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De Havilland Mosquito FB VI and FB26
Shanghaied
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Posted: Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 08:37 PM UTC
A question for all Mosquito Experts:

Is there any visible difference between a FB VI and a canadian built FB26. I know the FB 26 had Packard engines and Canadian equipment, but is anything of this visible?

Thanks for your help in advance
Jessie_C
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British Columbia, Canada
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 01:20 AM UTC
There are a few small differences in the cockpit instrumentation that will be visible in 1/24 (or in 1/48 for the dental mirror brigade) but beyond that the differences are all in the paint.
Antoni
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England - East Midlands, United Kingdom
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 03:18 AM UTC
Mk 26 had prop with three broad blades and exposed five stub exhausts not the shrouded exhausts of the FB VI. There was a single wire going from the mast to mid point of the fin on the FB VI, on the MK 26 there were two wires I think going from the mast to each tail plane. That is all I think that you have to worry about.
Shanghaied
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Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2011 - 07:36 PM UTC
Thanks Jessie and Antoni for the quick help

This will allow me to make something a little more exotic from my Tamiya FB VI
Thinking of a worn out national chinese plane
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