Just started this one and so far so good. As you would expect, No flash at all and it all goes together easily. The "jig" mentioned is, in fact, the place where they end up in the wing/nacelle.
Always appreciate Mos getting right into things. Great seeing how the manufacturer put few good thoughts into the design and assembly. Lots of fun seeing Mos finally get it 🤣😂😜.
I am currently building the Tamiya 1/72, which you showed. Yes, the wings do have that little issue, but I used filler and smoothing, which didn't take long and now the upper surface is painted, you would never know
Good review as usual, but I'm surprised you didn't pick up on the minute size of the pilot in comparison to the control yoke! Also the fact that the Mosquito was crewed by both a pilot and navigator, yet no navigator figure is included in the kit, just the tiny pilot!
In the canopies: Airfix have included most of the bits to make a PRU (photo Recon) PR. XVI also. (The canopy and side pieces s with the blisters, not the bulged. The PRU version should usually also have a standard bomb-bay door. (The later PR35 had a bulged bomb-bay like many B. XVIs. Looks like a very nice kit.
@ Brett Peacock; as Ive said in another comment I have accidentally bought three of this kit so will take your comment as a suggestion on how to finish the third 'extra' as a PR. XVI - I assume the Haynes manual will have all the right data - but would appreciate any other comments if any other modifications are needed. Cheers!
@@Simon_Nonymous I have their old PRXVI/BIX kit from a few years ago in 1/48. (Essentially you get a complete FBVI kit (Original 1/48) and extra sprue trees and parts including fuselages/engines to make the bomber version. They do include almost everything you need so I recommend finding the instructions for it (Or, IF you can find one) borrowing the kit to check the new parts. It has all you'll need, cockpit layout, cameras and windows for them etc. Years ago i did convert a Tamiya BIV to a PRXVI and built it in USAAF markings (They used them for weather recon and strike photos) I used Paragon engines and canopies and a few other bits and bobs and it turned out OK. Sadly I can't post any photos here. I will put a photo up on my FB feed FYI.
Looks. Like the designer took the detail from one of the existing TT 35 (ex B35) aircraft as it has target ejection chutes moulded on t.he bomb bay doors.
I did a Tamiya version some time back superb kit, but do like the fact this has bomb bay detail.. The Tamiya goes together like a dream agree with the criticism you make though only negative I found easily rectified with a little Milput I found. I'd buy this kit though for the bomb bay detail and an alternative version. Yes a future purchase....
@@MOS6510Models You're going to love this. When I went to the neighbours to collect my parcel, I thought the outer cardboard box was massive. Looks like I got a bit over eager with the pre-order thing, and I've bought THREE of the same kit. The missus laughed and asked could I send two of them back..... yeah right, that's not going to happen. So looks like I'll make both colour variants as provided, but also interested in doing the third as the PR. XVI as mentioned below if I can get the right transfers.....
@@MOS6510Models sorry for the necro; to be fair it's a great kit, but massively spoiled by it being a TT.35 clone and not a real B.XVI.... a shame Airfix couldn't get this right as it would be a matter of CAD minutes to alter the bomb doors to include the portholes and alter the rear fairing hump to get it spot on....
From the box art and kit it seems to have the bulged bomb bay which i presume was to make extra room to carry the 10.000 lb ''Cookie'' but no cookie in kit??? great idea to put the nose windows in from the outside
The Mosquito could only carry a 4,000 lb HC bomb. The 8,000 lb and 12,000 lb cookies had to be carried by Lancasters because that was the only aircraft with a long enough bomb bay to fit them.
so are you saying the kit has bulged b bay doors but the x4 500lb bomb load supplied doesn't need/warrant them until a 4000lb cookie goes in which the kit doesn't have? The bomber re-supply set has a 4000lb cookie and I've got one in my spares box i think and will buy the Mossie to use it but now I'm confused although I guess the bb doors type didn't necessarily determine the actual load, didn't one carry a Torpedo? admittedly my older kit didn't have the luxury of these choices.
This looks like a fantastic kit... The question about the cockpit glass, some versions had the blister bulged glass and some didnt, The Photo Recon versions had the bulged blisters on the cockpit, also the way the bomb bay is designed looks like this kit could be the base for a few different versions to come (lets hope for a Photo recon and a B Mk IV version without the bulged bomb bay)
I think your kit's sprues got dropped at the packing stage hence the scuffs and the missing frame D, which is why you're also missing a crew member. Should be 2 pilot figures, surely?
also from what I can tell the MkXVI had 2 full size pilots seats, the kit seems to have the earlier Mk's standard smaller navigator bomb aimers seat of the non pressurised cabin, at least looking at this long established illustration the second seat is clearly different from the earlier one the kit still has?: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1Jpn5-CfDL.jpg
there is no mention of the frame D in the instructions so assume its missing for a reason like a new boxing and model.. also one one figure to paint in the instructions too
The kit seems to have inherited some of the inaccuracies from their 1/24th scale kit, most notably the spinners and block tread tyres. The cuffs on the spinners appear to be missing the noticeable kink toward the rear of the spinner, also missing on their large scale kit. The block tread tyres look like a scaled down version from their larger kit, lacking any side wall detail, and overscale tread blocks that should be more subtle and grouped closer together.
@@MOS6510Models My observations are from looking at the kit you have in front of you, now I could be wrong about the cuffs, but from what I could see they didn't appear to have the kink there. Perhaps you could take a look yourself and let me know. I do know that some parts are overly thick, spinners come to mind as well as the pilots seat armour which in scale appears to thick.
@@timorvet1 If you want to see more errors in the kit look no further than the bomb bay doors. Totally wrong for a B.XVI as they are for the TT.35 version. I also think that the wing spar raised areas are way too pronounced and will take some effort to correct.
@@ivorbiggun710 Cheers Ivor, back in the early 80s I built their old 1/48 FB VI and found it to be superlative in everyway. Mind you it didn't have a one piece wing, or wing box with spars for the wings, no detail in the undercarriage nacelles, or a bomb bay.....but hey I was a teen at the time thats all I needed to entertain me, lol. Airfix did well with this old kit, for what it had at the time was acceptable. It had fine detail, especially with the undercarriage group to scale and not overly thick mud guards, u/c door fenders, (something this new kit lacks, but the Tamiya 1/72 kit has) a nicely detailed rim and tyre with the right tread pattern (something I thought they would have got right on this new one) and a nicely represented cockpit with the pilots seat armour to scale thickness. Beside those few issues its a very nice model.
I was watching the video on the New Airfix Mossie Bomber it looks like Airfix made the instructions for putting the landing gear together confusing also their seems allot of flash on the landing gear I built the older Airfix fighter bomber version back in the day were they made putting the landing gear on in the kit not so complicated so that said will I buy an get one well probably not now after seeing the review I have the Tamiya kits already an some Hasagawa Mossies also but great review of Airfixs new Mossie I was happy about the kit until we got to the landing gear put together part!
The landing gear on this model is poor. The cross bracing between the legs is totally incorrect and will need much modification and the U/C bay door guides are grossly oversized. The legs on the previous FB VI are a closer representation. Rear wheel tyre wrong, again, the earlier version got it right!
There are some nice elements to this kit and it is high time we had a model of a two-stage supercharger version in this scale but, unfortunately, Airfix have made a very big error with this kit. The bomb bay doors are totally wrong for a B.XVI as they have raised and engraved detail for a post-war target tug version. Presumably they used the aircraft at the Cosford RAF museum for their research as this one has bomb doors for a target tug version. This error is quite noticeable and will be hard to correct, particularly the fairing at the rear of the bomb bay which is completely wrong. It's difficult to understand how they could have made such an obvious error when there are so many references available. Also the tail wheel is wrong. It should be the anti-shimmy type but it isn't.
Thank you been looking forward to seeing this. Canopies. Suspect its difficult to mould these in one piece. Also Airfix have included the blister side panels, fitted the the Mk IX, they may be planning a re release? Note the bomb bay doors and rear fairing should be smooth. Think they've got that detail from the Target Tug Mk 35 at Hendon. Also 8K-K wasn't a pathfinder, HS-D was (109 squadron). The significance is that the latter probably had a blind bombing Radar set (Oboe) fitted. Nose transparencies were invariably painted over on such aircraft.
the figure is glaring issue, very softly molded, almost no detail. it would be nice if they spent at least a week trying to create better pilot figures.
have a look at the vintage classic buggy thats now released.. now thats a figure indeed.. best figures ive seen in a long time from a 1970 tool too.. The video review is on my channel :)
it's not a fighter A/C and has two crew, maybe the builder is being coerced away from an inflight build? blob man looks like he's a worn out insert from the old MkIX Spitfire, everyone should send him back to Hornby to put in their foyer display cabinet.
There is, inexplicably, one crew member and even he is underscale. A bit like their Beaufort kit, which should have a crew of four but only has only one figure.
It's been so long since I built a model. Used to spend hours making classic cars and planes. Great Video keep them coming!
I’d you’re in the uk I’ll send you a kit and paints to build one.
Just started this one and so far so good. As you would expect, No flash at all and it all goes together easily. The "jig" mentioned is, in fact, the place where they end up in the wing/nacelle.
yes i did work that out further in the video lol
Always appreciate Mos getting right into things. Great seeing how the manufacturer put few good thoughts into the design and assembly. Lots of fun seeing Mos finally get it 🤣😂😜.
Couldn't agree more! lol
And the 1972 tsetse mosquito arwork is still the most beautiful mossie artwork from any manufacturer
thats a good shout
Catching up with your latest video Mos! Great review of this Model. I always enjoy your content!
Welcome back!
I am currently building the Tamiya 1/72, which you showed. Yes, the wings do have that little issue, but I used filler and smoothing, which didn't take long and now the upper surface is painted, you would never know
yes i have perfect plastic putty on order lol :)
Good review as usual, but I'm surprised you didn't pick up on the minute size of the pilot in comparison to the control yoke! Also the fact that the Mosquito was crewed by both a pilot and navigator, yet no navigator figure is included in the kit, just the tiny pilot!
Good point! i didnt notice the size of the pilot to be honest.. and yes it was an off the cuff review so didnt think about the second pilot lol
In the canopies: Airfix have included most of the bits to make a PRU (photo Recon) PR. XVI also. (The canopy and side pieces s with the blisters, not the bulged. The PRU version should usually also have a standard bomb-bay door. (The later PR35 had a bulged bomb-bay like many B. XVIs. Looks like a very nice kit.
yes!! i make you right
@ Brett Peacock; as Ive said in another comment I have accidentally bought three of this kit so will take your comment as a suggestion on how to finish the third 'extra' as a PR. XVI - I assume the Haynes manual will have all the right data - but would appreciate any other comments if any other modifications are needed. Cheers!
I think a lot can be said that sprue frame D is missing so could that be for a fighter bomber version to be released in the future?
@@Simon_Nonymous I have their old PRXVI/BIX kit from a few years ago in 1/48. (Essentially you get a complete FBVI kit (Original 1/48) and extra sprue trees and parts including fuselages/engines to make the bomber version. They do include almost everything you need so I recommend finding the instructions for it (Or, IF you can find one) borrowing the kit to check the new parts. It has all you'll need, cockpit layout, cameras and windows for them etc.
Years ago i did convert a Tamiya BIV to a PRXVI and built it in USAAF markings (They used them for weather recon and strike photos) I used Paragon engines and canopies and a few other bits and bobs and it turned out OK. Sadly I can't post any photos here. I will put a photo up on my FB feed FYI.
@@brettpeacock9116 that is really helpful, I do appreciate it. Maybe by the time I am ready to do the third kit it could be an official relase anyway!
I bought the same mosquito is a nice kit I like it.
Let me know ow you get on building it
Box opens at 6:30
haha
You're a star, Joe.
Looks. Like the designer took the detail from one of the existing TT 35 (ex B35) aircraft as it has target ejection chutes moulded on t.he bomb bay doors.
good shout
I did a Tamiya version some time back superb kit, but do like the fact this has bomb bay detail.. The Tamiya goes together like a dream agree with the criticism you make though only negative I found easily rectified with a little Milput I found. I'd buy this kit though for the bomb bay detail and an alternative version. Yes a future purchase....
yes.. perfect plastic putty is on order lol
Which kit is better, this new Airfix kit or the Tamiya?
Airfix
Lucky you MOS6510! 🤩👍 Awesome Mossie New Kit ! 🏅🌟 Thank you very much for sharing this video 😁
worth every penny.. thanks for watching, hope you get one to build
Mosquito had a crew of two, pilot and navigator, sat side by side ?????
agreed
The second crewman was navigator, radio operator, flight engineer and bomb aimer.... they used to say all the pilot had to do was just fly the plane.
@@mc2594 sadly I have to agree. Hoping this is the only thing on this kit that lets it down.
@@Simon_Nonymous - I think the pilot in the kit has flown too many Airfix planes already, looks like an insert from a worn out or scrap tooling.
Got mine and looking forward to it
let me know how it goes for you
@@MOS6510Models You're going to love this. When I went to the neighbours to collect my parcel, I thought the outer cardboard box was massive. Looks like I got a bit over eager with the pre-order thing, and I've bought THREE of the same kit. The missus laughed and asked could I send two of them back..... yeah right, that's not going to happen. So looks like I'll make both colour variants as provided, but also interested in doing the third as the PR. XVI as mentioned below if I can get the right transfers.....
@@MOS6510Models sorry for the necro; to be fair it's a great kit, but massively spoiled by it being a TT.35 clone and not a real B.XVI.... a shame Airfix couldn't get this right as it would be a matter of CAD minutes to alter the bomb doors to include the portholes and alter the rear fairing hump to get it spot on....
Hello the pieces that you said was fuel tanks, there are incendiary bombs because the mosquito had bombs and incendary bombs in their bely
Just it was a slip of the tongue
I do it on the fly haha
I understand
Yes
Excellent review les looks like its going to build up 👌
Fingers crossed!
From the box art and kit it seems to have the bulged bomb bay which i presume was to make extra room to carry the 10.000 lb ''Cookie'' but no cookie in kit??? great idea to put the nose windows in from the outside
The Mosquito could only carry a 4,000 lb HC bomb. The 8,000 lb and 12,000 lb cookies had to be carried by Lancasters because that was the only aircraft with a long enough bomb bay to fit them.
@@russelltaylor535 4000 lb ''Cookie'' is the one i was thinking of..got my bomb weight a bit off..lol
there will be plenty of future releases for this kit.. missing frame d already ;)
so are you saying the kit has bulged b bay doors but the x4 500lb bomb load supplied doesn't need/warrant them until a 4000lb cookie goes in which the kit doesn't have?
The bomber re-supply set has a 4000lb cookie and I've got one in my spares box i think and will buy the Mossie to use it but now I'm confused although I guess the bb doors type didn't necessarily determine the actual load, didn't one carry a Torpedo? admittedly my older kit didn't have the luxury of these choices.
@@mc2594 I guess so
This looks like a fantastic kit... The question about the cockpit glass, some versions had the blister bulged glass and some didnt, The Photo Recon versions had the bulged blisters on the cockpit, also the way the bomb bay is designed looks like this kit could be the base for a few different versions to come (lets hope for a Photo recon and a B Mk IV version without the bulged bomb bay)
yes together see that now.. great idea, again a model but buy a modeller for modellers
B Mk IV didn’t have 2 stage merlins, perhaps you are thinking of a B IX
Nice looking kit. Did see some flash though
Where?
I think your kit's sprues got dropped at the packing stage hence the scuffs and the missing frame D, which is why you're also missing a crew member. Should be 2 pilot figures, surely?
also from what I can tell the MkXVI had 2 full size pilots seats, the kit seems to have the earlier Mk's standard smaller navigator bomb aimers seat of the non pressurised cabin, at least looking at this long established illustration the second seat is clearly different from the earlier one the kit still has?: images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/A1Jpn5-CfDL.jpg
there is no mention of the frame D in the instructions so assume its missing for a reason like a new boxing and model.. also one one figure to paint in the instructions too
@@MOS6510Models OK, good to know., but for the rrp of £21 it seems lacking.
@@mikes5637 The lack of a second crew member is the least of the problems with this kit There are plenty of errors, sadly.
Are there any pilots included?
Only one 🤪
@@MOS6510Models cool how many seats are visible
The kit seems to have inherited some of the inaccuracies from their 1/24th scale kit, most notably the spinners and block tread tyres. The cuffs on the spinners appear to be missing the noticeable kink toward the rear of the spinner, also missing on their large scale kit. The block tread tyres look like a scaled down version from their larger kit, lacking any side wall detail, and overscale tread blocks that should be more subtle and grouped closer together.
interesting.. they claim to have original plans and had the plane 3d scanned to make it more accurate.. be interesting to see why they did this
@@MOS6510Models My observations are from looking at the kit you have in front of you, now I could be wrong about the cuffs, but from what I could see they didn't appear to have the kink there. Perhaps you could take a look yourself and let me know. I do know that some parts are overly thick, spinners come to mind as well as the pilots seat armour which in scale appears to thick.
@@timorvet1 If you want to see more errors in the kit look no further than the bomb bay doors. Totally wrong for a B.XVI as they are for the TT.35 version. I also think that the wing spar raised areas are way too pronounced and will take some effort to correct.
@@ivorbiggun710 Cheers Ivor, back in the early 80s I built their old 1/48 FB VI and found it to be superlative in everyway. Mind you it didn't have a one piece wing, or wing box with spars for the wings, no detail in the undercarriage nacelles, or a bomb bay.....but hey I was a teen at the time thats all I needed to entertain me, lol. Airfix did well with this old kit, for what it had at the time was acceptable. It had fine detail, especially with the undercarriage group to scale and not overly thick mud guards, u/c door fenders, (something this new kit lacks, but the Tamiya 1/72 kit has) a nicely detailed rim and tyre with the right tread pattern (something I thought they would have got right on this new one) and a nicely represented cockpit with the pilots seat armour to scale thickness. Beside those few issues its a very nice model.
I was watching the video on the New Airfix Mossie Bomber it looks like Airfix made the instructions for putting the landing gear together confusing also their seems allot of flash on the landing gear I built the older Airfix fighter bomber version back in the day were they made putting the landing gear on in the kit not so complicated so that said will I buy an get one well probably not now after seeing the review I have the Tamiya kits already an some Hasagawa Mossies also but great review of Airfixs new Mossie I was happy about the kit until we got to the landing gear put together part!
fair enough.. tamiya has a few great mossies
The landing gear on this model is poor. The cross bracing between the legs is totally incorrect and will need much modification and the U/C bay door guides are grossly oversized. The legs on the previous FB VI are a closer representation. Rear wheel tyre wrong, again, the earlier version got it right!
Are you sure it's an Airfix kit? I don't see any loose parts rattling around in the box.
it was bagged well inside
Nice kit,but I think I would still prefer the Tamiya kits.
Why is that?
@@MOS6510Models The Tamiya 1/48 B iv/pr iv kit is around the same price as the airfix 1/72 kit and it is a fantastic kit that goes together very well.
@@darkknight1340 thanks ill check it out :)
There are some nice elements to this kit and it is high time we had a model of a two-stage supercharger version in this scale but, unfortunately, Airfix have made a very big error with this kit. The bomb bay doors are totally wrong for a B.XVI as they have raised and engraved detail for a post-war target tug version. Presumably they used the aircraft at the Cosford RAF museum for their research as this one has bomb doors for a target tug version. This error is quite noticeable and will be hard to correct, particularly the fairing at the rear of the bomb bay which is completely wrong. It's difficult to understand how they could have made such an obvious error when there are so many references available. Also the tail wheel is wrong. It should be the anti-shimmy type but it isn't.
Thank you been looking forward to seeing this.
Canopies. Suspect its difficult to mould these in one piece. Also Airfix have included the blister side panels, fitted the the Mk IX, they may be planning a re release?
Note the bomb bay doors and rear fairing should be smooth. Think they've got that detail from the Target Tug Mk 35 at Hendon.
Also 8K-K wasn't a pathfinder, HS-D was (109 squadron). The significance is that the latter probably had a blind bombing Radar set (Oboe) fitted. Nose transparencies were invariably painted over on such aircraft.
i expect plenty of releases with this kit... frame d is missing remember
@@MOS6510Models Happy times!
It was on one of the smaller sprues. It wasn"t very much
Ah okies
I don't need any more kits . . .stop tempting me haha
buy it buy it lol.... :)
👌👍✌😉
thanks
the figure is glaring issue, very softly molded, almost no detail. it would be nice if they spent at least a week trying to create better pilot figures.
have a look at the vintage classic buggy thats now released.. now thats a figure indeed.. best figures ive seen in a long time from a 1970 tool too..
The video review is on my channel :)
It might be an idea to learn the different parts of an aircraft and some history before you review these models. You would sound more credible.
Thank you
The 1957 kit was probably one of Airfix's worst ever models It beggars belief how bad it is.
The only was is up when they are that bad lol
this is a much better kit
The standing joke was the fuel tank mentioned on the instructions. There was only one of them and there wasn't a part for it.
Oh no it sucks no pilots I'm getting sick of this
it has one.. poor but still it does have one pilot
it's not a fighter A/C and has two crew, maybe the builder is being coerced away from an inflight build? blob man looks like he's a worn out insert from the old MkIX Spitfire, everyone should send him back to Hornby to put in their foyer display cabinet.
There is, inexplicably, one crew member and even he is underscale. A bit like their Beaufort kit, which should have a crew of four but only has only one figure.
Mate, u don't have to go thru every step in building, gets boring
people like to see them..
Not to everybody.
There is fast forward or skip forward for your viewing pleasure.