Mike Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 BAC Lightning F2A/F6 Electronics Bays (4351 for Airfix/Eduard) 1:48 CMK from Special Hobby The Cold War Warrior English Electric Lightning was rammed full of engines stacked one on top of the other to achieve those legendary point-to-point speeds and time to altitude figures, so avionics had to be squeezed in where it would fit. The Lightning's spine was therefore full of greeblies, as were the sides of the fuselage wherever a little space could be found and utilised, with maintenance notoriously tricky. As usual with CMK's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar clear vacformed box, with the resin parts safely inside, and the instructions sandwiched between the header card at the rear. There are twenty seven resin parts inside, with the first step being the removal of the panels that are supplied, namely the aft section of the spine, plus two small panels on the port side, one under the rear of the cockpit aperture, the other below the airbrake. The smaller panels are box boxed in behind with a shell, into which some small detail parts are added, and around the edge, fine resin edges are supplied, with a few spares in case you break or lose some. The spine insert fits into the open top of the fuselage, and is supplied with a nicely moulded spine cowling to pose open. The smaller boxes also have their panels included for placement nearby, to complete the scene. Ground crew were often seen fishing around inside a Lightning, and still are if you visit the Thunder and Lightnings days are Bruntingthorpe. Review sample courtesy of 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Nice stuff Mike, cheers for the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 Looks good Mike, very, very tempting. I'm going to need to do at least 1 of my several Airfix Lightnings with this set. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted July 22, 2017 Author Share Posted July 22, 2017 There's a lot of us with a couple of lightnings at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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