de Havilland Mosquito B.IV released

AussieMan said:
I am working on these at the moment and was wondering if anyone knew what was written on the nose of the blue and the white aircraft. Also what that little emblem is behind the #81 on the fuselage. All help appreciated.
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Hello Pat-

The script on the nose of N37878 is 'Wooden Wonder'- on N66313 it's 'Miss Marta'...

The logo on the fuselage behind the number is the old Kendall Motor Oil emblem...

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The man in the last pic is Donald E. Bussart, the owner of N3787 in 1949, and the pic was taken at Berry Field, Nashville in august 1949, where they prepared his aircraft for the 1949 Bendix Air Race.
The middle pic shows N37878 at the start of the race.
I have a few pics of it later in its career with Mark Hurd Aerial Survey as well if you're interested.
 
mikezola said:
Hello Pat-

The script on the nose of N37878 is 'Wooden Wonder'- on N66313 it's 'Miss Marta'...

The logo on the fuselage behind the number is the old Kendall Motor Oil emblem...

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Thanks Mike. Not going to promise that I can match the script perfectly but I will try.

Thanks for those nice clear photos also JK.
 
fleurdelys said:
Bonjour Shaggy,

I like your project !

Since you asked for suggestions, here goes :
- The matt texturing was good for war time planes but you should look into giving it some (lots of it) reflectity overall. This is done through the specular files on which you should apply a whitewash overall...

and don't forget the spinners which should be even more reflective...

- With added reflectivity, dust, dirt and grime would not have been able to stick so much to the fuselage and wings; you may keep the exhaust stain but go easy on the weathering as this was a plane which received good service from its crew and mechanics and would not have been left dirty such as in wartime where they didn't have the time to do some cleaning...

- what period did you have in mind ? From 1946 to 1965, it would seem that they had another roundel (see attachment) and probably also used the Red Enseign on the tail instead of the canadian flag such as seen nowadays...
Remember that the George cross on the Red enseign must always face forward... (see attachment).

- the yellow that you use appears to be on the light side; I seem to remember that canadian planes (in yellow and red) had a darker hue of yellow (see pic and find some more on the net to make up your mind...).

Hope that this will get you going. Looking forward to the finished product !

Fleurdelys
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Hi buddy!
Thx for the input. Here you can se the changes i have made so far. Color, emblems and the spec maps for more glossyness. Though if i recall correctly the mossie was made out of wood and canvas? So im not totaly sure abuot the "metal" look.

More to come soon.
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shaggy said:
Hi buddy!
Thx for the input. Here you can se the changes i have made so far. Color, emblems and the spec maps for more glossyness. Though if i recall correctly the mossie was made out of wood and canvas? So im not totaly sure abuot the "metal" look.

More to come soon.
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Bonjour Shaggy,

Your yellow paint seems to be spot on !

In reference to the reflectivity, it is true that this being the "wooden wonder" the main part of the plane would have been of wood and canvas which would not reflect per se as a metal aircraft would. During wartime, they wanted it to look matt and had no problem doing so. The story changes for postwar aircrafts where a glossy type of paint or lacquer would have been more appropriate for such an aircraft. The reason for getting planes glossy is to save on gas as a glossy plane flies better and faster than a matt one. So, you may go ahead with the reflectivity. As for the metal parts, there were some or this plane would not have made it through the war...:icon_lol:

For a short list of the metal parts which can be seen, you have the exhaust covers and heat plate shield (not modeled) behind it, the canopy which was made of plexiglass and metal, all the small access covers on the wings and fuselage...
You don't really have to worry about the metal parts as you have applied reflectivity to the whole plane, whereas if you were working with a matt finish, you might want to lett a little reflectivity through specifically where metal parts are located.

Your project will really look nice when finished...:applause:

Best wishes for the New Year !

Fleurdelys
 
I have spent much of the past week working on 4 repaints. I haven't completed them as yet because I have been trying to get some alpha channels to work on the metal bits like the engine nacells, ailerons and flaps. I can get the shine but unfortunately it also puts shine on the wooden parts as well.

To me it appears that any shine is built into the model file. Anyway for the time being that part of any repaints is going to be consigned to the too hard basket. I will try to complete two of the repaints and get them uploaded in the next couple of days.
 
I can't get the red one to look the way I like either (yet), but a while ago, we talked about Hazelhoff Roelfzema and his Q for Queenie...

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some artistic license here, the serial belongs to a B.IV that flew with 139 Sqn until relatively late in the war, but I have no idea if it was Q for Queenie....could have been though?

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I thought you were referring to the Kendall image.
As for the text on the nose, blow the image up and redraw based on that? That's what I usually do with noseart texts.
 
Here is one repaint I am doing that has slipped past everyone. This is the prototype Mosquito one of 4 that I am working on.

I am not happy with some of the paint work and will be doing some clean up tonight and hopefully upload it tomorrow.
 
jankees said:
I thought you were referring to the Kendall image.
As for the text on the nose, blow the image up and redraw based on that? That's what I usually do with noseart texts.
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The Kendall one is perfect to copy. And I will try your method. Something new to learn.
 
Thanks mate.

EDIT: Found it. Was in the camo layer which I had turned off as it was not necessary for my finished paint. Now know to leave the camo layer turned on until I finish the paint.

 
Just uploaded the re[aint of the prototype Mossie. There are 2 versions. One is a clean version as it would have looked just after being rolled out of the factory and another version that would have seen it after several test flights.
 
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