Various German design teams looked at ways of getting aircraft into the air quicker and one of the methods proposed was to fit a rocket motor along with the jet one. Focke-Wulf created a series of designs and Revell have modelled the fifth of their 'Flitzer' ones which actually progressed to the wooden mock-up stage. The kit consists of two sprues of grey plastic, a one piece clear canopy and decal options for two markings. To go with this I'd bought the Airwaves etched brass detail set.

Everything went together reasonably well so it was time to paint. Initially I tried 'reverse' masking putting the Olivgrun (homemade mix of light camo green and olive drab) on then masking, followed by the Dunklgelb, more masking and then the Panzergrau. When I removed the masking it didn't look right and there were paint ridges to contend with so the model was sanded down and I went back to what would have been the correct order, Panzergrau/Olivgrun/Dunklgelb. Details were picked out using black, oily steel and dark earth. Onto the vinyl tracks. These had been pre-painted using black and oily steel and were joined with superglue. As there is only one set of holes for the drive sprocket teeth I was initially worried about the sit there but it's not too bad, the tracks however don't overhang the road wheels as much as they should. Perhaps Hasegawa modelled them on the narrower transport tracks? I used my usual method of superglue and wedges to try and get the correct track sit. Decals are a mix of kit and spares which were followed by some Flory wash.
As the kit is an Ausf.E and the camoflague I was copying is on and Ausf.H this is now a 'What If', fun and more learnt along the way. Which is what modelling should be, isn't it?

Great job. I just can't remember which cartoon dog it reminds me of due to the nose.

Many, many years ago when I had an attic man-cave and had gone over to the Dark Side I thought about building a big diorama based on the Russian Front (yes Martin I know it's hard to believe). A consequence of this was that I collected a large number of vehicles and figures from both sides, some of which have already been seen in other builds. I recently came across the release of decals by H Models covering s.Pz.Abt.503 'Feldhernhalle' during the battle of Kursk in 1943 and the paint scheme for one the Tigers caught my attention. So knowing I had one in the stash I dug it out to have a go.
The kit is the 1991 Hasegawa release which I bought from Croppers for the princely sum of £1.59 and consists of 4 sprues of grey plastic and one of vinyl for the tracks. The decal sheet has markings for various units, none of which are identifed in the instructions, but as I'm not using them that doesn't matter. There are some knockout points to deal with and detail is 'if you can see it it's there, if not..'. An example is the middle two sets of road wheels which should be doubles but which Hasegawa have modelled as single thicker ones, see the photo for what they should be.

There are some kits out there about 'What If' spherical/round tanks, but as you like to make things hard for yourself.........

Nicely rendered.

I agree with Kev.

Not many parts there, should be done in a day or two?

Are you working on something from 'The Prisoner'?

This is looking great already. I also was going to mention the TLAR comment. It works for me most builds.

Thanks everyone.

Care has to taken when removing the plastic masks for the wheel wells or you can break off one of the locating lugs, I know because......... The bomb bay goes together fairly eaasily, the hardest part is finding the correct position for the bomb stripes. Photos show various positions so.. The decals went on easily with the longest part, as usual, being the stencils. Exhaust staining is Flory Dark Dirt.
All in all this is a good kit once you rectify the bomb bay area and the wing landing light. The one major gripe I have is with the clear parts for the wing tips which I couldn't get to sit as I'd have liked.
Finished as BK-K of 571 Squadron, No.8 (Pathfinder) Group, RAF Oakington, September 1944. Additional instruction notes say that when photographed in September 44 the aircraft had just returned from repairs at Hatfield hence the replacement light grey panel on the port wing and the the two grey radiator panels. The Aeroplane Icons magazine I have on the Mosquito shows ML963 with a blown hood above the pilot and says it's a B.IV not XVI, going on to state that it was abandoned on an operation to Berlin on April 10th 1945, with both the crew evading capture.

I think you need to enter this in the diorama competitions at one of the shows we go to.

Coming along nicely.

If you need some figures let me know and I'll see what I have in collection.