Canadians in Fighter Command #1 – Model any one of 4 historic Mosquito FB.VI Intruders of 418 Squadron (RCAF), in service with RAF Fighter Command (or more correctly, it's later incarnations, Air Defence of Great Britain and the 2nd Tactical Air Force) during the Second World War.
• Small series screen-printed production.
• Available in 1/72, 1/48, 1/32, and 1/24 scales. This listing is for the 1/48 scale edition and the 1/72, 1/32 and 1/24 scale editions are listed elsewhere in this eBay store.
• Decals to model any one of four different aircraft with multiple variations of the nose markings on several of them, featuring enough common markings and comprehensive airframe stencil data markings for one complete model.
• Six 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated documentation.*
*High resolution b&w
supplied in the package. Home-printable colour PDF version available via email
after purchase.
• Richly detailed Docs
file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – also
available separately as a PDF that you can zoom in to high magnification
on-screen, or print out. Internet-connected registered owners of the
decal set get the docs for free.
Additional material in this set's Docs includes an article detailing the the external under-wing ordnance variations as used by progressively improved Intruder Mosquito FB.VIs, complete with scale drawings and paint/finishing notes. Additional technical / equipment notes specific to each individual aircraft are laced throughout the comprehensive decal placement and painting instructions, covering all subject aircraft variations. Docs also includes 8 reference photographs.
• A separate general
decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.
Aircraft covered in this set:
• Mosquito FB.VI (series I) HJ719 as aircraft TH•U of 418 Squadron RCAF, RAF ADGB, Holmsey South, circa early-mid 1944
• F/L James F “Lou" Luma (USAAF) and F/O Colin Finlayson (RCAF)
• Mosquito FB.VI HR147 as aircraft TH•Z of 418 Squadron RCAF, RAF ADGB, Hunsdon, circa late 1944
• W/C Russell Bannock (RCAF) and F/O Robert Bruce (RAF)
** This July 2015 revision includes new overlay
decals to accommodate new possible interpretations of the "Hairless
Joe" nose art on this aircraft. **
• Mosquito FB.VI NS850 as aircraft TH•M of 418 Squadron RCAF, RAF ADGB, Holmsey South, circa mid 1944
• S/L Robert “ Bob” Kipp (RCAF) and F/O Peter Huletsky (RCAF)• Mosquito FB.VI SZ976 as aircraft TH•V of 418 Squadron RCAF, RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force, Airfield B.71 (Coxyde, Belgium), or Airfield B.80 (Volkel, Netherlands), circa spring 1945
• S/L Vic Cherry (a Texan in the RCAF) and various navigators.The 1/32, 1/48 and 1/72 sets in this listing are from our March 2016 reprint run.