Control surfaces for the de Havilland Mosquito B Mk.XVI, 1:72 scale: a resin set of rudder and ailerons cast separately so that they can be deflected on the model. An accessory for the plastic kit.
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A resin set of control surfaces for the bomber version of the de Havilland Mosquito B Mk.XVI in 1:72 scale. It is not a model of the aircraft and not a complete interior detail set; it is a narrowly aimed accessory that changes a single thing: the rudder, the ailerons and the elevator come as separate castings instead of as parts molded in one piece with the surface that carries them.
An aircraft standing on the ground almost always has its surfaces somewhere other than in the neutral position: the rudder leans on the wind, the elevator droops under its own weight, the ailerons part according to where the control column was left. A model with perfectly symmetrical surfaces therefore looks very static, even when it is otherwise built faultlessly. Deflecting them is at the same time the simplest way to give a model a sense of movement, because it calls for nothing more than thinking about how the aircraft would have stood in a photograph. On a twin-engine aircraft such as the Mosquito the difference is more apparent still, as the surfaces are large and read well even in this scale. The set is cast to the parts of the Airfix kit.
Reckon on this being an irreversible alteration to the plastic parts: the control surfaces have to be cut off the wing and the tail surfaces. Make the cut along the engraved dividing line with a sharp scalpel in several shallow strokes rather than one forceful one, and then level the edge with a file. Separate the resin castings from the casting blocks with a fine saw, sand the mating surface down and wash them in warm water with detergent before painting, because of the mold release agent. They are glued with cyanoacrylate, which leaves only a short while for adjusting the angle, so try the angle dry first. Confirm that the deflection is consistent: the two ailerons cannot be deflected in the same direction.
This is an accessory to a model, not a kit in its own right. It is supplied unpainted; glue, paints and the base kit are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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