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  1. Airfix 1/48 Lightning Quickboost aftermarket seat Eduard etch Vallejo, Tamiya and Humbrol Paints Build here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235041130-airfix-148-lightning-f3-finished/&
  2. well everything else went fine and it is now finished: and with its younger brother next one will definatly be a 23rd squadron. thanks for support and especially MADMUSKY for his help with 23squadron details.
  3. Well the chrome sprayed ok so a bit puzzled about the aluminium, ah well pretty straight forward progress, here it is now decals worked well apart from slight crease behind pit. I should have sprayed the areas under the yellow white as the black is showing through slightly but I might try to use oils to blend in once future coated. Just now applying multiple tiny jet decals, I still have the missiles to finish and the clear lenses to add and some minor antenas .
  4. So a bit of a two forward , one back week. I tried to spray the vallejo aluminium but it just didnt work. Bit of a surprize as I used it on a previous kit and it worked well, cleaned it off, cleaned airbrush, tested it on normal acryllics and spray gun ok, tried vallejo and no joy. Obviously something Ill need to practice using to get right balance of pressure etc. In the meantime I used humbrol silver from a spray can and that went down well. I left it a few days, done a light second coat and left it a few days to settle then rubbed lightly with a rag. I then removed the masking and there was underspray inside the canopy so that had to come off and get cleaned then back on. Wheels are on. Iv just given it the first coat of clear , I will use three or four as silver paint I find is easy to mark. Oh and the invisable seam on the bottom has mysteriously reappeared , but its only at certain angles and I casnt be bothered sanding and filing it anymore as if I did Id lose all detail on base. here is how it sits now Im quite liking the black so this may turn out a 111 after all. I have a dilema with the chrome for the nose ring, Iv prepped the spare tail and will test on this to make sure it sprays ok or if not try to find a way to brush on the chrome.
  5. Cockpit finished and masked once all main parts were on I spreyed halfords primer, then attacked the visable joins. It wasnt bad there was an invisable seam on the bottom that I used superglue to hide, some PPP on the nose ring join and some work where the canopy rear joins. once happy I sprayed black and now have a nightfighter. I will polish this with a rag then attatch the final tiny aerials etc then spray aluminium.
  6. nice work, are you rescribing all the panel lines?
  7. Iv cracked on with this so progress so far put in internals and weights, fishing wights and wood glue- then glued halves and filled- worst seam was underneath then wings,tail added- when adding wings important to check alignment and that they arnt warped, mines looked good so no need to do anything drastic. On my last kit the port wing always looked weird, that and the poor finish led me to scrapping it so I hope this one turns out better other parts on and light filling with green stuff and PPP, not anything much here generally a good fit. I will tidy things up then start on undercarraige.
  8. Thanks again for help @MADMUSKY it would be nice if you could get something sorted as it would be great to see the Leuchers pictures.
  9. Thank you for the kind offer, however I dont think I could blend in the white on the decals with background. I have another thread on the aircraft cold war section and have found out that there were 2 styles of eagle so kits decals are ok
  10. OK I have found a picture of XP736 code F with eagle facing back - http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/XP736.jpg
  11. Etch added and wings together paint and weights arrived , exhaust etch fitted. sink marks filled just nose cone to paint then can box internals up
  12. Thank you for your replies; to try to clarify The aircraft , Lightning F3, listed on airfix instructions is XP745 code M leuchers 1964 The aeroclub Lightning F3 are listed as XP760 or XP763 codes K and M Airfix uses the big eagle while aeroclub give big eagle and smaller in disc ones So looks like I need to use the smaller disc ones as the bigger ones I can only find pictures with eagle facing forward Just to add to confusion there is a corgi 1/72 f3 cosde M with large eagles facing rear on starboard side but cant find actual picture of real plane
  13. oops sorry thought we were off, Ill reign it back and wait till the weekend.................. are we there yet? ....................................are we there yet ?
  14. nice I do wish airfix would hurry up and issue an up to date mold of this iconic plane
  15. started with the internals, First I added the etch and painted the pit, then sprayed the inlet silver and exhaust silver. Inlet was only glued at back to aid linning up. There is the usual gap at wheel wells to fix , I forgot to add weights to inside nose so will have to pack weights around it. I have ordered some lead fishing weights and Im "weighting" on these arriving Seams will need tidied up in exhausts then I will add tamiya smoke to darken it down. Leaving things to dry as silver takes age to harden then will paint nose cone, Incidentlly no true colours will be harmed in this build,any colours I use will bear only a passing resemblance to reality and will be determined purely by what I mix and what I think looks right. Seat is only fitted in for photo, need to attatch handles and will glue later in build.
  16. OK under starters orders Its an older version , but looks ok I have to make a confession, this is my second attempt at a lightning. I did one years ago but was never happy and it ended up in the bin, the only thing I kept was the resin seat and the clear canopy. Seat here which I will tidy up, wont see much anyway as I make kits with canopy closed.
  17. I'd like to do a lightning as 23 squadron from leuchars but have hit a snag with decals. On both airfix and aeroclub sets the eagle tail markings are all facing the left however on any pictures I have seen of real aircraft the eagles face forward on both port and starboard sides. So I would need one left and one right facing decal So are the decals wrong? Any help appreciated
  18. Thanks , you seem to back up my suspitions, I might have to go for 111 Sqdrn markings instead.
  19. I'd like to join in with this please, pics to follow but need some help. I'd like to do this as 23 squadron from leuchars but have hit a snag with decals. On both airfix and aeroclub sets the eagle tail markings are all facing the left however on any pictures I have the eagles face forward. So would need one left and one right facing decal So are the decals wrong? Any help appreciated
  20. Part 2 of dual build Tamiya 1/48 Tiger Tamiya paints and weathering powders H Model decals depicts Tiger White 30 July 1943 Sicily
  21. Tiger finished Tamiya paints and weathering H models decals depicting Tiger of 2 company July 43 Sicily. I will post further pics in gallery but here is one of both together Thanks to all for encouragement , kept me going to completion.
  22. Many thanks to hosts for this themed build, excellent efforts by all involved
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