Subject: Re: Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk. VI
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Dargies, Frank" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:51:53 -0700

Hi Frank,
Thanks for sending in your Mosquito article.  I'll e-mail you when your
article goes on ARC in the next 3 days.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dargies, Frank" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 6:30 AM
Subject: Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk. VI

> Hi Steve,
> i finished my latest project and will be glad if you post it on ARC
> Here are  text and pictures, perhaps you could check the grammar, but i
think, it's OK.
> Bye for now
> Frank
>
>
> Background
>
> This is Tamiya's 1/48 Scale Mosquito FB Mk VI Fighter-Bomber representing
the LA-E with the serial number HR 130.
> It was used in 1944 by the 235 Squadron of the RAF Coastal Command .
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> The 235 Squadron flew Bristol-Beaufighters from 1940-1944 and converted to
Mosquito VI's in June 1944.
> Its role continued to be primarily anti-shipping strikes in the North Sea
and strikes against Norwegian coastal installations.
> In September 1944 it moved north to join the "Banff Strike Wing" in the
Scottish village Banff (Boyndie).
> It's shared toll of enemy ships sunk or seriously damaged  and include the
sinking of of the German U-843 on 9th  April 1945
> and a part of destruction of four other U-boats in the same month.On 10th
Juli 1945 the Squadron was disbanded at Banff.
> The Squadron motto was: "Jaculamur Humi" ("We strike them to the ground")
>
> The LA-E was armed with four .303 inch Browning machine guns mounted in
nose and four 20 mm Hispano cannons under the cockpit.
> The bomb load was  two 250 lb.bombs (eventually increased to 500 lb.).It
was powered with two Rolls Royce Merlin Mk 25 with 1635 hp.
> LA-E was painted overall Ocean Grey on upper surfaces, Sky under surfaces
and Yellow spinners.
>
> The Model
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> Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk VI 1/48
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> Detail Sets:
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> AIRES Cockpit Set
> AIRES Bomb Bay/Gun Bay Set
> AIRES Rolls Royce Merlin Engine
> CMK Engine Set
> CMK Exterior Set
> VERLINDEN Front Gun Bay Set
> MOSKIT Exhaust Pipes
> PARAGON Wheel Set
> AERO MASTER Decals "Mosquito Raiders Part 3"
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> Colours from:
> Humbrol, X-tra Color, Revell
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> Washing and Weathering:
> Artist Oils, Pastel-Chalk
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> Scratch Built:
> Fuselage Interior, Fuselage Access Door, Engine Nacelle and Engine Mounts,
> Front and Tail Lights, CMK Engine Cooler modificated.
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> Airfield Accessories:
> Parts from the  ICM Ground Crew Set and Revell Ground Support Equipment
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> References:
> Britische Luftwaffe, Daniel J. March    Tosa Verlag  ISBN 3-85492-474-7
> Kindly Support from the Royal Air Force Museum Hendon
> ......and lots of information from the Internet.
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> More Pictures and Information may be found on my website: www.dargies.de
> Mail: [email-masked]
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