Airfix 1/48 scale conversion
Mosquito PR.34

by Mick Evans

Airfix's 1/48 scale Mosquito FB.VI is available online from Squadron.com

The old Airfix 1/48 scale Mosquito FB.VI is still quite a good kit, even when compared to the newer Tamiya offerings.

I collected the kit and all the Paragon resin parts to make a PR34 long before Tamiya announced their new range.

The items from Paragon required to make a PR34 were new 2 stage engine nacelles, bulged bomb bays and camera ports, canopy. Also added from Paragon were the dropped flaps and bulged wheels. Etched metal parts were from an old Airwaves set providing good detail for the scratched built cockpit, radiators and wheel wells.

The kit was finished as an aircraft based at the Photo Reconnaissance Development Unit at RAF Benson in 1948 finished in overall PRU Blue.

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Mosquito Photo-Reconnaissance Units of World War 2 Combat Aircraft 13 Author: Martin Bowman Illustrator: Chris Davey US Price: $19.95 UK Price: £12.99 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Publish Date:  July 15, 1999 Details: 96 pages; ISBN: 1855328917 Shop Buy it from Osprey Publishing

Model by Mick Evans
Images & Text Copyright © 2004 by Brett Green
Page Created 30 June, 2004
Last Updated 01 July, 2004

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