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And now the Mosquito...
Plane that doesn't need much introduction. I feel, however, that the drawings do need. Not so long ago Jabba made several drawings of these. Yet, they were scaled for the length of around 13,6-13,7meters. My sources say they were actually 12,4-12,5m long, although some of them indeed give the 13,6/7m for some variants, yet their appearance on source drawings or photographs don't explain why/how they could be over a 1,2 (4 feet) longer (interestingly, these are mostly B/PR variants, so different radar type isn't an explanation except perhaps some tail antenna on some aircraft - besides: 4 feet? ). Also, I had some doubts about shape and proportions of some details given by sources, scaled and when compared to results.
Honestly, despite the number of the drawings below, I have a sad feeling, that in terms of accuracy they might not be worth much.
My main sources were:
-Robert Gretzyngier, Lechosław Musiałkowski, De Havilland Mosquito, cz.1, Polscy piloci na Mosquito, AJ-Press, Gdańsk 2006 (basic outline, details of variants Mk.I to Mk.VI);
-Richard A. Franks, The De Havilland Mosquito. A comprehensive guide for the modeller, Modellers Datafile 1, SAM Publications, Bedford 1998 (some later variants, dimensions);
-Alan W. Hall, Richard J. Carauna, De Havilland Mosquito, Warpaint Special No.3;
-Mosquito in action, Squadron-Signal Aircraft No.127 and No.129 (some later variants);
-Martin W. Bowman, De Havilland Mosquito, Crowood Aviation Series, 1997 (variant descriptions etc.);
plus some other publications and websites.

Great Britain, De Havilland Mosquito






Great Britain, De Havilland Mosquito







Australia, De Havilland Mosquito


Canada, De Havilland Mosquito


New Zealand, De Havilland Mosquito


South Africa, De Havilland Mosquito


Belgium, De Havilland Mosquito


France, De Havilland Mosquito


Norway, De Havilland Mosquito


Sweden, De Havilland Mosquito


Turkey, De Havilland Mosquito


Yugoslavia, De Havilland Mosquito


Czechoslovakia, Dominicana, Soviet Union, Switzerland, USA, De Havilland Mosquito


Plus here are the Polish ones, You've already know:
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 86#p114086
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... 31#p114831

EDIT: some expressions in the post text above rephrased since they gave impression like I was criticizing Jabba's work on previous Mosquito drawings and that His drawings had any issues beyond the scale - which they didn't, and making such impression wasn't my intention - I was referring to problems with sources.

I honestly sometimes wonder if Eswube and DP actually sleep.

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That's a looooooot of mosquitos !
Very nice

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I can't decide whether this beats the Beaufighter post or not!

Seeing these, you can see why the Mossie was so adaptable, perhaps among the most adaptable WW2-era aircraft there was and certainly far more so than its Ju-88/188 rival.

Both are incredible in depth and detailing and the research needed for all these colour schemes must have been some work. If there was an FD God status, Eswube would be a fitting candidate!

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Great to see the aussie mozzies.
Ive a mate who's dad(RIP) worked at De Havillands during WWII.
Reckoned they had no end of problems with the glue during the tropic monsoon season.
The Beaufighter was more reliable apparently.
My dad was an engineer in New Guinea 43-45 and loved the Beaus.
Wonderful to see them all so well represented.
Thanks Eswube and Rowdy.

I am absolutely GOBSMACKED eswube I really don't know how you manage to draw so many variants or so many aircraft so quickly... and to such high detail either They are THOROUGHLY FANTASTIC

Well Done matey

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Thanks for comments!

@Blackbuck
I don't know how about DP, but I do sleep.

@Hood
Nah... You're just too kind.

@Rusel
Yeah, Mosquito's wooden construction didn't survived SEAC conditions well - that's why it was a theater dominated by metal Beaufighters.

@Adenandy
Lol, You don't think I did it in two days, do You? I've made them over slightly more than a week, earlier this month. And all the Polish Wings-related planes (both those drawn with Polish markings, and those drawn with other ones) were being gradually prepared already since december 2012. Most French planes were already done by July and those British that were "my only" were ready mostly by November (repaints of planes already drawn earlier by other Shipbucketeers were to be done by Rhade, but in the end I had to do it myself more recently ).
Besides, thanks to RAF's very standardized paint schemes, that wasn't that much work to do as it might look.

HOLY F_CK

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Really good stuff... how do you have time to do all of this, though??

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I appreciate the inboard profiles without the engines.