I acquired the Tamiya 48 scale B IV/PR IV Mosquito a few years ago with the intention of doing it shortly thereafter, BUT armour came a calling when Chris Jerrett was putting out some find tank models. Leveraging his tips and knowledge in person on a monthly basis, I wanted to take my Armor skills up a notch. And I think I have, relative to my capabilities and earlier work. You can judge for yourself on this blog over the past few years.
I worked on two models this year, only two.
I have a stash that is not getting any smaller, and a best before date on me that is not moving.
So I want to do more, quicker. Like after the last show, I went back to planes hoping to do quicker builds, and I went after the Mosquito, but not the Tamiya one. I bought the Revell 48 scale RCAF Mosquito a couple of moths ago so that I would be more familiar with the shapes and parts, so a practice run before I went to the Tamiya kit.
I am a ways down the road on this one. It is primed and preshaded, just waiting to do the camo pattern and decals. The kit is not Tamiya, I will just put it at that. There are obviously a lot of short cuts, lack of detail, and the quality is not as good as Tamiya, but it gave me a chance to assemble and for me the hardest part, practice the finish on the seam lines.
I am trying something new here as well. Fellow club member John showed me how he uses Bare Metal Foil to mask the panel lines, so with a quick trip to eBay, I had some. You can see the canopy is covered with it. When the painting is done, I just jab a corner with a tooth pick and get the tweezers to lift it off. I am expecting just a small bit of adhesive residue, but if I leave the paint a few days, I should be able to rub it off all right.
We will see.
What I have so far.
