Danyel Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hi Here's my finished lightly weathered Lightning. I hope you enjoy WIP thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234980669-airfix-172-english-electric-lightning/ Thanks for looking 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Class, second Lightening today that I've seen today, this one is just as good looking as the first. Fabulous finish, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 That's rather lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Very nice Danyel- a flawless finish. Well done sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek51 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Lovely Lightning, I had real fit problems on the under belly tank on mine, but that was prob just me..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mixup_1 Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Veeeery nice indeed!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Well done Danyel - just goes to show it's worth persevering with the problems to produce such a great result. Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Looks good, have one in the stash waiting for the day to be built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Nice work, looks great.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grayson Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 It's so small! And yet, perfectly formed. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hello,Danyel - Well, here's another beautifully finished F2A to grace 92 Sqn's flight line!All the best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Very nice.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 I had real fit problems on the under belly tank on mine, but that was prob just me..... Hi Shrek51, it wasn't just you. I had fit problems too. I thought it would be difficult to fit the two under belly components so I attached each to the fuselage halves before joining the fuselage together. It helped but I still had to use some filler and do some fettling. Class, second Lightening today that I've seen today, this one is just as good looking as the first. Thanks sean Dave N did a cracking job on his. I'm not up to that standard - his NMF was excellent. Well done Danyel - just goes to show it's worth persevering with the problems to produce such a great result. Good job! Thanks CedB. There sure were plenty of problems! I had to take 5 weeks away from it at one point. Thanks for the kind comments everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlack33 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Great to see her finished after your extended sabbatical and the other issues, it was more than worth it judging by how it's turned out! Great build and great WIP thread! Looking forward to your next build. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Another great looking lightning! All these awesome looking Lightnings are spoiling us! I am going to have to pick up one of these kits next week. I have the old 1/48 Airfix in the stack but these 72nd scale kits look the business too, only problem is I won't be able to achieve these standards. Great work, really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 superb - nice and crisp and colourful. Lightning's are one of those classics that you can never get enough of.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danntheman Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Beautiful job, and a great finish, sets standard for me to try and follow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 Another great looking lightning! All these awesome looking Lightnings are spoiling us! I am going to have to pick up one of these kits next week. I have the old 1/48 Airfix in the stack but these 72nd scale kits look the business too, only problem is I won't be able to achieve these standards. Great work, really nice. Thanks Synopsis, very kind. You do achieve a fantastic finish. I've just seen this, which is super lovely: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234982748-airfix-172-gnat-t1/ Best wishes Fella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synopsis Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Thanks for the kind words Danyel, I am glad you like the Gnat, I have another nearing completion at the moment. I guess we are all self critical of our own work sometimes and others don't see things we know we had problems with! Your Lightning is to my eye fantastic though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very nice job. Two questions: - are those the kit AAMs? I thought the kit ones looked a bit spindly on the sprues but the ones you have used look fine. - did you manage to get enough weight into the radome to avoid its being a tail sitter or did you supllement it with more else where eg around the cockpit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorn Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very nice, great finish of the silver. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Very nice - glad to see another great Lightning done. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Another great looking Lightning! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted August 1, 2015 Author Share Posted August 1, 2015 - are those the kit AAMs? I thought the kit ones looked a bit spindly on the sprues but the ones you have used look fine. - did you manage to get enough weight into the radome to avoid its being a tail sitter or did you supllement it with more else where eg around the cockpit? They are the kit AAMs. They might look less spindley because I reduced the diameter of the pointy clear lens cover slightly. The pointly bit in the jet intake has had about 4-5g of liquid lead sealed in with CA. I glued another gram or two under the cockpit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 They are the kit AAMs. They might look less spindley because I reduced the diameter of the pointy clear lens cover slightly. The pointly bit in the jet intake has had about 4-5g of liquid lead sealed in with CA. I glued another gram or two under the cockpit. Many thanks:will help with my build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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