Devilfish Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 What if there had been troubles with the P.1 program? Engine fires caused by fuel leaks setting the development back enough to warrant buying a stopgap aircraft. Needing something with the speed and acceleration close to that promised by the Lightning, the MOD turned to Lockheed, and bought 2 squadrons of F-104s 56 sqn introduced the aircraft into service. The only modification being the fitment of coolant systems for Firestreaks missiles. Kit is the 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa F-104, fitted with Airfix Lightning Firestreaks. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Impressive, looks just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 8 hours ago, Devilfish said: What if there had been troubles with the P.1 program? Blasphemy!! I have to say, it's a good looking bird though, maybe it could have worked along side the P.1 in a partenership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted February 18, 2017 Author Share Posted February 18, 2017 1 hour ago, DAG058 said: Blasphemy!! I have to say, it's a good looking bird though, maybe it could have worked along side the P.1 in a partenership. Well, it was only a stop gap until the Lightning entered service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainpeden Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 How about turning the idea around and putting colourful USAF markings on a Lightning? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Another great whif Devilfish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Coool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasweir Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 That looks good to me. Pete (Up the road at Hemswell) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallBlondJohn Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Beautiful finish - what paint? Great Whiff idea too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 11 hours ago, TallBlondJohn said: Beautiful finish - what paint? Great Whiff idea too Vallejo metal paints. Aluminium, steel, jet exhaust and exhaust manifold. I used this as a test for my Lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonf45 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Looks right to me! Great build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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