Airfix 1/72 De Havilland Mosquito masquerading as a TT.35
An exquisitely engineered little kit which went together without any fit issues.
Primed with Tamiya Flat White,
Painted with ColourCoats Interior Green, RAF/FAA Yellow, RAF Roundel Red, Tamiya Flat Aluminium, Nato Black and Rubber Black.
Weathered with Lifecolor Liquid Pigments Light Dust, Road Dust and Citadel Nuln Oil.
Finished with Windsor & Newton Galeria Satin and Matt Varnishes.
Excuse the last photo as the wheels aren't glued on yet and this one shifted whilst taking the photos.
Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Alistair
What a fantastic build! Impeccable metal finish! May i ask what a TT.35 was?
Thanks very much.
The TT.35 variant was a post war target tug.
This was the variant actually scanned by Airfix so I thought why not go for it.
The one it is supposed to look like is here.
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/70000101
Hope that helps,
Cheers,
Alistair
Funnily enough there were quite a few TTs of various types. As a kid I was brought up near a Royal Naval gunnery school in Devon where they did a certain amount of AA gunnery with 4.5”, 40mm and 20mm. My much older neighbour who had lived there for decades remembered Mossie TTs towing for the guns in the 50s. Later in my memory they used Meteors and latterly the Canberra out of FRADU at Yeovilton with sleeve and rushton targets. That’s a great and interesting build chap but it is a Mossie so that’s kind of cheating...they are all wooden wonders😆❤️
Nice work, Alistair. Looks good in the trainer colors. I’m surprised we haven’t seen more of these built so far. I have one to do in the near future.
Thanks so much.
I will look forward to your build.
Cheers,
Alistair
A wonderful build, Alistair!
Really striking!
Thanks Spiros
Beautifully done!
Many thanks.
Nice job, you made a great looking Mossie! I really like the details displayed in the wheel wells.
Thank you so much.
It's a lovely kit.
Hah! I'll bet the fact they scanned a TT35 is why they got the rear of the bulged bomb bay all the "hex-spurtz" at That Other Place were moaning about how the kit was "unbuildably wrong."
Nice work - now I may pull out mine.
Thanks Tom,
I believe there were one or two comments of that general view.
Or six or seven. 🙂
Well the photos could be summed up as the wheels of fortune. I really like the new Airfix Mossie. Few manufactures have done the later Mk Mosquito's with the chin mounted scoop underneath the prop.
Alistair,
Your build does the Airfix Mossie proud and looks sharp in silver and yellow. I picked up a boxing as soon as possible and have no regrets and your build is a affirmation.
Two thumbs up.
Thanks very much.
The kit goes together really well.
There aren't many kits with the 2 stage Merlins and it gave me the opportunity to try this one.
Very nice result, Alistair @alistairfgauld
Beautiful work on the applied scheme, not so often seen.
Thanks so much.
Very kind.
I love this paint scheme, Alistair (@alistairfgauld). The Airfix Mosquito is hard to beat, and you have done a great job with it. I have never had much luck trying to spray Tamiya Aluminum, but you have apparently figured it out. Did you use the kit decals or aftermarket?
Thank you so much.
I was having issues with the Tamiya Flat Aluminium but since thinning with Mr. Color Rapid Thinners it goes down beautifully.
Sorry meant to sat I used aftermarket decals.
Post War RAF Numerals and Post War RAF Roundels from Xtradecals
Looks much better than the original Airfix Mosquito I did so many years ago I’ve forgotten. This colour scheme looks great as well.
Thank You very much.
The last Airfix Mossie I tackled was the old 1957 tooling in about 1967 and this is a huge improvement over that.
Looks great!
Thanks very much.
Mosquito’s in any form or shape in 1/72 scale always catch my interest Alistair.
I did not know this version but your build looks good. Silver paint fools one not knowing it’s doped wood !
Nicely done Alistair, with a different look.