WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I recently bought the 1/48 Airfix Lightning F1. After assembling the fuselage I started on the wings only to notice that the kit had shipped with F6 'kinked' wings. I contacted Humbrol cust service without any success. Other than removing the kinked leading edge section, is there anything else I need to consider? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Was this the original or the reissue? Want to get one, but now would want to open the box first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 It is the 2015 reissue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) As if removing the kink wasn't going to be difficult enough, the wingtips are also different. On the, F.1/2/3 etc, they taper to a point, but on the F6, the wingtips are flattened off, you can see the difference in these two pictures... airliners.net photos removed. Read the rules regarding these. Personally, I'd persevere with Humbrol... -Daz Edited January 16, 2016 by Greg B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Whilst that is an excellent example, it is a copywrite picture from A.Net and may not be reproduced here. Please just provide a link before the Mods censure it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks for the info. Humbrol originally claimed they had no spares due to it being an old kit. When I pointed out it was the 2015 reissue they claimed there were no spares due to it being a new kit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 probably just better to give the wallet rather than yourself grief and buy another kit, and hopefully airfix will eventually have spares for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Well they were the right wings when I built this F3 and this F6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 probably just better to give the wallet rather than yourself grief and buy another kit, and hopefully airfix will eventually have spares for that I already have 1/48 Su 33 & MiG 29 incoming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeky Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Its not just the "kink" that's different too the ailerons are different too. the F1's were the same as the F3's and T5's the F6's were smaller and with no balance horn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Well they were the right wings when I built this F3 and this F6 Lovely pair you have there! Are they both from the original issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Lovely pair you have there! Are they both from the original issues? Yes, bought about the end of the first release - when prices were knocked down to sell last few kits. Both built in 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Can't you just return it from where you bought it? It obviously is a faulty kit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Can't you just return it from where you bought it? It obviously is a faulty kit.... I bought it from a shop in York which subsequently got hit by the flooding. So im reluctant to go down thst route as these guys must find it a struggle without having to deal with Humbrols incompetence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Build an F3a. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I bought it from a shop in York which subsequently got hit by the flooding. So im reluctant to go down thst route as these guys must find it a struggle without having to deal with Humbrols incompetence. Still can't understand how an F6 set of wings got into an F1-3 kit, was the packaging compromised? I'd continue with the retailer. They sold it - so the problem is their's. At least register your complaint, before they use the too late excuse. Their subsequent problems may be inconvenient, but nothing to do with you. Say that you're prepared to be patient with them in resolution of the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazza Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Build an F3a. You need the big ventral tank and twin strakes from the F.6/F.2A to build a F.3A... -Daz Edited January 17, 2016 by Dazza 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 You need the big ventral tank and twin strakes from the F.6/F.2A to build a F.3A... -Daz I thought about which would be easiest - adding the tank or chopping the wings... Maybe they flew the kinked wing on a F2/F3 Prototype with small belly tank (please!?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonM Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Just call it an F4(a)! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 Still can't understand how an F6 set of wings got into an F1-3 kit, was the packaging compromised? I'd continue with the retailer. They sold it - so the problem is their's. At least register your complaint, before they use the too late excuse. Their subsequent problems may be inconvenient, but nothing to do with you. Say that you're prepared to be patient with them in resolution of the problem. The kit had tape securing the lid - not sure if this is standard? Interestingly the shop had about 4 F1/F1A kits, I actually wanted the F6 kit but thought what the heck... got what I wanted sort of. I'm not going to take it up with the shop. To be honest it will probably end up as a test bed for spraying NMF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 I thought about which would be easiest - adding the tank or chopping the wings... Maybe they flew the kinked wing on a F2/F3 Prototype with small belly tank (please!?) I'm almost certain they did. I'll look in my books and get back to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeky Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 the early Mk6's were modified MK3's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsyouruncle Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 XN725 was an F3 refitted with the kinked F6 type wings. Mentioned in a couple of places online if you google it. There's also a shot here which says it was landing at Filton (hope the link works). https://twitter.com/lightningsinfo/status/667287523857580033 It doesn't credit the photo but I hope I'm ok by just linking to it as someone else 'put it out there in the public domain'? Cheers Bob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 XN725 was an F3 refitted with the kinked F6 type wings. Mentioned in a couple of places online if you google it. There's also a shot here which says it was landing at Filton (hope the link works). https://twitter.com/lightningsinfo/status/667287523857580033 It doesn't credit the photo but I hope I'm ok by just linking to it as someone else 'put it out there in the public domain'? Cheers Bob. Got there before me, that's the one I was thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 18, 2016 Author Share Posted January 18, 2016 XN725 was an F3 refitted with the kinked F6 type wings. Mentioned in a couple of places online if you google it. There's also a shot here which says it was landing at Filton (hope the link works). https://twitter.com/lightningsinfo/status/667287523857580033 It doesn't credit the photo but I hope I'm ok by just linking to it as someone else 'put it out there in the public domain'? Cheers Bob. Thats fantastic, thanks. The photo is interesting - the radome appears to have a white sign on it? I've not seen this before. Also the intake ring appears much duller than ususual, unless this is an effect of the photo. The airfix kit has the larger tail as well as the F1 version so I should be good to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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