in a new build Mossie though, the CAA would probably find some objection to the scheme. Maybe because the birch ply they use wasn't matured enough...........

[McColm]

There's an article about that in the magazine Military History September 2017 issue 84 page 9.
If you want a condensed version with a line drawing of the unbuilt photo-reconnaissance variant of the Mk V Mosquito.

[Daryl J.]

UAV, all composite.

No winglets to maintain unbroken elegant shape of the overall machine.   

[Air21]

What would you do with a Mosquito if you could still build them?  Lets say after the war somebody bought the tooling, or maybe DH Canada just didn't stop making them... Dakota's are still flying but that's because they are rugged cargo haulers, what use does anyone have for a Mossie?  Fast passenger plane? Mail? Aerial survey? COIN?

http://www.falcomposite.com/kit.php

Beautiful planes like the Falco have been "converted" over to carbon fiber, so if anyone wanted to evolve the design that's on the table.  And the venerable PT6 gives you the same power band as the original Merlin's with much much much less wight.

So what would a composite PT6 powered Mosquito be good for?

[NARSES2]

Could be used for survey and mapping work.

[kitnut617]

Pretty much what this gets used for IMHO, someone's toy   

This is a composite 3/4 scale kit which their website says, actually out-performs the originals. (Note: NOT my photo)

[perttime]

Pretty much what this gets used for IMHO, someone's toy   

This is a composite 3/4 scale kit which their website says, actually out-performs the originals. (Note: NOT my photo)

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I'm sure the Thunder Mustang is about as good as it gets for a merely well funded guy who wants a WW2 fighter lookalike. Pilot reports:

http://www.ksql.com/myriad/thunder.htm

https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/the-sound-of-thunder/#.Wzh-0iCYPIU

[Mossie]

I found a video on the Mosquito, about 30-45 seconds in there's a period composite image that shows an impression on how much structure is taken away if the turrets are removed.  Might make a nice project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQURW-E3yI

[sideshowbob9]

The inner (radiator) sections of a Mosquito wing match up with F7F wings quite nicely if you wanted a bigger chord, beefier Mossie.

[Hobbes]

This video tells the story of a Mosquito that's been restored to flying condition. This is in Canada, it's one of the aircraft that was used postwar by Spartan to map the entirety of Canada (interesting story in itself).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauNQgkOJhU

[Zero-Sen]

[PR19_Kit]

A Merlin powered B.20.