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Hi All,

 

Its been a while since i last posted anything on here, or for that matter finished anything in plastic! Hopefully it wont be as long the next time.

 

Anyhow on to the Lightning... It's the Airfix 1/48 kit so doesn't really need anymore said about it that hasn't already been said. I used the Neomega cockpit, Eduard PE set, Airwaves ladder, Aeroclub nose ring, QMT intake cover and wheels (not that keen on the wheels as they don't seem to take a wash very well) .Cannot remember where the figures came from and the Houchin GPU is from Videoavaition which i do like. Just wish they would do more in 1/48 scale ;)

 

I used Gunze acrylics, Aeromaster and kit decals and Galleria semi matt varnish to finish, weathering was a mix of oils and pastels.

 

Enjoy!

 

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24807119128_4976f35dce_z.jpgLightning F6 (1) by Richard Farndon, on Flickr

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Awesome build! The black spine looks like it was painted over real metal- did you put a silver basecoat down first? What you have done looks like painted metal, not painted plastic! Well done, sir!

Mike

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3 hours ago, 72modeler said:

Awesome build! The black spine looks like it was painted over real metal- did you put a silver basecoat down first? What you have done looks like painted metal, not painted plastic! Well done, sir!

Mike

Thanks Mike, Basically the whole model was given a coat of Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 Black as an undercoat and to check for any flaws, also i wanted to try marbling with the low-viz grey, you can produce some quite subtle effects like this and something i will definitely do again.

 

As for the spine, after the Mr surfacer coat i rubbed it down with micromesh and then gave it a coat of Alclad gloss black base, and thats about all i did apart from give the fasteners a once over with a silver pencil to represent paint chipping.

 

HTH

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Beautiful Lightning - there have been some very nice Lightning models on BM lately and yours maintains the high standard of finish - also like the photographs of your completed model - very well thought out

CJP

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