Hi E, Corgi have made two mossie's, a B IV and FB VI, the FB is superb and is very hard to criticise in any meaningful way. The B however has the nose painted to match the rest of the aircraft, this was crazy, because it is actually the correct nose, just that they decided to paint it!!!!! If it wasn't for the nose it would be a superb model too, it has the correct canopy (different to the FB) and a nice finish, this really made me angry with Corgi. So my advice is not to get the B IV but very much yes to get the FB VI which is one of Corgi's best.
For any people not familiar with the Mosquito, the B variants were unarmed with a bubble nose for the bomb aimer, while FB variants had a solid nose to hold 4x20mm cannon and 4x303 machine guns, there were other detail changes too but the nose was the most obvious change.
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