Subject: Re: Submission to your gallery.
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Cyril Worley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 13:17:29 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Cyril Worley 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 9:23 AM
  Subject: Submission to your gallery.

   
   
  "1/32 DH98 Mosquito FB Mk VI."
  By "Cyril Worley" 
   
        01.jpg Main photo will be attached here thing    

  The subject of my build is Mosquito FB Mk VI, RS 625,  NE-D of No 143 Sqn was commissioned to Special Costal Duties and based at Banff, Scotland back in April 1945. It wears a Scheme of Extra Dark oSea Grey with Sky undersides. National markings are Red, White, Blue and Yellow. The spinners are Yellow with Medium Sea Grey bands, the 100 gall slipper tanks are Aluminium and has four double tiered rockets under each wing.

  I started off with Revell's Mosquito Mk IV, in 1/32 scale and converted it to a Mk VI. Resin parts used were the FB nose, the starboard engine, rockets, slipper tanks and a set of wheels. As I could not acquire a new resin cockpit, I decided to scratch build the whole thing consisting of instruments, seats, wireless equipment down to a new canopy with seperate framework. Having done this, I set about opening up the bottom and scratch building the bomb bay and the four 20mm Cannon. The back access hatch was also opened reveiling the control cables to the rudder and alerons. The undercarrage has been modified and the resin wheels have had their hub removed and replaced. Another headache was the setting up of the starboard Merlin engine complete with all linkages and tubing to the wing radiators and oil coolers, this in turn being also compleatly scratch built. The final items fitted were the resin slipper tanks and rockets.
   All these details can be seen in the photos that follow.  

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  The RAF Codes have been hand painted as I did not find any yellow lined black ones in 1/32 scale.
  After having painted the model with Model Master, Humbrol and Alclad2 paints, I set about constructing a base for my model. This was a straight forward wooden job depicting a section of unused runway.
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  A fantastic build which I really enjoyed going. Hope you like it.

  Photos and text © by "Cyril Worley"

  Society for Scale Modellers - IPMS Malta.