Hi guys
Unfortunately I couldn’t find a micro map for dummies of Amiens in February 1944, as some friends had kindly suggested. That’s why I took my Mosquito and, in a fit of rage, threw it in the bin!
Then I remembered that the Jericho mission had been well prepared using a large model of the site, built on a desk at Hunsdon airfield, with the help of photos taken by British photo reconnaissance planes and with detailed instructions from the French Resistance. The Mosquito pilots therefore knew exactly where the target was and what it would look like, from the planned attack altitude, once over Amiens. So I went to the bin and took my Mosquito back. 
Of course I’m joking and the dummies map joke made me smile!
Jokes aside, my build is finished.
All national insignia, identification and registration letters are self-painted with the help of masks. The same goes for the red “Keep-Off” rectangles on the leading edges of the wings. Only the infinite number of stencils are taken from the kit’s decal supply. But, I repeat my personal opinion, the quality of the decal sheet is not up to the standard of the kit. Too much support film and too tick. Depending on the light, a residual silvering effect can still be seen.
I resume the photos where I left them last time, i.e. in the final stages of painting the model. The disruptive camouflage gave me some uncertainty in obtaining an acceptable soft demarcation between the green and the gray. In the end I am quite satisfied.
That’s the final result.
I decided to present it as you see it in these final photos with one engine completely enclosed in its 4 cowlings and the other visible from above and below. Likewise, one propeller with the spinner installed and the other without. The navigator studies the map of the English Channel and the pilot prepares to climb the ladder. A small, simple wooden base depicting the airfield on a cold, wet February morning in 1944, with snow beginning to dirty the grass.
Somewhere some mechanic and support aviator, prepares to assemble the pieces placed on the ground.
Thanks to everyone for the support and appreciation during the realization of the model.
Dan
P.S.
The elegant Macchi MC 202 is a serious candidate to end up on my workbench. But the waiting list is long and many are jostling for a place in the front row. What do you think guys? 