The Wooksta's Mosquito Blog comments thread

Gondor · December 18, 2025, 10:00:53 PM

Don't worry about what I am doing Lee, so don't give me anything to help a build that I have not started, it could be decades before I get around to starting them.

PR19_Kit · December 31, 2025, 02:05:02 AM

Is that resin Highball insert intended to fit a Wyvern too, or was that scheme just one of Their Naval Lordships crazy ideas?

I was wondering how it would fit between the Python's exhaust pipes..................

Nice to see a Skybirds Hornet in build, I must have a look at mine when I'm home. Like yours they're bulging out of the already opened boxes!

kitbasher · December 31, 2025, 04:38:29 AM

I guess the original Eagle-engined Wyvern might take it (but I don't know), but yes, the Clyde- or Python-engined versions would seem problematic.

PR19_Kit · December 31, 2025, 04:58:31 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on December 31, 2025, 04:38:29 AMI guess the original Eagle-engined Wyvern might take it (but I don't know), but yes, the Clyde- or Python-engined versions would seem problematic.

Ah yes, the Eagle was a MONSTER engine but it didn't have two drain pipes running down each side of the fuselage!

NARSES2 · December 31, 2025, 06:14:17 AM

Must admit I find the idea of a Highball armed Hornet absolutely fascinating. Seems a perfect candidate for the BPF

George the Cat · January 03, 2026, 02:49:44 AM

I like the idea too Chris.

And I have several Special Hobby Hornets.

Who does the Highball set in 1/72?

The Wooksta! · January 03, 2026, 04:34:52 AM

Mine are cloned Paragon, but Blackbird did a set.

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 31, 2025, 06:14:17 AMMust admit I find the idea of a Highball armed Hornet absolutely fascinating. Seems a perfect candidate for the BPF

Too late, they didn't begin converting the Hornet to Highball until '48. Given that the US was most unhappy about the Highball Mosquitoes in '45 and all the suitable targets had been sunk by then, a BPF one isn't really feasible. One in Korean War stripes going up against North Korean dams though?

NARSES2 · January 03, 2026, 05:38:39 AM

Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 03, 2026, 04:34:52 AMOne in Korean War stripes going up against North Korean dams though?

Sounds reasonable

PR19_Kit · January 03, 2026, 05:49:14 AM

Since when has 'feasibility' been a factor in our modelling?

The Wooksta! · January 03, 2026, 08:04:56 AM

Yours perhaps, I prefer something a bit more grounded.

zenrat · January 04, 2026, 04:48:10 AM

IIRC Highballs were designed for anti-shipping use. Would they have enough bang to take out a dam?
A question of size I suppose. ISTR James Hollands Dam Busters book stating that the results of blowing up model dams were easy to scale up to the Ruhr Dams which would indicate Highballs would work on dams if they were small enough.