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Hi Anthony, I'm late to the party (as usual) but that gave me reason to spend a very enjoyable few minutes going through your post! I am very impressed with your skill and attention to detail along with how neat and tidy your work is. I am well and truly on board and looking forward to your continued posts.....many thanks for sharing! Cheers, Kevin

I agree Mick, I think the problem arises from the negative reviews that the kit had. There are some truly unforgivable gaffs made by Trumpeter with this kit but, if you don't mind the inaccuracies, the kit itself looks like a Lightning albeit a short wheelbase version! Thanks for your kind comments, cheers

many thanks for your kind comments wellsprop and Colin!

Thank you Joachim! Agreed binbrook87, nice avatar by the way! That made me laugh Hairtrigger....I wish! Thank you RMCS! Very kind CJP! Thank you! Cheers F-32! Very kind Lord Riot! Thank you Maginot! glad you know what a Houchin is now.

Many thanks! the Houchin introduced me to a new skill of soldering.... the devils work!

Thanks Duxford1985!

Cheers Mohawk!

Cheers SAT69! Many thanks scalemodeller54!

Many thanks...that brought a smile to my face! Thank you BleedingBlue!

Thank you Tony, yes I do feel lucky! Located not too far from Binbrook the home of the Lightning!

Can't blame Trumpeter for the FS positioning Selwyn...entirely my fault but easily remedied. Many thanks for your observations!

Thank you RMCS! Many thanks CJP!

Many thanks Andre! Absolutely agree Steve!

Many thanks Andy! I had a lot of help from the pilot Steve Gyles regarding the colour. However, when I showed Steve the finished article he told me the port Firestreak was a white one on the day which necessitated a repaint! Many thanks!

I completed this kit last year and the completed build can be seen in the Ready For Inspection section.The improvements to the kit necessitated extending the fuselage by 5mm, reducing the profile and extending the length of the fuel tank, tapering the spine, correcting the profile of the rear fuselage, correcting the cockpit sides, correcting the undercarriage and numerous other smaller modifications. This project took around two years to complete and did, at times, nearly cause me to bin it! me

Trumpeter kit with modifications (extended fuselage and shortened undercarriage)

As some of you may know, the 1/32 Trumpeter Lightning falls short on a lot of fronts. The kit however is a very straightforward build out of the box and it does resemble a Lightning should you choose to build it this way.I had previously built a Trumpeter F3 with simple modifications (extending the fuselage by 5mm which removed the 'short wheeled base' appearance of the kit along with correcting the stalky u/c legs). I had the Trumpeter F6/2a kit in my stash and decided I would have a crack at improving the kit further. I chose to replicate XN776 ‘Charlie’ an F2a from 19 Squadron based at RAF Gutersloh, Germany. This particular aircraft was very lucky to survive and to go on to being preserved in a Scottish museum. On the15th February 1974, the aircraft whilst being flown by Steve Gyles had the upper right cannon disintegrate and jam the rudder and aileron controls which very nearly forced Steve to eject from 'Charlie'. Steve however, stayed with the aircraft and made a safe recovery into Gutersloh. The improvements to the kit necessitated extending the fuselage by 5mm, reducing the profile and extending the length of the fuel tank, tapering the spine, correcting the profile of the rear fuselage, correcting the cockpit sides, correcting the undercarriage and numerous other smaller modifications. This project took around two years to complete (an off/on build!)