De Havilland Mosquito

[Daryl J.]

Nope, not the prototype.   Mosquito #1 had no nacelle fairing extending past the trailing edge of the wing.   Unfortunately, the shorter nacelle caused no small amount of instability if I recall correctly.

Was the circular airbrake known as the Buzz Saw?  

Edit:   try www.Mossie.org   I've not given it an explore but it should have photos of W4050, the yellow prototype.

Second Edit:  try this




HTH,
Daryl J.

PS:  Isn't Jennings some sort of Mosquito Guru?   And if so, I'd love to know which of the 1/48 kits has the too-short tail...............for a whiff only......thanks

[Radish]

So if we "retro" a Mossie, would it still be a De Havilland Mosquito or a de Havilland Mosquito Larva?

How about a retroed Mossie in:

Finnish
Latvian
Lithuanian
Chinese
Dutch
Belgian
Japanese

markings?  

[Runway ? ...]

How about fitting one of those new fangled in flight refuelling probes as seen on Westland Whirlwinds.
It'd come in handy for those long boring flights out to the sub killing grounds in the North Atlantic  

Nurse !  

[Radish]

Hey....bonzer idea for a "late" Mossie!!

White all over, Dark sea Grey "plan-view" uppersurfaces....bonzer!! B)

Got some nice squadron markings for my retro-Mosquito (or Larva Mosquito F.2), in '30s colours....from a Hornet.

I have the PR.XVI and NF.38 kits in 1/48th by Airfix, but there's a huge number of parts to do it all justice.    

[Mossie]

Rad, how about your retro Mossie with a Comet racer wing, maybe keep the Gipsy six engines too???  That swallow shape to the DH.88 wing is just gorgeous!  

[Radish]

The Comet is really a very small aircraft.....but a 1/72nd one with two cannon in the nose could look good.

I expect to have to change quite a few bits to try to make it look even more different....certainly thinking of having a fabric rear fuselage!

If I was TOTALLY BONKERS, how about this scenario......

engine at the front of the fuselage PLUS a pusher at the back....
no engines on the wings, clipped, but these carry the armament...
nose whell u/c plus X-tail with tiny runners on the lower tailplanes?

Sounds more of a "future" Mossie though.

[gooberliberation]

Here's an idea I thought up while strafing a lego space station with my 1/48 monogram mosquito. I half heartedly built it as a kid and although the airframe is in good shape, the cockpit is shot and so are the engines, landing gear, guns, radar... basically anything that'd break when used as a toy.

Scale-o-rama it into a 1/72 four engine bomber or PR plane using a couple smaller scale mosquito kits.



Here's a quick-and-dirty .gif mockup of what I had in mind. Wingtips of the smaller kit have been grafted on to add span. The biggest obstacles I see, aside from the canopy(MORE PUTTY!!) would be the outboard nacelles and their radiators. I figure that the inboard ones could use the ones already there, mabye reduced in area by blocking off the front a bit. Mating the existing nacelles to engines that are 1/3 smaller would also be an issue.

Aside from the rescaled parts, a fin fillet and tricycle landing gear would be on order. If I attempt this, I most likely wouldn't add gun turrets, not that I have any donors for such parts.

What would I call it anyway..

hornet... no
mosquito... no
gnat... nah
botfly... mabye
locust... mabye

Cockroach?

[wolfik]

I have build a master for a manufacturer some time ago.its in 1/72 scale.I planned to make one in 1/48 scale too.not sure for which kit....tamyia or airfix? the finnish one has another wheels and the props are like the late FW190 blades.
I will start with  my own label this year so I will make it too.I know you could make it too so i will aks this guy about the material I had to build the master.
best regards
Peter

[Mossie]

Joe, I take it this was a real project, not just a random idea?

[Daryl J.]

For the new Revell Germany chin-scooped Mossie:

Green 79/ Green 102/ Tan 219/ Flat Black.    SUU-11, nape tanks, or smaller daisy cutters.    Metal construction (since it is whiff-land after all... construction defugelties be despised)

Overall Hemp, lo-vis Canadian Air Force, Kuwait 1992.

Overall GSB, USMC.   Korea land based, 1952



Daryl J.

[Jeffry Fontaine]

For the new Revell Germany chin-scooped Mossie:
Green 79/ Green 102/ Tan 219/ Flat Black.    SUU-11, nape tanks, or smaller daisy cutters.    Metal construction (since it is whiff-land after all... construction defugelties be despised)
Overall Hemp, lo-vis Canadian Air Force, Kuwait 1992.
Overall GSB, USMC.   Korea land based, 1952

Since you brought it up, why not dispense with the wood construction altogether?  New build Mosquito using metal for everything.  No more worries about termites or the glue debonding issues associated with extreme tempratures and climates. 

Korean war, Malaysia, and early Vietnam and Laos era Mosquitos could be fitted to carry the wing and fuselage mounted package machine guns (twin or single) as seen on the SBC Helldiver, TBF/TBM Avenger, B-25 Mitchell, A-26 Invader, and B-26 Marauder.  Replace the 60 pound RP with 5.0" HVAR and 11.0" Tiny Tim for something intimidating.  Smaller fragmentation bombs in cluster adapters would probably be the preferred weapon with these being caried internally.  The fire bombs would be carried under the wings. 

Another possibility would be to replace the .303" and 20mm weapons with a battery of six .50" machine guns in the nose.  I don't believe eight weapons would fit but that is something that could be checked if anyone has the resources on hand to perform a "check-fit."

[kitnut617]

This is the 8 .50 gunpack on the F-82, it doesn't look much bigger than the Mossie nose.

[K5054NZ]

  Superb ideas gents! And here I was, about to start on a Mossie projects thread!

To make you aware, I'm doing a very small whif of a Mossie, a new-build one for my own personal use, essentially just a normal FB.VI with made up Kiwi serial. Keenly awaiting my Airfix kit to arrive (ordered last week but shop's gotta wait for the supplier to ship it to them!), and then look into a 1:48 one.

Regards that Finnish Daimler Mossie, over the past fortnight I've been suffering from Mosquito fever, reading every available review on the net, and found this one at http://hsfeatures.com/finnishmosquitodp_1.htm. Yes, Hyperscale! Which has become a great resource for me. The DB601s(?) look perfect on the DH.98!


One of many superb Mossie builds at HS by Mr Pennington.

[K5054NZ]

That it is! In the build report Derek comments on various aspects he incorporated to make it believable -ie substitution of the original undercarriage with that from Blenheims. He goes into some detail, it's very admirable and adds to the believability.

[gooberliberation]

Ey mang, you put the engines on upside down

Seriously, though, the DBs actually give it a touch of mean-ness.