Airfix 1/48 Lightning F1 111 Sqn

[Jackster]

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

[DocRob]

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

[Wingco57]

I’m a pure prop guy but some jets I do like such as the Lightning. Looks great, well done.

Cheers

Ceed

[harv]

Very nice work !!!.......harv 

[GusMac]

Nice finish. I remember those as my uncle was an AC2 at Leuchars in the 70s. They made one hell of a racket!

[Jackster]

Thanks guys, I can get on with tht D-Day GB now :-)

[HubertB]

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

[Jackster]

Ouch Hubert, they do look like a rocket though eh?

[HubertB]

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

[Sir Desmond Glazebrook]

Fantastic. Well done.