I finally got around to snapping a few pics of my finished Mosquito. I’m a little on the fence about my satisfaction with the results. It just looks plain to me.
However, I am very satisfied with the build itself. Hasegawa did a great job with this kit. Great fitting parts equals a happy modeler. The wings looked like they would cause a bit of trouble but ended up being minor. I did have a few bombs to stick in the belly but somehow I misplaced them. That was about the worst of the build. I’ll take that any day. The paint was super simple as well. I used Model Masters Sky for the bottom and Dark Sea Gray for the top. I wish I would have used a camouflage scheme, but too late. For the few decals needed, I used a set of Eagle strike decals. I’m not sure if I’ll ever be happy with this build. Overall it was smooth, I just think it is lacking somewhere. I guess it’s just motivation for the future.
amateur airplanes 
The only ones I ever saw like that had quite plain markings.. I think you did a wonderful job on it.
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Thank you! I’m used to putting as much detail in my builds as possible. This one just didn’t have much to work with.
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This was my favorite WWII aircraft…nicely completed.
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Thank you. I agree with you. I don’t think the Mosquito could ever be left out of a WWII aircraft debate.
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It was an awesome aircraft for sure!! Keep up the good work you do….
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We have some real ones near us being restored. They are amazing and were made out of wood and canvas of all things!
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To me, that is what makes them so amazing. Thanks for stopping by!
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My pleasure entirely. Best, Nicholas.
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Ahhh . . . one of my all-time favorite WWII aircraft. Right up there with the P-51, P-47, P-38, Spitfire, B-25, and B-17. An incredibly fast machine because of the combination of two Merlin engines with a lightweight airframe primarily made of cloth and plywood. An absolutely brilliant design.
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I totally agree. With all your airplane knowledge, you have to come back to the hobby!
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Yeah . . . growing up in an Air Force family and making a 35-year career out of air traffic control will sort of make an airplane geek out of you, I suppose. ;o)
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Thanks for your recent visit to my blog. Glad to see your latest work!
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Thank you!
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Top quality build. The weathering brings the subject to life. Excellent work.
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Thank you!
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Thanks for the like on my blog. I am certainly going to follow yours. I am an aircraft nut, lol. I have also been doing scale models since I was about 5 years old. In the last 15 years, I have done many cars. However, having a family now, I can’t take the hours out of the day to do it anymore. In the last 3 years, I have really gotten myself into photography. I still have a few cars to finish off and one kit I have not even touched. Maybe one day. Keep up the awesome work, I really like your site.
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You really have to pick your moments with model building! I too have the number one responsibility……a family. I usually build in the mornings while everyone is getting ready for school or at night when everyone is asleep. Thanks for visiting! Get those cars finished.
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you are right, I have to pick my time. Yes, I have a F1 car that is half finished and my daughter always reminds me that it is not done, lol. And then I have a few more cars that I need to put finishing touches on. Perhaps this fall or winter when the weather is not so nice.
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Kids have a great way of noticing our misgivings! In your defense, It is hard to keep up on multiple hobbies.
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Us model builders are never satisfied when we have finished a model.
There is always something that bothers us.
As I am writing this, there are about a dozen of broken airplanes just in front of me just begging me to stop writing my blogs about WWII and start repairing them: B-17, F-18, F-14, Me 262, C-47, B-25, F-111, Me 109…
The last model kit I did in 2010 was a Monogram Mosquito which I thought would resemble Eugene Gagnon’s Mosquito. I gave it as a gift to Marcel Bergeron in appreciation for telling me about Eugene Gagnon. I realized after I had the wrong camouflage paint when George Stewart another Mosquito pilot showed me pictures of the planes they flew late in 1944.
Thanks for stopping by my blogs.
I hope I have given you some inspiration for your next projects.
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You have, thank you! My number one pet peave in my builds is inaccuracy. I hate when I forget to add a crucial detail or get a paint scheme wrong.
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I knew I’d find you here, Pierre – if not – I was going to leave a link.
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I really learned a lot about this airplane from the comments. Thanks. Annie
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I’m glad you’re able to take something away from this blog.
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Cool planes man, look like a good hobby.
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Thank you! It’s a great hobby to have.
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Not sure how I missed this one. looks great! I love the simple scheme on the Mossie. I need to finish up mine one of these days.
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Thanks. Get yours finished and let’s see some pics!
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I met a moquito pilot back in 1990 while ridin on the train between Los Angeles and San Jose. He and his wife were retired and on holiday enjoying the train ride. He told me the Moquito was very manuverable and extremely fast. The only one i saw was a left over from the 622 squadron movie. It was being stored for rebuilt at the Garber instute in 195. I’ll post a picture of it if you would like on my web site. Overall very nice, you have much more patients in building models than i do.
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That would be great! Thank you.
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You’ve still made a fine job of the model though. Looks pretty good to me, but I’ve always liked the ‘Banff Strike Wing’ colour scheme.
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Thanks. I think next time I’ll go with the night fighter scheme.
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Very good the Mossie looks in black. Many, many years ago as a lad I built the Airfix series 3 Mosquito as the Night fighter version. I was very proud of that one. A PRU blue variant would also be nice.
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Great work! Congratulations. Thanks for visiting my blog “Exploring the world: Photography, travel, art”.
Kind greetings,
Marianne
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Thank you!
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I will have to fix the Mosquito I gave to Marcel.
The cleaning lady did not handle it properly.
Stay tuned for an upcoming post on My Forgotten Hobby.
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The dreaded cleaning!
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I do the cleaning…
This is do at least once a year.
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I am not a fan of it but I too do it myself. Very carefully!
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My favorite kind of mosquito–the ones that don’t bite! 😉
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You can say that again!
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