Mark I Models 1:144 de Havilland Mosquito FB.VI Commonwealth Service is an injection-molded plastic kit of a British fighter-bomber in a small scale, in the guise of the air forces of Commonwealth countries.
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An injection-molded plastic kit of the twin-engine Mosquito fighter-bomber in the FB.VI configuration, worked out in 1:144 scale. Mark I Models is a Czech manufacturer that has long specialized in the small scale and uses short-run molds. The boxing focuses on machines in the colors of the air forces of Commonwealth countries. Check the actual package contents and the number of schemes offered on the box.
The Mosquito was exceptional in that its airframe was built largely of wood, which saved strategic metals and allowed furniture workshops to be brought into production. Power came from a pair of Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engines, and the crew consisted of a pilot and a navigator sitting side by side. The FB.VI version was a fighter-bomber with fixed armament in the nose and in the fuselage and with the ability to carry bombs or unguided rockets under the wing. It was the FB.VI that became the most numerously produced variant of the whole type, and after the war it served with air forces outside Britain as well, including Commonwealth countries.
In 1:144 scale it is mainly the cleanliness of the surface that decides the result. Cut the parts from the sprue with a sharp scalpel or an etched saw, not with nippers, and sand the sprue nubs down with fine sandpaper. The cockpit glazing is small on a model this size and fogs easily, so glue it with a cement meant for clear parts or with clear varnish, never with ordinary solvent cement. It is practical to mask the cockpit with masking fluid. Apply the paint with an airbrush in very thin coats and at markedly reduced pressure, because a heavy coat at this scale immediately floods the fine engraved panel lines. Before the decals, overcoat the model with gloss varnish, use a decal fixer once it has dried and finally unify the surface with matte or satin varnish.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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