peter havriluk Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I'm assembling a 'started' Monogram Mosquito I was given 20 years ago. I can get a complete airplane out of it save for the propellers. Both propellers have one blade broken off, and I'm missing one of the broken blades. On a good day, I'd love to scare up a pair of propellers for this thing. Can't locate anything on Ebay save for the pricey aftermarket (resin?) propellers for Spitfires and Hurricanes. Suggestions will be very welcome as to what makes the most sense going forward. And my scrapbox doesn't have any 1/48 propellers in it to cannibalize blades from. Thanks very much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 You might bring your props to your LHS to see if you can resin blades that are similar or perhaps a little larger so they can be reshaped. Alternately, you might try to shape a replacement blade from plastic strip. HTH -- dnl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeffryfontaine Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 The Tamiya Mosquito kits have both propeller types included in the kit. See if anyone that has built the Tamiya Mosquito has the extra parts available. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Thanks, folks. I'm not intending to spend the price of a whole new (and unwanted) kit on two resin props. I'm trying to get a discarded and very shopworn pile of parts to look like an airplane, and what's missing are the propellers. The Tamiya advice is very welcome. So, anybody have an unused set of Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito propellers available for adoption? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jpk Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 11 hours ago, peter havriluk said: I'm assembling a 'started' Monogram Mosquito I was given 20 years ago. I can get a complete airplane out of it save for the propellers. Both propellers have one blade broken off, and I'm missing one of the broken blades. On a good day, I'd love to scare up a pair of propellers for this thing. Can't locate anything on Ebay save for the pricey aftermarket (resin?) propellers for Spitfires and Hurricanes. Suggestions will be very welcome as to what makes the most sense going forward. And my scrapbox doesn't have any 1/48 propellers in it to cannibalize blades from. Thanks very much. I have have what you need. Contact me via PM and I will get them to you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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jpk Posted July 26, 2020 Share Posted July 26, 2020 I do have one thing I am looking for. A 1/48 Hasegawa F-4 Phantom front windscreen. If you might have one from a junk kit let me know. Thanks JK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 Sorry, can't help with that. No jet projects. Let's hope somebody can help. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PFlint Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I've built two of the Tamiya mossies , one as a PR IV and the other as a B MK IV. so the props I have leftover are the Hamilton-Standard props for the FB MK VI. you didn't specify which version you are building or what blades you need. 😈 ( the devil is in the details , ya know ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 Which version? Damfino. The model came my way with the bomber nose sawed off and discarded, but there were enough parts in the box to build a nightfighter version, so that's what the airframe is. I'm decorating it as if it was a PR version (bomber nose) lent to the USAAF, pr blue, red tail. Inauthentic as can be, but it'll look attractive sitting among others on the shelf, and it amounts to a dumpster rescue. I once built up a fanciful USAAF A-25 out of a Matchbox Curtiss Helldiver. Pleased me no end to have a folded-wings OD/gray dive bomber. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jeffryfontaine Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 The paddle blade Hamilton Standard propellers would suggest a Canadian built Mosquito. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter havriluk Posted August 10, 2020 Author Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) Finished the Mosquito two days ago, Friday August 7. Soon's I get some shelf space cleared, it'll be in sight till some future project wants its space, then it's downstairs to the chest of drawers. I have another (German) Mosquito to assemble to keep this one company for a while. Thanks, everybody! Edited August 10, 2020 by peter havriluk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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