Subject: Re: Gallery Article - Sea Mosquito TR33
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Aibara Darius @Consult" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:52:57 -0800

Hi Darius,
Thanks for sending in your Sea Mosquito article.  I'll add it to the
line-up.  I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC.
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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From: Aibara Darius @Consult <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 12:44 AM
Subject: Gallery Article - Sea Mosquito TR33

Gallery Template #06
"1:48 Monogram De Havilland Sea Mosquito TR33"
by "Darius Aibara"
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This kit started out as the 1:48 Monogram kit built as an FBVI.  I had never
been happy with the look of the finished kit as it was one of my earlier
efforts and I had always intended to improve it.  Paragon Designs spurred my
enthusiasm with its Sea Mosquito TR33 conversion set and so the die was
cast.  Out came the razor saw and off came the wings.  I also cut off the
flaps, rudder and elevators, removed the undercarriage and doors and the
cockpit canopy.  I stripped the RAF FBIV decals and lightly sanded the
fuselage, masked the cockpit and wheel wells then primed the model with grey
acrylic auto primer.  This reacted in places with the previous enamel paint
coating but further sanding and patch priming dealt with that.  The
underside of the fuselage and wings were sprayed with Halfords "Lada White",
which approximates to a Sky colour.  The top surfaces were brush painted
with Humbrol EDSG enamel paint.
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The now cut away kit flaps were re-worked so that they could be re-attached
in the dropped position as were the elevators.  I also added details to the
kit undercarriage using metal wire and thin plastic rod.   My attempt at
"flattening" the wheels by pushing them into a hotplate was too successful
and they were pretty well deflated.  I had to build them up again with
plastic card!

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The separated wings were re-attached using the Paragon etched brass wingfold
parts.  Paragon also supply a nicely detailed resin torpedo with etched
brass details for mounting under the fuselage.  I added further details from
the spares box to enhance the torpedo mountings.  The Monogram cockpit
canopy was replaced with a Falcon vac-formed example and Aeromaster decals
were employed to model a TR33 of 790 Squadron FAA stationed at RNAS Culdrose
in 1948.
Paragon Designs have "suspended" production but Verlinden have produced a
1:48 Sea Mosquito conversion for the Tamiya kits.
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Photos and text © 2003 by "Darius Aibara"

 <<DH Sea Mosquito TR33.zip>>

Darius Aibara
TPS Consult

Tel:  020 8256 4090
Fax: 020 8256 4082

www.tpsconsult.co.uk

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