Jackster Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Just cleared this from my workbench, my fourth model since returning to modelling. Learnt a lot from this one, first use of a airbrush, a Flory wash. Kit is straight out of the box apart from 111 Sqn decals and added details to the ejection seat. Cheers Kev 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Nice Lightning Kev, I always liked the design of the bird, which put brute force and some elegance in a very attractive frame. You did this appearance great justice with that cool NMF look. Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I’m a pure prop guy but some jets I do like such as the Lightning. Looks great, well done. Cheers Ceed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Very nice work !!!.......harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GusMac Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Nice finish. I remember those as my uncle was an AC2 at Leuchars in the 70s. They made one hell of a racket! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Thanks guys, I can get on with tht D-Day GB now :-) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Cool. I remember building a 1/48 Lightning F1a ... some 25 years ago. It was an ID model vac-form. I was very proud of it, and then my children thought it was a cool toy too, to go flying around the house 'Whoooooooooooooshhhhh !" Hubert 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackster Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Ouch Hubert, they do look like a rocket though eh? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 They do, and despite their typically British ungainly design, they somehow looked cool (at least until they got pregnant - and useful at last - with the big tank). As for the kit: 1) This is life when you have young children at home 2) I should have stored them better if I wanted to keep them longer 3) it was just an advanced call on their ultimate fate. Until recently, and my new wife, I was binning the finished kits after some time. It was a way of keeping some free shelf space, and also a reflection that I was more interested in the building process than the finished kit Nice work again on that icon of Britishness. Hubert 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Desmond Glazebrook Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Fantastic. Well done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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