Tamiya 1/72 De Haviland Mosquito - Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 158 · 2 weeks ago
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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 months ago:

    A couple of months ago I visited the memorial site of Guy Gibson and Jim Warwick in Steenbergen, the Netherlands. Guy Gibson was the CO of the famous Dambuster group of which I build his Lancaster aircraft recently. Unfortunately Guy and his navigator Jim did crash in Steenbergen with their Mosquito after being shot by friendly fire. The location of the crash site and surrounding streets are still marked to honer those men. While searching for a Mosquito kit which I wanted to build in the scheme of Gibson's aircraft, I was able to buy a 1/72 Tamiya kit from Harm @hptiggelaar, thanks for that.

    With the recent F86 Greek Sabre being finished, I will be able to focus on this great kit. One of my references will be the one presented by Scott van Aken on MM.

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    George R Blair Jr said 6 months ago:

    Another great kit and idea, John (@johnb). This should be a really pleasant kit to build. I will be following along for sure.

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    Steven Corvi said 6 months ago:

    Looking good Will watch this one...Love the wooden wonder!

    Steve,

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 6 months ago:

    Excellent entry, my friend @johnb! Really great to honor those men.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 months ago:

    @gblair, @sjcorvi, @fiveten, thank you all. Hope to be able to start this one soon.

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    Matt Dyer said 6 months ago:

    I have this kit in my stash, John (@johnb). I am really looking forward to seeing your build, which I know will be excellent and a challenge for me to get going on one myself. It really is one of Tamiya's better 1/72 scale kits.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 months ago:

    @matthewfdyer, I will do my best to get you motivated to build yours as well, Matt

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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 months ago:

    Work on the Mosquito has started. No issues regarding with fitting.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 6 months ago:

    Great start, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 6 months ago:

    @fiveten, thank you, Spiros

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    John vd Biggelaar said 5 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Nacelles attached to the wings.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 5 months, 3 weeks ago:

    And painted the interior parts this afternoon.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 5 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Excellent so far, my friend @johnb!

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    Matt Dyer said 5 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Nice, neat work, John (@johnb).

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    George R Blair Jr said 5 months, 3 weeks ago:

    Wings look great, John (@johnb). The nacelles have always been a weak point on the ones that I built, but yours have come out perfect.