20160129 (1)_Earthquake_Bomb
More scratchbuilding in aid of the 633 Squadron Mosquito. The RAF used 4000lb "blockbusters" - thin cased blast bombs - from 1941. The versatile Mosquito proved just big enough (with a bulge to the previously sleek lower fuselage) to hold one. The Mk 1 had a pointy nose with a circular spoiler but the more widely used Mk 3 was just a big dustbin. Both had a cylindrical concrete counterbalance as a tail, but the film-makers removed that and added a cruciform tail with another circular spoiler. Cue the saw and plastic card....
20160129 (1)_Earthquake_Bomb
More scratchbuilding in aid of the 633 Squadron Mosquito. The RAF used 4000lb "blockbusters" - thin cased blast bombs - from 1941. The versatile Mosquito proved just big enough (with a bulge to the previously sleek lower fuselage) to hold one. The Mk 1 had a pointy nose with a circular spoiler but the more widely used Mk 3 was just a big dustbin. Both had a cylindrical concrete counterbalance as a tail, but the film-makers removed that and added a cruciform tail with another circular spoiler. Cue the saw and plastic card....