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- Birthday 08/10/1970
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East Anglian aviation and Cold War history.
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Tornado GR.4 12 squadron "Leads the Field"
Lightningboy2000 replied to baldwin8's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Indeed, I did the same to mine & I also personally hate filler with a passion. -
Excellent, just nice to see another one of these completed. Italeri do cover some good subjects, but they do re-pop some kits which are getting a little tired. With this one I ended up having to re-build/scratch build the cockpit as I found the central console innacurate. Apart from that, the rest of the kit stands up pretty well. I believe the overall shape is more accurate than the Trumpeter kit. I built this same airframe, but I also ended up using decals from my F-100 spares & the yellow sash round the nose doesn't fit so I ended up masking & spraying mine.
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Tornado GR.4 12 squadron "Leads the Field"
Lightningboy2000 replied to baldwin8's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Lovely looking build & I personally think that Revell kit brings very good results. I remember having to relocate an underfuselage intake, & I had to scratch build the LRMTS & FLIR pods. Also re-instated the rivets that they omitted from the underside. Apart from that I think your finished article looks superb. Martin -
Sword 1:72 Photo Banshee
Lightningboy2000 replied to reini's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Thanks for sharing your technique reini, makes for a very convincing finish. Mart -
Tamiya 1:72 Douglas F4D-1 Skyray USMC
Lightningboy2000 replied to reini's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Another superb build from you! Gorgeous little Skyray & really nice scuffy weathering! Martin -
Sword 1:72 Photo Banshee
Lightningboy2000 replied to reini's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
That certainly does look very nice & your weathering brings it up very realistically. Which Flory washes did you use & which matt finish? Some of these Sword kits are really nice. Just wish they'd hurry up & do a Thunderstreak to compliment their Thunderflash! Martin -
MiG-31BM - The Beast From The East
Lightningboy2000 replied to Lightningboy2000's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Cheers! We'll I would normally try & keep everything accurate, but as I'd sprayed up everything that hung I thought I'd attach everything in the box. It's going on a long range mission! -
MiG-31BM - The Beast From The East
Lightningboy2000 replied to Lightningboy2000's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Thanks Mike! I tried to retain that rough menacing edge to it! Martin -
MiG-31BM - The Beast From The East
Lightningboy2000 replied to Lightningboy2000's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Thanks Bill, I hope my photos have prepared you for the canyon trench like panel lines though! They are a bit in yer face, & there's the walk through engine intakes! A 1/72 family could live in there! -
MiG-31BM - The Beast From The East
Lightningboy2000 replied to Lightningboy2000's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Thanks Martin! That ICM kit looks very tempting, another kit to add to the ever climbing stash mountain! Much appreciated thanks Allan! -
MiG-31BM - The Beast From The East
Lightningboy2000 replied to Lightningboy2000's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Cheers mate, much appreciated! Thank you! -
Excellent work on what is an awkward kit. I built three of these together for a customer & I found them nightmare plastic to put together. Also the shape of those radiator intakes really bugged me so much that I really had to correct them. Something that the Trumpeter kit hadn't rectified. Superb work! Martin
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Trumpeter 1/72 F-106A Delta Dart
Lightningboy2000 replied to Seamus's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Superb F-106 & agree with the comment above, about the nicely restrained panel lines. A fine example of how it's done! Martin -
Vickers Vimy WWI
Lightningboy2000 replied to Saso Krasovec's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Wow! That is incredible! A work of art! Martin -
Tornado IDS, FlgAusbZLw, Holloman AFB, NM
Lightningboy2000 replied to Creepy Pete's topic in Ready for Inspection - Aircraft
Looks pretty good to me! Those Hasegawa kits aren't bad either, got a couple of their Tiger Meet kits to do at some point. I also use those Hataka acrylics & find that they're not too bad. Pretty good if just adding water to it as well. Martin