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The de Havilland

MosquitoPart 1: Bomber & Photo-Reconnaissance

AIRFRAME &MINIATURE

No.8

Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Kit Extra iiiii Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Kit Extra

Overall the kit has issues, the fuselage is over 4–5mm too narrow and this of course affects both the canopy and the nose glazing. The sides are basically too flat and would have to be built up, but the work involved would be just for the very skilled, and then why bother, as the Tamiya example is much better anyway. If you were to correct the fuselage cross-section error, it would push the wings too far out and as they were the correct span to start with, you would now have to chop them down and reprofile the tips. The vertical fin is also woefully inaccurate, being a scale foot too tall, so cut it off, chop 5mm off the base and glue it back on. It is not as simple as that, though, because the correc-tion has removed the lower hinge line, which you have to scribe back in, plus the rudder actuator and fairing are now too low and will have to be removed and replaced from scratch. The bomber canopy is moulded split in two, again due to mould limitations of the era and the need to have side blisters, plus the overall profile of it when installed is too flat (it does not fit well either). The tailplanes and elevators are too narrow by about 3mm each. As if that was not enough, the engine nacelles forward of the front of the undercarriage bays are too tapered, plus the propeller blades are too short (caused by their proximity to the incorrect fuselage in the first place). Detail-wise inside the cockpit the crew seats supplied are identical, which is incorrect for a Mosquito, and the radio equipment (1154/1155) behind the crew is missing (there is no radio frequency selector box below the throttle either). Pretty much all of the other small details in the cockpit, including the throttle, emergency axe, oxygen economis-ers, extinguishers etc. are missing, as are all the various cables and rods you can see inside the cockpit. Up in the nose this area lacks any detail and the floor is positioned wrong, as it should just meet the lower edge of the nose glazing. Talking floors, the main cockpit floor level is too high, whilst the step at the edge of the bomb bay is too shallow! The crew access door is moulded in the wrong position, it is too big and it lacks the glazed panel for the drift sight in the middle. The tube for the trailing aerial lead is moulded centrally, whereas it should be offset to starboard. Externally the undercarriage is basic with the main legs truncated at the edge of the nacelle, when they should go all the way up inside. The rear retraction linkage is also trun-cated. The undercarriage bays themselves are just open into the engine nacelle and the bay for the tailwheel is also a void in the rear fuselage (no internal mudguard as on the real thing). The main undercarriage legs look decidedly skinny, the rubber in-compression block unit is just too

thin and looking more like standard oleo-pneu-matic legs? The mudguards lack their supporting brackets, although Monogram did include the wire guards on the front of the (incorrect) under-carriage legs! The propeller blade profile is a bit odd, as is the twist within each blade at the root. Drop tanks are included, but even these look undersize even for 50 Imp. Gal. ones.

VerdictThis kit has had its day, OK it will build quite well and some will probably enjoy making it, but it cannot be the basis of an accurate Mosquito in this scale without a massive amount of work, work which is completely pointless with the newer and better Tamiya example available now.

1/32nd Scale

Revell

Mosquito Mk IV (#H-180)First released in 1972 this is a kit that has been round the houses. It was reissued by Revell in 1986, again in 1991 (#4758) and most recently in 2014 (#04758). The kit came out in the American packaging of the Revell brand (#85-4756) in 1993 and was issued here in the UK under the Revell/Ripmax label in the 1980s. Finally, a special edition to mark the 50th an-niversary of the type’s first flight in 1990 was released by Lodela (#RH-0180).

The fuselage is slightly off in cross-section, while the cockpit floor should have the section above the access hatch removed, otherwise the crew could not get inside. The big problem with the kit is the contours of the rear of the engine nacelles. They are depicted as having the sides parallel, where a complex bi-concave profile is required. The only option is to pad the areas with filler and then gradually sand them back to shape. The undercarriage legs, whilst OK for detail, are 3mm too long, so trim the tops off by this amount otherwise the model will sit too tall. The canopy is split in two, due to the need for the side blisters, so getting these joined and then dealing with the resulting joint is a problem; then you will see that the canopy also sits too high once on the model, so is best replaced from the outset. The F-8 version in one of the releases needs a camera in the nose, plus others in the bomb bay, but none of these parts come in the kit, nor do Revell make any mention of them in the instructions (tut, tut Revell). The interior is basic, although you get crew and seats, but there is precious little else. If you are lucky enough to still have the Paragon updates for this area of the kit, then it will not be a problem, if not a lot of scratchbuilding will be needed. Two complete Merlin engines are included, although due to the plastic thickness of the nacelles, these are slightly undersize, plus they really need a lot more in the way of pipework etc. Only shrouded exhausts are included, although the F-8s would have had exposed exhausts. The propellers are of the nar-row style, although they look a little too pointed to me. All the exterior detail, including the spar caps on the wings, are via raised lines, so many will want to sand these down and rescribe them (not onerous with the Mosquito, as it had few panel lines). The spar caps, even in this scale, are probably best done with strips of decal film or self-adhesive foil because they would appear to

be only ever so slightly raised.

VerdictWhen I did my first book back in 1998 this was the only game in town and Paragon Designs did a stack of conversions to make just about every version from it. Today, though, it has competition and about the only way it wins is in price, because when released in 2014 it was only £29.99, whilst the HK and Tamiya kits came in at £149.99 each. OK, they are a quantum leap over this old kit, but if you want to make a load of versions and are not put off by some work that includes rescribing, then these still represent a good basic start-ing point for the Mosquito in 1/32nd.

Kit Extra: Mosquito Kit Review

Our assessment of older Mosquito Bomber, PR and Target-Tug kits.

1/72nd Scale

Frog

D.H. Mosquito Mk 4 or Mk 6 (#F187)This kit was produced from 1968 through to 1977 and you will thus find it in a number of box styles. The kit was also reissued many times, with AMT (#A-631-100) from 1967 through the early 1970s, Hasegawa (#JS-045) in 1967 through to 1973/4, Igrushka in the 1980s, InTech (#T22) in the 1990s, Novo (#78072) from 1979 to 1980, by Obit in 1993 and by Tashigrushka. This last option is only a possible, though, as its actual reissue by this Russian firm is as yet unconfirmed.

The kit itself is very much of the era, it is basic in detail. Inside the cockpit there is nothing, so that would all have to be built from scratch. Because Frog offered both bomber B Mk IV and fighter-bomber FB Mk VI the nose section is a separate sub-assembly for each. The resulting joint for the separate nose needs to be completely hidden, as there is no such joint or panel line in that region. The fuselage strength-ening piece on the starboard side needs to be removed, as is it too long and positioned too far up the fuselage side. Cut a new piece from plastic rod 35mm long and position it 1.5mm below the wing trailing edge and with 8mm of it actually under the wing. There is no round glazed panel (for the drift sight) in the crew access door on the bomber version, so drill this and glaze with clear stock or Kristal Klear. The big problems with the kit, though, is the vertical fin and the position of the wing in relation to the fuselage. The vertical tail is completely the wrong shape, being too pointed because it is ac-tually too narrow, so to get over this use the tail of the Airfix Mk II/VI/XVIII kit (the newer Se-ries 4 kit) as a template to make a new one from plasticard or to revise and extend the existing kit part. The wings are a far greater problem because they are positioned too far up on the fuselage. Sadly, due to mould limitations in 1968, the bomber canopy has been moulded in two parts, so you have both joining these and the resulting seam to deal with; nothing unusual as the much newer Hasegawa kit has the same problem. Buy-ing a replacement vac-formed canopy may help,

but most are designed for the newer Hasegawa example. The trailing aerial tube under the nose is shaped like an aerial mast, being tapered to the tip, instead of a parallel ‘tube’. No drop tanks are included, the bomber option does not come with alternative bulged bomb bays, which were common even on the B Mk IV, and the tailwheel has a ridge around its centre, instead of the groove for the TC (twin-contact) unit used. The propellers and spinner are moulded as one and the blade profile is neither narrow nor broad, plus the undercarriage parts are all very crude and heavily moulded. The old Aeroclub sets would have corrected most of these details, but even they are hard to obtain nowadays.

VerdictProbably back in 1968 with very little else out there in the way of a bomber version in 1/72nd this seemed an excellent kit, but by today’s standards it is very basic. The lack of detail combined with the various, and dif-ficult to correct, errors make this one for the collector.

Matchbox

De Havilland Mosquito (#PK-116)Produced in 1976 this kit offered the option of a B Mk IX or an NF Mk 30. It was reissued (#40116) in 1989 when the Matchbox brand was being used under licence by Revell and then again (same kit number) in 1992.

Originally moulded in their usual multi-coloured plastic style, when reissued by Revell it came in just one colour. Overall the kit is not bad, it does have two-stage engines, which even today is still unique (Hasegawa and Tamiya have thus far only done single-stage versions) and it was tooled with the nose section as a separate sub-assembly so the B Mk IX or NF Mk 30 could be built. The kit is just 0.75mm short in the fuselage, so nothing to worry about in the scale. Panel lines are included for things like the radio access hatch in the lower starboard side, but the crew access door in the nose and the dinghy pack on the dorsal spine are both omitted. The reinforcing strake on the starboard side is 4mm too long at the front and much too pronounced for the scale. The fairing over the elevator actuator on the port side of the fin/rudder is just like that on the starboard side, which is incorrect, so you will need to build it up to get the profile correct. Both radiator intakes are devoid of any form of matrix inside and while the propellers and spinners are separate, the profile of the blades on the former is such that they are neither narrow nor wide (being ‘blunt narrow-ish’) and are thus best replaced. The undercarriage units are basic with the wire guards at the front missing from the main legs and the mudguards have heavy supports, which lack the customary holes in them. Inside the cockpit lacks any detail and the floor is posi-tioned too high, so it needs to be replaced and lowered by 2mm. Only the bomber style control yoke is included, which is of course incorrect for the night-fighter NF Mk 30. The two canopies offer the fighter and bomber styles and are one-

piece, but they are too low and too flat so would have to be replaced. Under the wings, at mid-chord adjacent to the fuselage there should be a bulge on each side, but this is completely omit-ted. The tip lights are only denoted by panel lines, and the kit shows these as the twin units, so the rearmost one needs to be filled, while the landing lights under each outer wing panel are also not there, so would have to be drilled and represented with Kristal Klear. Drop tanks are included and these are probably meant to be 50 Imp. Gal., but look a bit too skinny really.

VerdictOverall this is still your only real option for the two-stage version unless you get resin upgrades, but the quality and detail is such that this one has not got much to offer today’s modeller and I thus suspect the original Matchbox releases will remain collectors’ pieces.

1/48th Scale

Monogram

Mosquito Mk II/IV/VIThe Monogram kit has had a long and varied career, first appearing in 1965 (#PA129-200) it was reissued with a revised box style in 1968 and again in 1970 with the Mattel brand name added (#6849). In 1973 it was reissued once again (#6849), followed by yet another reissue in 1978 (#5408). It was added to the ‘Heritage Edition’ range in 1984 (#6064) and then reis-sued in the standard range as #5478 in 1992. It came out again in 1996 and 1997 once again as #5478 and in 1999 it was released as a limited edition with the original box art etc. in the ‘Monogram Classics’ series (#85-0129). The kit has also been reissued by numerous other firms, Bandai (#8943) produced it in the 1970s, Hase-gawa (#HM09) from 1990 through to 1999, Necomisa (#5804) in the mid-1970s and most recently in 2012 in the American packaging of the Revell brand marked as Mosquito Mk IV ‘Royal Canadian Air Force’ (#85-5320), al-though the box-art actually shows an FB Mk VI to confuse things.

Frog F187

Matchbox PK116

Revell 0180

Revell 04758 (2014)

Revell 04758

Revell H180Revell USA - Monogram 85-5320

iv Airframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Accessory List vAirframe & Miniature No.8 Mosquito – Accessory List

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bomber Nose Conversion #4870 {Airfix}

• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #4873 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #4874

{Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #4875

{Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Twin ‘Highball’ Conversion

#4876 {Airfix} Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 50 Gal Drop Tanks #4877 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gallon Tanks #4878 {Airfix}

• Paragon Designs [res/vac] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39 Conversion #48117 {Airfix} - Announced in 1998 but never released Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #48040 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Two-stage Merlin Nacelles #48042 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Prototype Conversion #48068 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #48073 {Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #48074

{Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #48075

{Tamiya} Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Twin Highball Conversion #48076 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks #48078 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Early Style Bulged Wheels (5-spoke hub, treaded) #48112

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels, Square Tread, Plain Hubs #48113

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Gal Drop Tanks #48153 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Tropical Intakes #48151 {Tamiya}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Imp Gal Grop Tanks #48153 {Tamiya}

• True Details [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV Detail Set #26023 {Monogram} - Also released as #48811

1/32nd

• Accurate Aircraft [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles x2 #None {Revell}

• Accurate Aircraft [res/vac] Mosquito 2-Stage PR/Bomber Variants Conversion #None {Revell}

• Horizon [inj] 50 Gal Drop Tanks #None• Marine Air Products [res/pe] Mosquito Cockpit Detail Set

#None {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #3211

{Revell}• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito Bomber Canopy, Teardrop

Sides #3214 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito Bomber Canopy, Bulged Sides

#3215 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #3216 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #3217

{Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay #3218

{Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #3219 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Paddle Blade Propellers x2

#3220 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 50 Imp Gal Drop Tanks x2

#3221 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Imp Gallon Drop Tanks x2

#3222 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 3in. 60lb Rockets and Rails x8

#3223 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 5-Spoke Bulged Wheels #3234

{Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Wheels, Plain Hubs,

Treaded Tyres #3235 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #3219 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Paddle-Blade Propellers x2

#3220 {Revell}• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR Canopy #3216 {Revell}

1/24th

Although the Airfix kit is an NF Mk II/FB Mk VI, many of the sets for it are generic and thus apply to the Bomber and PR versions, so they are included below:• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Early Wheels, Spoked Hubs

#24001 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Fuselage I.D. Lights x3

#24005 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Undercarriage Doors & Hinges

with cable-rollers for u/c legs and upper u/c leg recesses #24006 {Airfix}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Exhaust Stacks with inner shrouds & spark plug/fuel pump cooling intakes #24007 {Airfix}

Accessory List Mosquito Accessories

Below is a list of all accessories for static scale construction kits which at the time of writing are out of production. If there are any amendments or additions, please contact the author via the Valiant Wings Publishing address shown on the last page.

1/72nd

• Aeroclub [vac] Mosquito Canopy & Nose Blister x2 #C004 {Matchbox}

• Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito Undercarriage #V074• Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito Tailwheel #V097• Aeroclub [mtl] Mosquito 3-Blade Propeller and Spinner #V116• Aeroclub [vac] Mosquito PR Mk 34/B Mk 35 Deep Belly

#VA60• Aeroclub [vac/ltd inj] Mosquito B.35/PR.34/PR.XVI/B.XVI/

PR.IX/B.VI Conversion #N/K• Aires [pe/ma] Mosquito Wheels, 5-Spoke with masks #7154• Airkit Enterprise [flm] Mosquito B Mk VI Instrument Panel

#C.59• Airkit Enterprise [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks x2 #050 -

In their ‘Airparts’ range• Airwaves [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #AES72056• Airwaves [res] Mosquito Wheels, Plain Hub #AES72057• Airwaves [res] Mosquito Wheels, Spoked Hub #AES72058• Armory [res] Mosquito Weighted Wheels #AW72406• DB Products [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #None• DB Productions [vac] Mosquito B Mk XVI/B Mk 35 Canopy

Set #DB2011• DB Productions [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles

#DB67• DB Productions [res] Mosquito Wheels, Plain Hubs #DB68• DB Productions [res] Mosquito Wheels, Spoke Hubs #DB69• Eduard [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV Detail Set ‘Zoom’

#SS212 {Tamiya}• Eduard [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV Detail Set #73-212

{Tamiya}• Equipage [res/rb] Mosquito I-IV Wheel Set #B705 - Also listed

as #72083• Equipage [res/rb] Mosquito Wheel Set #72084 - No details of

variants• ExtraTech [pe] Mosquito B Mk IV Detail Set #EX72107

{Hasegawa}• Fiber Model [res/pe] Mosquito Detail Set, Flaps, Access Door

etc. #C72006• Hi-Tech [res/mtl/vac] Mosquito Bomber Update Set #72019

{Airfix/Matchbox}• Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Flaps & Rudder #72513• Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Merlin 72/73 Nacelles #72514 {Airfix/

Matchbox}• Magna Models [res/mtl/vac] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39

Conversion #N/K• Paragon Designs [res] Sea Mosquito TT Mk 39 Conversion

#7224 {Airfix} - Announced in 1998, never released• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels - Spoked Hubs #7225• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bomber Nose Conversion

#7226 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 100 Gal Drop Tanks #7227• Paragon Designs [res/vac] Mosquito Prototype Conversion

#7228 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [vac] Mosquito PR/Bomber Canopies #7229

{Matchbox}

• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #7231• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Wheels - Plain Hubs #7232• Paragon Designs [res] Sea Mosquito TR Mk 33 Conversion

#7234 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Bomb Bay #7235• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay and Six

Camera Ports #7236• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito ‘Highball’ Conversion #7237

{Matchbox}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #7245• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Bulged Camera Bay and Six

Camera Ports #72036 {Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito B Mk IV ‘Twin Highball’

Conversion #72037 {Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles

#72045 {Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 200 Gal Drop Tanks #7075• SAM Pubs [res] Mosquito PR Mk I/B Mk IV Series I Merlin

Engines with Short Nacelles and Short-span Tailplanes #M720404001 {Tamiya}

1/48th

• Aires [res] Mosquito Wheels (five-spoke hubs, square tread pattern) & Paint Masks #4294 {Tamiya}

• Aires [res] Mosquito Wheels (plain hubs, square tread pattern) & Paint Masks #4296 {Tamiya}

• Cutting Edge [res/pe] Mosquito Superdetailed Cockpit Set #CEC48139 {Tamiya}

• Cutting Edge [res] Mosquito Crew Seats #CEC48153• Cutting Edge [res/pe/flm] Mosquito B Mk IV/PR Mk IV

Superdetailed Instrument Panel #CEC48180• Cutting Edge [res] Mosquito Control Surfaces #CEC48274

{Tamiya}• Hi-Tech [res/mtl/vac] Mosquito Update Set #48032• Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Flaps, Wheels & Rudder #48014

{Airfix}• Hi-Tech [res] Mosquito Merlin 72/73 Nacelles #48015• Model Design Construction [res] Mosquito Control Surfaces

#CV022 {Tamiya}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Flaps #4840 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito 2-Stage Merlin Nacelles #4842

{Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res/vac] Mosquito Prototype Conversion

#4868 {Airfix}• Paragon Designs [res] Mosquito Narrow Blade Propellers with

Spinners (x2) #4869

MDC CV022

Marine Air Products B Mk IV interior

Paragon Designs #48042

Koster Aeronautical vac-formed set

Paragon Designs #24005

True Details 26023

Warhawk V72013

Aeroclub ABC004

Freightdog Models FDR48M01

Paragon Designs #24001Paragon Designs #48076

Warhawk V72012

Paragon Designs #48069

Notesdec – Decalflm – AcetateFilmInj – Injection-moulded Plastic (limited-run)mtl – White-metal (including Pewter)pa – Paperpe – Photo-etched Brassrb – Rubberres – Resinvac – Vacuum-formed Plasticvma – Vinyl Self-adhesive Paint Masks{Academy} – Denotes the kit for which the set is intended

PR Mk 34 RG314 undertook the last RAF Mosquito sortie and it is seen here with (left to right) F/O J. Thompson (navigator), Sqn Ldr S. McCreith and F/O A. Knox (pilot) (©T Wilkins)

PRMkXVIRG116inflight,notethephoto-electriccellsundertherearfuselage(©JM Bruce-S Leslie Collection via S.Howe)

PRMkXVIofNo.618Squadron(eitherNS729orNS732)with4-bladepropellersfittedduring service in Australia in late 1945/early 1946 (©R. Manning via T. McCarthy/S.Howe)

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Thunderbird Models#72-003 World Wide Airways Mosquito Racer• B Mk 25, (ex-KB377) as CF-FZG, race number 41, flown by

Don McVicar in the Bendix Air Race in 1948, although it never completed the race

Ventura Decals#7256 USAAF 8th Air Force PR Mk XVI Mosquitoes• NS594/U, 653rd BS, USAAF• NS569/P, 653rd BS, USAAF• NS753/Y, 653rd BS, USAAF• NS519/P, 653rd BS, USAAF

1/48th

ADS Decals#ADS 012-48 Mosquito Part 1Same options as #ADS 012-72.

AeroMaster#48-082 Recon BirdsSame options as #72-032

AeroMaster#48-298 International Mosquito CollectionInc.• PR Mk XVI, NS517, •R, ER 1/31 ‘Lorraine’, Armée de l’Air,

North Africa• PR Mk VI, of No.1 Squadron after internment in Switzerland

post-1942

AeroMaster#48-299 Mossey Collection Part 2Inc.• B Mk IV, DK338, GB•P, No.105 Sqn, RAF Marham, 1942• B Mk IV, DZ837, P3•C, No.692 Sqn, 1944• B Mk XX, KB288, Vi•46, No.7 OTU, Canada, 1944

AeroMaster#48-303 Post War Mosquitos• B Mk 35, VP181, No.98 Sqn, Germany, 1949• B Mk 35, TA569, CX•W, No.14 Sqn, RAF Celle, Germany,

1949• B Mk 35, 640•TA, No.139 (Jamaica) Sqn, RAF Hemswell, June

1950

AeroMaster#48-552 Mosquito Raiders Pt.VInc.• B Mk IX, LR503, GB•F, No.105 Sqn, RAF Bourn• B Mk XX, KB267, AZ•E, NO.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa,

September 1944• B Mk IX, ML907, GB•B, No.109 Sqn, RAF Little Staughton,

late 1944• B Mk IV, DZ383, •?, Film Production Unit, 138 Wing, 2nd

TAF, RAF Benson, September 1944

AeroMaster#48-553 Mosquito Raiders Pt.VIInc.• B Mk IV, DZ415, AZ•Q. No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa• B Mk IV, DK337, GB•H, ‘Uncle Sam’, No.105 Sqn, May 1943• PR Mk 34, RG203, •E, No.684 Sqn, Cocos Island Detachment,

Indian Ocean, July 1944

Almark#4826 RAF PRU AircraftInc. PR Mk XVI

Carpena Decals#48.96 Mosquito Part 2Same option as #72.30

Cutting Edge Modelworks#CED48256Same option as #CED72114

Freightdog Models #FSD48-005 Post-war Mosquitos in RAF ServiceSame options as #FSD72-007

Kits at War#DDK48022 ‘The Plastic Wonder’Inc.• B Mk IV. DZ534, AZ•H, No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa,

1944• B Mk IV, DZ637, P3•C, No.692 Sqn, RAF Graveley, 1944• B Mk IX, ML922, GB•Y, No.105 Sqn, RAF Bourne, 1944• B Mk XVI, ML966, P3•P, No.692 Sqn, RAF Graveley, 1944• B MK XXV, KB462, CR•B, No.162 Sqn, RAF Bourne, 1944• B Mk IV (Special) ‘Highball’, DZ545, No.618 Sqn, Australia,

summer 1945

PD Decals#48-001 Mosquito BombersSame options as #72-001

PD Decals#48-004 Mosquito BombersSame options as #72-004

Tally Ho!#48 020 Mosquito Part 1Same option as #72 020

Tally Ho!#48 021 Mosquito Part 2Same options as #72 021

Tally Ho!#S48 005 Mosquito Stencils (all versions)

Below is a list of all the decal sheets which at the time of writing are out of production. If there are any amendments or additions, please contact the author via the Valiant Wings Publishing address shown on the last page.

1/72nd

ADS DecalsADS 012-72 Mosquito Pt.1• B Mk XX, KB267, AZ•E, No.627 Sqn, Guy Gibson`s last flight • B Mk XXV, KB416, AZ•P, ‘Pat/Pearl’ No.627 Sqn • B Mk XVI, MM199, M5•Q, No.128 Sqn • B Mk XVI, MM200, •X, No.128 Sqn • B Mk XVI, RV297, M5•F, No.128 Sqn • PR Mk IX, ML897, ‘D’ ‘Dorothy’, No.1409 Met. Flight• PR Mk XVI, NS777, No.140 Sqn • PR Mk 32, NS589• F-8, S/No.43-34926, ‘The Spook’, 3rd. Photo Group, USAAF

APC Decals#72501 Mosquito Mk IV• B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/

Neumark airfield, July 1944

AeroMaster#72-032 Recon BirdsInc.• PR Mk XVI, NS644, No.680 Sqn, Foggia, Italy, 1944

Carpena Decals#72.30 De Havilland Mosquito Part 1Inc.• PR Mk XVI, NS517 •R, Escadron de Reconnaissance 1/31

‘Lorraine’, 6º Escadre de Chasse, B.A.151 Rabat-Salé, Morocco, 1947/48

Carpena Decals#72.31 De Havilland Mosquito Part 2Inc.• PR Mk XVI, NS502/M, No.544 Sqn, RAF Benson, December

1944• PR Mk XVI, NS594/U, 8th WR Sqn, 802nd BG, USAAF, RAF

Watton

Cutting Edge Modelworks#CED72114 Zircus Rosarius: Special MissionsInc.• B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/

Neumark airfield, July 1944

Eagle Strike#72076 Mosquito Wooden Wonder Part IIIInc.• B Mk IV, DZ415, AZ•Q, No.627 Sqn, RAF Woodhall Spa• B Mk IV, DK337, GB•H, ‘Uncle Sam’ No.105 Sqn, May 1943• B Mk IX, ML907, GB•B, No.109 Sqn, RAF Little Staughton,

late 1944• B Mk IV, DZ383 •?, Film Production Unit, 138 Wing, 2nd

TAF, RAF Benson, September 1944

Esci#37Inc.• PR MK XVI, No.680 Sqn

Freightdog Models #FSD72-007 Post-war Mosquitos in RAF ServiceInc. • PR Mk 34, RG245, DH•S, No.540 Squadron, RAF Benson,

1948• B Mk 35, VP202, CX•B, No.14 Squadron, RAF Wahn,

Germany, 1949

IsraDecal#IAF-8 Israeli Air Force’s Mosquitoes (1/72nd & 1/48th)Inc. • PR Mk XVI, ‘2150, ‘Valley’ Squadron, 1952• PR Mk XVI, ‘39’, Photography Unit, 1954• PR Mk XVI, ‘90’, Photography Unit, 1956

LF Models#C72117 Mosquito over Rechlin• B Mk IV, T9+XB, 2./Versuchsverband OKL, Königsberg/

Neumark airfield, July 1944

PD Decals#72-001 Mosquito BombersInc.• B Mk IV, MM403, SB•U, No.464 Sqn, 1945• B Mk IV, HR715, SB•4, No.464 Sqn, 1944• B Mk IV, NS994, SB•F, NO.464 Sqn, 1944

PD Decals#72-004 Mosquito BombersInc.• B Mk IV Series I, W4072, GD•D, No.105 Sqn, 1942• B Mk IV, DZ464, XD•C, No.139 Sqn, 1942• B Mk IV, DZ548, GB•D, No.105 Sqn, 1943• B Mk IV, DZ319, HS•S, No.109 Sqn, 1944• B Mk IV, DK333, HS•F, No.109 Sqn, 1944• B Mk IX, LR503, GB•F, No.105 Sqn, 1945

Tally Ho!#72 020 Mosquito Part 1Inc.• F-8, S/No.43-34926, ‘The Spook’, flown by Major Setchell, 3rd

PG (Recon), Tunisia, 1943

Tally Ho!#72 021 Mosquito Part 2Inc.• B Mk IV, DK296, tested by the Soviet Air Force• B Mk IV, DK295, GB•G, No.105 Sqn, flown by Flt Lt G. Perry

DFC and F/O V. Robson DFC

Tally Ho!#S72 005 Mosquito Stencils (all versions)

Decal List: Mosquito Decals & Masks

AeroMaster 48-082

Tally Ho 48 014

Carpena 48 96

AeroMaster 48-298

Tally Ho 48 015AeroMaster 48-299

IsraDecal #IAF-8

AeroMaster 48-303

Kits at War DDK48022AeroMaster 48-552

Eagle Strike 72076

AeroMaster 48-553

PD Decals 48-004

PD Decals 48-004

Thunderbird Models 72-003

B Mk VII KB303 was the fourth of 25 that remained in Canada, with six going to the USAAF. Note the vertical colour demarcation on the engine nacelle side (©DH Canada)

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