Airfix 1/24 De Havilland Mosquito - Part 9 Paint + Decals 

The wiring inside the cockpit is exceptional!! The whole build actually ....

Love the mossie, my late uncle made parts for them during WWII

..мастерская работа!..

Looking amazing can't wait for the final reveal.

This episode was a treat to watch. Great idea on distressing the spinners.

Very nice. A prop paint stripping tip Dettol. Works a treat.

Really nice mate, look forward to seeing the weathering and the finished result! Just wondered why you chose to still use decals on this build, especially stuff like roundels and codes, as I see a lot of people spraying them these days in the bigger scales…

I Say Absolutely Spiffing Old Boy a magnificent build Rob Well Done.

The cockpit actually looks real. The belts are phenomenal.

Dear Rob, you promised & you delivered! Bloody Good! Well, worth the wait. Best Wishes Johnny

RU-vid “Airfix 1/24 De Havilland Mosquito-Part 1 Cockpit Scratch build” (Frontline Model Hobbies, Saturday, 23 September, 2023) . David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Thursday, 27 June, 2024). (Note: I am so sleepy that I cannot recall if I already had sent my following comment. If I have, mea culpa.) An ambitious build! Thanks also for the look at an actual Wooden Wonder in operation. I appreciate you for (round 8:17) giving us precise measurements of the scratch-built replacement (I am a word nerd; I am NOT a maths whiz!), so I require exact explanations. At round 18:30, you commence to rework the cockpit instrument panel. Rather than applying some clear liquid to each instrument bezel (if that is the correct term), I wonder if one could apply to a small piece of transparent polystyrene sheet a decal on backwards; that is, the face of the decal upon the clear plastic, that one would set behind the kit’s instrument panel? One might have to affix it with a decal adhesive (whatever that might be) so seal it into place. Behind all this might be a third layer, possibly a kit part with the instrument dials’ housings. (I saw much as this in the Airfix 1:24th-scale kit of the Supermarine Spitfire RAF Mk.IXc Fighter that another British chap had recently assembled here on RU-vid.) I would want to illuminate the dials, however, to highlight that cockpit. I therefore propose that one insert in between a small piece of electro-luminescent plastic (well, I infer it to be plastic) exactly matching in length and width the preceding kit part (the instrument panel); this electro-luminescent plastic piece upon receiving a low-wattage (usually 9 volts, from those I recall having seen) electrical current glows brightly (I do not think this is “incandescence”, “phosphorescence”, “fluorescence, or “luminescence”, as I understand them; much as I find science of keen fascination for me, I am no scientist!) in a modest assortment of hues; I would choose white, of course, though I understand that these can emit process blue, red, yellow, and possibly green. In your estimation, would this work? The next issue would be sorting all the electrical and electronic details. Here is where your vastly greater technical acumen, expertise, and experience in such technological signs and wonders come to the fore. Such enigmatic, esoteric sorcery is quite beyond my capacity! Watching in gobsmacked awe for all the myriad details (this continues through Parts one and two) about what I never had even the slightest conceptualisation-and you seem to be winging it on experience of longstanding. (Now beginning Part 5.) I must admit I simply stared in silent (well, mostly) amazement at all your many labours, physical and mental. Your two-stage explication of your detailing the huge Rolls Royce Merlin V-12, 27-litre (1,650 in³) capacity, 1,300 kW (1,800 hp) piston æro engine, the engine compartment itself, the landing gear bays, the cockpit interior, and all the rest must entail several hundred distinct corrections or accurisations, many of which directly or indirectly connect or interact with other modifications-and it would not surprise me one bit if the actual count would be well beyond that rough guess. I must admit to doubting my capacity to remember them all, let alone to implement them in my turn! Your skills make me wish that I had the means to hire you (if you felt so inclined) at £20 hourly to build, accurise, detail, etc., model kits, record them in these RU-vid videos; I would ask, however, for more explicitly delineated measurements, please; not only am I abysmal at maths, my vision is poor, and my capacity for visual assessment is compromised (one eye is higher than the other, and my face is visibly misshapen). I try to have a sense of humour about my circumstances, so if you are hanging a painting, do not as me if it is straight! Also, my shoulders and the upper half or so of my spine, including my neck, are noticeably mal-aligned, all as a consequence of complications during a breech birth, which in the aggregate have rendered me recognisably asymmetrical and very thin; I note all this because I wish to give you a sense of myself. I am the oldest yet the smallest by far in a family of veritable giants, an irony I long have found rather amusing. As a youth, if the boys sought to pick on me for being small and misshapen, they quickly realised that they had not anticipated my quick-witted rebuttals! At 13:40 of Part 5, you express concern that you might have “got carried away”. If it is on the actual aircraft, please put it onto the miniature! Years past, FineScale Modeler (magazine) featured a fellow who in building--super-detailing!--Tamiya’s 1:350th-scale model of a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer added an estimated TEN THOUSAND parts, much of them metal, e.g., fine wire for the railings! Watching you work in your videos, I realise that I would like to find an aftermarket resin detail set of this engine (or something similar) in this scale, to install it into the engine compartment of a Rolls Royce sedan or touring car. Of course, I would display it with the hood raised, a figurine of a mechanic looking after it, as a miniature of a chauffeur looked on whilst he/she awaits his/her employer (maybe me, though had I the means, I would have an extensively customised, lengthened, upgraded 1977 Lincoln Towncar four-door sedan, with a black exterior and an ultramarine velvet interior for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and another, white with a bright red velvet interior, for the rest of the week).

Truly Awe-inspiring as usual! Fantastic! 😃

fantastic rob, inspirational

Simply phenomenal, what a great attention to detail you have Rob, not to mention a sense of humour. Not modelled for years but now tempted. Cheers Nic

Wow, just treated myself to one of these, I will give it a couple of years before I tackle it as I'm a returning modeller (38 year break). This looks amazing. A real inspiration, Thanks

Despite some of its shortcomings and being the only 1/24 mosquito in existence I truly love this kit. I’ve built one and can hardly wait to build another. I really appreciate your dedication and hard work to make this kit come to life. Thank you!!!

Brilliant! Can't wait for the next one. Looks sensational.

Splendid . It's great you can see all the effort you put in , in the cockpit after the masks came off. I do 1/48 aircraft but want to do one large scale super detail project at some point . Better hurry up .. I'm 50 lol . Great build series . Ty . M

looking great, the cockpit is just incredible! cant wait for the next instalment!

Wow mate that’s stunning work learnt loads

I'm loving watching along to this build - it is really inspiring and I only wish I had the same level of skill to build such a wonderful model. Mine is sat in my stash patiently waiting. I've already built the display case for it 😄.

This is an amazing job , very skilful 👍🏼

Great job rob .who is this big bird dad

Low flying hazards - telegraph poles, cyclists, you cracked me up....!!! You can probably throw in the odd sow too ... hahahaha....!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Good work very nice model 😎.

Selling my stash binned everything else I'm done will just watch your videos from now on

Rob? I noticed some of the text on the canopy hatch was reversed. Is that so that it can be seen from the inside? Ah, I see comments about this... good luck with the fix!

Started mine back during lockdown and have never finished it 😢 due to other hobbies that restarted after lockdown

25:55...Cockpit decal backwards?....check it...I'm not sure 'BREAK WINDOW PULL YELLOW HANDLE' decal looks upside down or backwards...or is it me?...Loving the build

Another fantastically depressing, sorry, awe inspiring video. 😉The home stretch is nigh, lol! Regarding the roundels & large letters. Is there a reason you didn't use paint masks, or do you prefer to use decals? I have the Mossie to build myself & am thinking about painting the 'big stuff' on.

Awesome skills but one question, why weather the bombs, they are not handled much or moved, they make em, stack them, load them then they’re gone,

About time!! Geeze!!

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Will the edges of the cockpit frames be weathered/ chipped as I'd imagine they would lose some paint while in service

Surprised those decals are too big and there are a lot of stencils as well.

A stainless steel ruler not aluminium.

Tell me what the fuck is a dekkal it’s pronounced de caul