Ralph_S Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Ever since I built my Fairey Swordfish to go with Lego Monster's HMS Hood, I've been thinking about building more minifig scale classic aircraft, but I had few concrete plans until recently. The De Havilland Mosquito came up in a conversation with Lego Monster a few weeks ago, and last week I decided to have a go at building one. more pictures on flickr All in all it took about 30 hours to build and I'm happy with the result. I hope you'll like it too. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Rijkvv Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Very great! You should build more WWII minifig-scale planes! Quote
Natman8000 Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 The cockpit is really well made! It looks very authentic and the dark green gives it a great touch. Can you do a B-29 flying fortress next? Quote
rriggs Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 You see Ralph S and MOC together in a topic and you just know it's going to be good. This doesn't disappoint! Brilliant! Cheers Rog Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 8, 2009 Author Posted March 8, 2009 Very great! You should build more WWII minifig-scale planes! Thanks. I probably will. I have concrete plans for one more, to be built sometime in the next few months, and some vague ideas on building more after that. The cockpit is really well made! It looks very authentic and the dark green gives it a great touch. Can you do a B-29 flying fortress next? The cockpit canopy is almost always one of the most difficult parts of an aircraft to build, so I am glad that you like it. I specifically chose this version of the Mosquito because I figured I'd have just enough dark green plates and slopes to be able to do some justice to the camouflage pattern. I've never used as much dark green on a single MOC as with this one. If I were to build a four-engined bomber, it would more likely be a B-17 Flying Fortress, but thanks for the suggestion. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Natman8000 Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Aw shoot I mean B-17. There goes the thought that I know all about planes. A B-29 still is a good plane to make though. Quote
Captain Green Hair Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Ralph strikes again! Excellent job, i love the colorscheme! Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 8, 2009 Author Posted March 8, 2009 Aw shoot I mean B-17. There goes the thought that I know all about planes. A B-29 still is a good plane to make though. Never mind. The B-29 is called the Superfortress, and would indeed be interesting. There already is a fantastic one on brickshelf, built by the same Japanese builder who is also building the Yamato. I'm not sure I could do any better. Ralph strikes again!Excellent job, i love the colorscheme! Thanks. I finally found something that I could do in dark green Cheers, Ralph Quote
SeaKing61 Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Excellent job, you've captured the shape and colour fantastically. Especially the mossie's thick wings. The canopy and nose are both excellent too. It's nice to see them brick-built rather than using clear plastic Laurie Quote
KimT Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Great work Ralph. This reminds me of classic LEGO sets. Quote
TenorPenny Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 A fine depiction of an awesome aircraft. Well done! Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 9, 2009 Author Posted March 9, 2009 (edited) You see Ralph S and MOC together in a topic and you just know it's going to be good. This doesn't disappoint!Brilliant! Cheers Rog Sorry I didn't reply sooner, Rog. I somehow missed your message. I didn't know I had that sort of reputation. Excellent job, you've captured the shape and colour fantastically. Especially the mossie's thick wings. The canopy and nose are both excellent too. It's nice to see them brick-built rather than using clear plasticLaurie It has always been a desire of mine to be able to do cockpits and windows with LEGO parts, despite the non-LEGO plastic that I've used on many of my modern-day aircraft. Most of my helicopters already have LEGO windows and the canopy shape on this one seemed very well doable in LEGO elements as well and the nose-cone would have been next to impossible to do otherwise. The wings were fun to build. Their thickness was actually an advantage, because it helped me giving them the right dihedral. It also helped with the camouflage. I mainly had 1x6 and 4x8 plates in dark green. The thickness of the wing made it possible to overlap plates, making the camouflage less blocky. Great work Ralph.This reminds me of classic LEGO sets. I sometimes get told that my models are 'old school' or 'old-fashioned', depening on whether or not the person writing it likes it or not. I guess you like it A fine depiction of an awesome aircraft. Well done! I too like the real aircraft. It's a classic, and I had great fun depicting it in LEGO. Thanks for all your reactions. Cheers, Ralph Edited March 9, 2009 by Ralph_S Quote
Batbrick Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 When I see the words Ralph_S and De Havilland Mosquito in the same sentence I leap for joy! The Mosquito is probably my favourite British plane of the war, and you've really done it justice, especially the canopy at the front, which I imagine was quite hard to realise, but you pulled it off. Batbrick Away! Quote
Teddy Posted March 10, 2009 Posted March 10, 2009 Dear Ralph_S, that is just stunning. Love what you did with the color scheme. The canopy up front is just brilliant. The only thing that could make it better, would be tiling the wings. Thumbs up from me. Kind regards, Teddy Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 10, 2009 Author Posted March 10, 2009 When I see the words Ralph_S and De Havilland Mosquito in the same sentence I leap for joy! The Mosquito is probably my favourite British plane of the war, and you've really done it justice, especially the canopy at the front, which I imagine was quite hard to realise, but you pulled it off. Batbrick Away! Thank you. The nosecone indeed took a while to sort out. It still doesn't look too good from every angle, but there's only so much you can do on this scale. Dear Ralph_S, that is just stunning. Love what you did with the color scheme. The canopy up front is just brilliant. The only thing that could make it better, would be tiling the wings. Thumbs up from me. Kind regards, Teddy Well, I myself don't care about studs, but that's everyone's personal preference. Since I am the proud owner of a grant total of four 1x4 tiles in dark green, it wasn't really an option I'm afraid. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Teddy Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 Well, I myself don't care about studs, but that's everyone's personal preference. Since I am the proud owner of a grant total of four 1x4 tiles in dark green, it wasn't really an option I'm afraid. Cheers, Ralph Dear Ralph_S, don't care about studs?.. Guess thats why they call you old school. No, but seriously I love your design anyway. Kind regards, Teddy Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 Dear Ralph_S, don't care about studs?.. Guess thats why they call you old school. No, but seriously I love your design anyway. Kind regards, Teddy That's absolutely why some people call my building old-fashioned or old school. Studless building seems to have become the norm. Worse, some builders seem to hold the opinion that if a MOC has got studs, it's no good. For me the studs don't matter. I don't doubt for a second that if I could be bothered I could build studless, but in general I don't see the point. I've seen great MOCs with studs and utter rubbish without studs. That said, I am currently working on a largely studless build because it has to fit in a theme with a predominantly studless building style. It should be ready and on-line fairly soon. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Asuka Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 A very fine and inspiring work, once again, and it´s interesting to see that you´re further extending your creativity into the MF scale department. Some dioramas could be a welcomed diversion for sure. The amount of detail´s still great, like the excellent working undercarriage and bomb bay. Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 A very fine and inspiring work, once again, and it´s interesting to see that you´re further extending your creativity into theMF scale department. Some dioramas could be a welcomed diversion for sure. The amount of detail´s still great, like the excellent working undercarriage and bomb bay. I'm not at all surprised you like the underside. After all, that's where the doors are In seriousness, thank you. For a long time I tended to ignore minifigs, certainly when building aircraft, because building them at a larger scale seemed more convenient. However, there are plenty of aircraft that can be made to work on minifig scale and building them is a challenge that I welcome. I like the idea of a diorama. Being able to do that is a major benefit of building for minifigs and it's certainly something that I want to try sometime. Cheers, Ralph Quote
Zorro Posted March 12, 2009 Posted March 12, 2009 The color pattern is great and the scale looks good as well. I love the plane, please keep on building them. Quote
brickmania Posted March 16, 2009 Posted March 16, 2009 Another excellent plane and your are definitely raising the bar again! I'll respond to your email about the book shortly... been really pressed for time these past few weeks and my in box is flooded! Quote
Ralph_S Posted March 16, 2009 Author Posted March 16, 2009 Another excellent plane and your are definitely raising the bar again!I'll respond to your email about the book shortly... been really pressed for time these past few weeks and my in box is flooded! Thanks Daniel. I didn't know you were on Eurobricks, although judging from your number of posts, you haven't been here for very long. Take your time. Cheers, Ralph Quote
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