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Tamiya Mossie: A Plastic Wonder?
staff_Jim
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 03:53 AM UTC
Gary outlines his experience building the finely detailed Tamiya Mossie in 1/32 scale which is a new tool kit that came out mid-2015.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 04:51 AM UTC
Gary, that is a beautiful looking Mossie. I was wondering why it looked familiar...we have crossed paths on YouTube on several occasions. Once again, a fantastic build. Great to see it in 487 Squadron markings too.

Best wishes,

Ian
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 05:04 AM UTC
Great review, love your writing style Gary! Really nice build as well, just a shame about the decals. I constantly wonder why Tamiya persist with the thicker decals while putting out such magnificently engineered kits.

Cheers, D
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 06:04 AM UTC
LOVELY job Gary...! Makes the heed spin...;-)...! Scots RULE...!
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 08:57 AM UTC
Gary, splendid mossie! For such a big build, you did a fantastic job of paring the feature down to show important aspects, while not overwhelming it with too many images. Excellent work. A shame Tamiya makes the decals and P/E so thick.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 01:35 PM UTC
Hi Gary

Beautiful work as usual!

All the best

Rowan
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 03:16 AM UTC
the wooden fighter aircraft of the royal-air-force.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 07:21 AM UTC
Loved the video!
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Posted: Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 09:36 PM UTC
I had a chance to get this one for almost half-off over Christmas AND I BLEW IT!!! I'm so mad. I thought, "this isn't a plane I'm all that crazy about," but it looks like another GREAT Tamiya 1/32nd kit to go along with their two Corsairs.
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Posted: Tuesday, April 05, 2016 - 11:16 PM UTC
Gary,
Just another extremely well written build/review in your personal style that has become one of, if not my favorite.

You certainly did justice to the kit, and the end result looks truly outstanding. From what I could see in the pictures, the decals are ok, but up close and personal is the only way to see just how good or bad they are.

Joel
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