Recommendations for a 1:72 DH Mosquito kit
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Eric Mc said:
tangerine_sedge said:
The CURRENT Airfix kit. I'm hanging around rumourmonger on britmodeller hoping for some good news in January
P.s. I've got a soft spot for the current Airfix kit, lots of options, accurate and a very enjoyable build....
The CURRENT 1/72 Airfix kit IS ancient. It dates from 19721/73. So far Airfix has not issued a new tool 1/72 Mosquito - and at the moment there is no sign that they intend to. Having said all that, I actually like the Airfix 1/72 kit. I've made it a couple of times over the years and it is reasonably accurate in outline. The cockpit is spartan and the undercarriage is fiddly.P.s. I've got a soft spot for the current Airfix kit, lots of options, accurate and a very enjoyable build....
There was an even older Airfix 1/72 Mosquito which dated from the very early 1960s. This was the one that was superseded in 1972 by what was then a "New Tool".
Here's my Airfix one from a few years ago (actually, ten years ago when I see the date on the picture) -
Given the choice these days, I'd go with the Tamiya kit.
If you are feeling adventurous, Airfix do a new tool 1/24 Mosquito.
Eric Mc said:
The CURRENT 1/72 Airfix kit IS ancient. It dates from 19721/73.
I still think of that as 'the new one'. When I got mine (in 1974) it had a free tube of Airfix glue in the box, which I'd never seen before or since. The glue smelled strongly of tangerines. Ever since, whenever I smell tangerines, I think of that Airfix Mosquito. Funny how the brain works.
Yertis said:
Eric Mc said:
The CURRENT 1/72 Airfix kit IS ancient. It dates from 19721/73.
I still think of that as 'the new one'. When I got mine (in 1974) it had a free tube of Airfix glue in the box, which I'd never seen before or since. The glue smelled strongly of tangerines. Ever since, whenever I smell tangerines, I think of that Airfix Mosquito. Funny how the brain works.
No idea where it came from - the Matchbox Mosquito was one of the best aircraft models I built for a long time - nice plastic to work with and no Titanic sized rivets moulded on. Of course it's quite an unusual aircraft for its time, being smooth-skinned with few panel lines.
dr_gn said:
I've still go a Matchbox Mosquito nacelle half in the spares box. I used it only a couple of weeks ago as a test for silver finishes:
No idea where it came from - the Matchbox Mosquito was one of the best aircraft models I built for a long time - nice plastic to work with and no Titanic sized rivets moulded on. Of course it's quite an unusual aircraft for its time, being smooth-skinned with few panel lines.
Keep that nacelle - you never know when you might need it.No idea where it came from - the Matchbox Mosquito was one of the best aircraft models I built for a long time - nice plastic to work with and no Titanic sized rivets moulded on. Of course it's quite an unusual aircraft for its time, being smooth-skinned with few panel lines.
Yertis said:
The Frog and Matchbox kits don't look so hot either.
The Matchbox one goes together nicely, and if it's painted well, could look really good. As with many Matchbox kits, I think they are still great kits for beginners. I picked these two classics up from Telford this year for peanuts:Im particularly looking forward to the Heyford - never built one before.
Yertis said:
As an aside I fairly recently spoke to the chap who did the Matchbox box art. He was still active, but unfortunately not doing commissions. However you could at that time still buy his original Matchbox box art (or derivatives thereof) for quite reasonable prices.
I think there were at least two artists - one did the early stuff, the other the much later kits. Some of the artwork on the later kits was a bit dodgy...Gassing Station | Scale Models | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff