Airfix 1/24 De Havilland Mosquito - Part 5 Engine Scratch Building

[@user-dm2wd7sb3r]

Great build up of the engine. Looks complicated when complete, but the step by step process has given me a host of ideas for what I am working on. Thank you.

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thats not a problem and I am glad my video has inspired you in some way. And thank you for the very kind comments👍👍👍

[@stevegreen2432]

great detail work .but it's a TWIN--there are TWO of these!!! Thanks for showing this.

[@carlstewart9289]

Found this by accident and frankly, I'm hooked. As a modeller, I find this fascinating to watch. Your attention to detail is next level.

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it👍👍👍 There are some bits and bobs I’ve missed off because of the problems with the dimensions of the Airfix kit, but tried my best.

[@ZinzanModelling]

Dear Mr Frontline, I sometimes scratch build for parts of models, but not at this level. Or even close! This is another example of painstaking work that I admire rather a lot. Thanks for putting up this project. Regards, Z

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thats no problem, thank you so much for the kind comments. I am with you, I see people with builds that are staggering, but hey its more a test of yourself, not a competition with other people👍👍👍

[@ZinzanModelling]

@@frontlinemodelhobbies653 I know the aphorism that one should compare oneself to who one was yesterday rather than who someone else is today, but having comparators like the work you put up is rather useful!! All the best! Z

[@eddywells5689]

Another amazing vid and build love it !! 👍💞💪🍺🙏

[@stephenmiller195]

That is some beautiful work sir, thanks 🙏

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thats no problem, thank you for the very kind comment👍👍👍

[@ronclark4847]

Mate that pipework looks superb...who gives if it's accurate...the whole point is the effect of realism...a masterclass in scratching...respect :)

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Wow really amazing comments, thank you so so much👍👍👍 Yeah I totally agree, the idea was to give the kit some detail not perfect accuracy.

[@user-rg2jc5kc3j]

Ooh-err nurse! You handled those pipes brilliantly.

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Hahahahahaha, thank you so much, my pipes are in order😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@user-ni2zo5zo3c]

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Wednesday, 26 June, 2024). An ambitious build! Thanks also for the look at an actual Wooden Wonder in operation. I appreciate you for (round 8:17) giving us precise measurements of the scratch-built replacement (I am a word nerd; I am NOT a maths whiz!), so I require exact explanations. At round 18:30, you commence to rework the cockpit instrument panel. Rather than applying some clear liquid to each instrument bezel (if that is the correct term), I wonder if one could apply to a small piece of transparent polystyrene sheet a decal on backwards; that is, the face of the decal upon the clear plastic, that one would set behind the kit’s instrument panel? One might have to affix it with a decal adhesive (whatever that might be) so seal it into place. Behind all this might be a third layer, possibly a kit part with the instrument dials’ housings. (I saw much as this in the Airfix 1:24th-scale kit of the Supermarine Spitfire RAF Mk. IXc Fighter that another British chap had recently assembled here on KZbin.) I would want to illuminate the dials, however, to highlight that cockpit. I therefore propose that one insert in between a small piece of electro-luminescent plastic (well, I infer it to be plastic) exactly matching in length and width the preceding kit part (the instrument panel); this electro-luminescent plastic piece upon receiving a low-wattage (usually 9 volts, from those I recall having seen) electrical current glows brightly (I do not think this is “incandescence”, “phosphorescence”, “fluorescence, or “luminescence”, as I understand them; much as I find science of keen fascination for me, I am no scientist!) in a modest assortment of hues; I would choose white, of course, though I understand that these can emit process blue, red, yellow, and possibly green. In your estimation, would this work? The next issue would be sorting all the electrical and electronic details. Here is where your vastly greater technical acumen, expertise, and experience in such technological signs and wonders come to the fore. Such enigmatic, esoteric sorcery is quite beyond my capacity! Watching in gob smacked awe for all the myriad details (this continues through Parts one and two) about what I never had even the slightest conceptualisation-and you seem to be winging it on experience of longstanding. (Now beginning Part 5.) I must admit I simply stared in silent (well, mostly) amazement at all your many labours, physical and mental. Your two-stage explication of your detailing the huge Rolls Royce Merlin V-12, 27-litre (1,650 in³) capacity, 1,300 kW (1,800 hp) piston æro engine, the engine compartment itself, the landing gear bays, the cockpit interior, and all the rest must entail several hundred distinct corrections or accurisations, many of which directly or indirectly connect or interact with other modifications-and it would not surprise me one bit if the actual count would be well beyond that rough guess. I must admit to doubting my capacity to remember them all, let alone to implement them in my turn! Your skills make me wish that I had the means to hire you (if you felt so inclined) at £20 hourly to build, accurise, detail, etc., model kits, record them in these KZbin videos; I would ask, however, for more explicitly delineated measurements, please; not only am I abysmal at maths, my vision is poor, and my capacity for visual assessment is compromised (one eye is higher than the other, and my face is visibly misshapen). I try to have a sense of humour about my circumstances, so if you are hanging a painting, do not as me if it is straight! Also, my shoulders and the upper half or so of my spine, including my neck, are noticeably mal-aligned, all as a consequence of complications during a breech birth, which in the aggregate have rendered me recognisably asymmetrical and very thin; I note all this because I wish to give you a sense of myself. I am the oldest yet the smallest by far in a family of veritable giants, an irony I long have found rather amusing. As a youth, if the boys sought to pick on me for being small and misshapen, they quickly realised that they had not anticipated my quick-witted rebuttals! At 13:40 of Part 5, you express concern that you might have “got carried away”. If it is on the actual aircraft, please put it onto the miniature! Years past, FineScale Modeler (magazine) featured a fellow who in building--super-detailing!--Tamiya’s 1:350th-scale model of a U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer added an estimated TEN THOUSAND parts, much of them metal, e.g., fine wire for the railings! Watching you work in your videos, I realise that I would like to find an aftermarket resin detail set of this engine (or something similar) in this scale, to install it into the engine compartment of a Rolls Royce sedan or touring car. Of course, I would display it with the hood raised, a figurine of a mechanic looking after it, as a miniature of a chauffeur looked on whilst he/she awaits his/her employer (maybe me, though had I the means, I would have an extensively customised, lengthened, upgraded 1977 Lincoln Towncar four-door sedan, with a black exterior and an ultramarine velvet interior for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and another, white with a bright red velvet interior, for the rest of the week).

[@johnnycooper7019]

Dear FMH, outstanding workmanship! Always a pleasure to watch your tutorials. Best Wishes Johnny

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you Johnny really super nice comments, really appreciate it👍👍👍

[@neils3765]

Brilliant work! Manual dexterity at its finest!

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Yeah tell me about it, a lot of fiddling with a load of wiring with no chance of seeing what I am doing let alone video it, I love it😂😂

[@TimHarrison1970]

Lovely stuff

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you so much👍👍👍

[@SirJohn2024]

This is the way... 😏 Most detailed build I have ever watched... 😬 Kudos 😎

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you Sir, I really appreciate the very nice kind comment👍👍👍

[@Rob-tq5ym]

great to have the vids back

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

I’m glad your enjoying them Rob, and to be honest I’m glad they are back as well👍👍👍

[@landskabsfotografen]

I am genuinely impressed with your attention to detail, and your skills. Please, what will happen to this and your other work?

[@markc7002]

Amazing pipework!! All it needs now is some petrol and a spark!

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you, very kind👍👍👍 Think they may be a few missing pipes and the usual oil leak, but I know what you mean😁

[@user-fo6ud3zs2o]

.....мотор красивенько получился-класссс! (((( буду следить за стройкой ))))..

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you so much, really appreciate it👍👍👍

[@sjr6395]

Amazing work! looking forward to seeing the painting

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you so much👍👍👍 The painting was fun to get around everything😁

[@jonathansteadman7935]

'Pick ' Pickard was a very tall heavy set chap who said he would 'strap on the Mosquito '.

[@Mymodellingworld]

Stunning work mate

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you Nige mate, really appreciate it👍👍👍

[@FinsburyPhil]

Have you seen the hose fittings and connectors from Anyz, Rob? Stunning work by the way.

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

No I have not seen those fittings, but I will check them out. And thank you so much for the kind comments👍👍👍

[@user-zu5vi6xs4t]

Did you go the whole hog and put the Tsetse resin Mosquito nose on as well 🤔

[@windyworm]

Stupid question, why don’t you paint the parts before assembly?

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Not a stupid question at all. I only put everything together because when trying to put the wiring in after painting the engine I would have scratched everything off. Plus with careful painting you can kind of get around everything.

[@windyworm]

@@frontlinemodelhobbies653 Thank you.

[@bryan26762]

I just don't know how you do it !

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Me neither, think I may be blind this time next year🤣🤣 But lets face it, if I can do it anyone can, just takes time, practice and having a plan with the usual reference material.

[@truthhurts9241]

Staggering......

[@frontlinemodelhobbies653]

Thank you so very much, really appreciate it👍👍👍