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Hello! WIP Thread Without any further ado, here she is: XN781 of 19 Sqn. RAF Gütersloh, flown by Wing Commander R.K. Barcilon, late 1974. Here she is with XS921. I had a lot of fun with this model, unfortunately the decals silvered a bit but not much I could do about it. I will be building another lightning soon, most likely XN793.- 10 replies
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Salutations everyone, I'm back with another WIP thread where the model is actually already finished, I just enjoy sharing my processes. I started this one back in December, relatively quick build for my standards. The aircraft in Question is XN781 of 19 Sqn. RAF Gütersloh. From my reference images on the internets I had discovered a few flaws with the instructions, the gun ports were not gunmetal on this (or frankly most of these green lightnings), on neither panels, the one nearer the cockpit was green like the fuselage and the actual gun port was usually red or a highly chipped showing the gunmetal underneath. On the lower guns (or where they would be), there is a green bit sticking out which is also missing. (THESE PHOTOS ARE NOT MINE, I AM UNABLE TO GIVE CREDIT AS I CAN'T FIND THE SOURCE) I started with the seat. I really enjoy scratchbuilding onto them as they really lack detail. Closing up the fuselage and painting was a surprisingly fast process. Then the gear was painted (and dry-fitted) Then I lost motivation for a bit but in the past 2 days I finished her! I decided to go with green firestreaks as I had seen photos of Gütersloh lightnings with them (and they are much easier to paint than white). Here she is next to XS921, my other lightning (there will be more...) This one is a very short thread, next update will be the RFI Hope you enjoyed looking at it though!
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Hi all, After some good feedback on my first build since a child I'm starting work on my second model and thought I'd post the progress here as I can see a few challenges ahead. Moved from a skill 1 to a skill 2 so expecting some new things will be learned along the way. Already looking forward to starting more builds after this one Bitten by the bug once again Anyhow .... on with the show. Quick parts review and obligatory red wine Quite a few bits need cleaning up, so this will be a good excercise in preparation. I will be taking my time on these bits so I don't overdo it. I attempted to weather the cockpit floor and this is the result ... not bad for a first foray into the "weathered" look. The picture of the tidied up floor is blurred so this is the "almost" finished floor. And here's the cockpit / engine assemby ready to go into the fuselage So far it's been pretty smooth sailing ... if there's anything you chaps can see that's glaringly obviously wrong please let me know. I'm open to critisism / suggestions while I work on this second build. Thanks for looking
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