Mark M Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 hi chaps, with hte new release of the lightning, ive been searching for decals and well i cant find alot, ive checked hannants and there anit many F6's can somone point me in the direction of some thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Mark, See this thread: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...topic=234908926 FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 thanks did the firebirds have f6's? as i have the firebirds display tonka to do as a lightning would look good next to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delta7 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I was thinking the same, so far I have found 2 sources model alliance do sets http://www.theaviationworkshop.co.uk/index...products_id=182 and xtradecals have just releases a set http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/xtradec...99-p-38915.html there is also the tiger squadron set that covers se5as spits lightnings, tornados and phantoms http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/xtradec...80-p-25272.html tho why they done a 111 squadron sheet without lightnings is a bit daft to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junco Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Of course there are 3 sets each that both Cutting Edge and Aeromaster produced. Could be picked up for between £6-£12 a sheet at one time. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 thanks did the firebirds have f6's? as i have the firebirds display tonka to do as a lightning would look good next to it They did fly F6s for a time in the mid '70s but the markings were very toned down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 thanks did the firebirds have f6's? as i have the firebirds display tonka to do as a lightning would look good next to it Mark, 56 Sqn markings were included in the original boxing of this kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Mark/Bill I think 56 did fly the F6 but only converted off the earlier marks after they gave up the Firebirds team. The conversion onto the F6 was in 1975 and the Arrows were in place by then. Mark - the 1/48 Airfix F1 model has Firebird decals which I won't be using - any use to you? Call it a wee pressie of Santa ! regards to both JohnT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Mark/BillI think 56 did fly the F6 but only converted off the earlier marks after they gave up the Firebirds team. The conversion onto the F6 was in 1975 and the Arrows were in place by then. Mark - the 1/48 Airfix F1 model has Firebird decals which I won't be using - any use to you? Call it a wee pressie of Santa ! regards to both JohnT thanks for the offer, ill let you know once ive done some more research Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Mark/BillI think 56 did fly the F6 but only converted off the earlier marks after they gave up the Firebirds team. The conversion onto the F6 was in 1975 and the Arrows were in place by then. Mark - the 1/48 Airfix F1 model has Firebird decals which I won't be using - any use to you? Call it a wee pressie of Santa ! regards to both JohnT Hi John, You are correct, 56 Sqn certainly did use the F6, but well after the "Firebirds" display team had disbanded by 1963. They were the last RAF "front-line" display team - costs were just too much even in them days! By the time they were flying the F3 - with red and white chequered tails the Yellow Jacks were flying Gnats - and these would soon be painted red - but thats another story! 56 Sqn markings for the F1a Lightning are very different from those used on the F6, so aren't appropriate here. Mark will need to use those from the original F6 kit. I have some spares Mark, if you need them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 thansk bill, im thinking on holding out for a f1 i recon with the recent release they will do the other too, this isnt going to be on hten bench for a while so thanks for the offers but ill wait for the time being but i think i have a plan now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcn Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm completely ignorant on all things Lightning but I do fancy making one of these. Can that Saudi scheme be made from tha Airfix boxing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I'm completely ignorant on all things Lightning but I do fancy making one of these. Can that Saudi scheme be made from tha Airfix boxing. Yes it can. The F53 was the export version of the F6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acky190 Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Were there any lary, bright schemes at all for the F.6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Were there any lary, bright schemes at all for the F.6? 5 Sqn's XR770 was about the most colourful F6 with it's red fin/spine/wing leading edge's. It's an option in the latest Airfix release. Other examples were: - 11 Sqn XR725/XS903 black fin/spine, XR753 23 Sqn white fin/spine, XS897 74 Sqn black fin and the three 5 Sqn jets (XR724/XR770/XS903) with the shark mouths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAbshier Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 5 Sqn's XR770 was about the most colourful F6 with it's red fin/spine/wing leading edge's. It's an option in the latest Airfix release. Other examples were: - 11 Sqn XR725/XS903 black fin/spine, XR753 23 Sqn white fin/spine, XS897 74 Sqn black fin and the three 5 Sqn jets (XR724/XR770/XS903) with the shark mouths. If you build 74 Squadron, most if not all of their aircraft were NOT fitted with the ventral tank guns; this is also true for early deliveries to 5 Squadron. I had wanted to do an as-delivered NMF 5 Squadron aircraft with my "stash" F6, but installed the tank parts with the guns, so changed to DG/DSG over NMF instead! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 If you build 74 Squadron, most if not all of their aircraft were NOT fitted with the ventral tank guns; this is also true for early deliveries to 5 Squadron. I had wanted to do an as-delivered NMF 5 Squadron aircraft with my "stash" F6, but installed the tank parts with the guns, so changed to DG/DSG over NMF instead!Andy Not that it matters that much in modelling terms but initial deliveries to 5 Sqn were actually F3a's (Interim F6). Identical to the F6 but no provision for o/w tanks. These were converted later to full F6 standard. Regarding 74 Sqn Lightnings - these were delivered to RAF Tengah and there are plenty of pic's with these with o/w tanks. Most photo's I've shown has them in a shiny state! These would make a nice model with Alclad, and a shame that the new Airfix kit didn't have these decals - the cannon less tank is of course incled in the kit. Well worth looking at this site: All New Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junco Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 For reference here are the F2A/F6 Decals in cluded on the Aeromaster and Cutting Edge sheets: Aeromaster 48-370 F2A XN732 92 Sqn 1970 Highly polished metal finish with blue tail Aeromaster 48-371 F6 XS903 11 Sqn 1988 3 tone grey with black tail F6 XS897 5 Sqn 1987 Camo F6 XR770 5 Sqn 1987 2 tone gray with red tail F6 XR725 11 Sqn 1988 3 tone grey with black tail Cutting Edge CED48075 F6 XR770 5 Sqn 1984 grey with red tail F2A XN781 19 Sqn 1974 green F6 XR754 5 Sqn 1987 2 tone grey with sharkmouth F2A XN780 92 Sqn 1970 Highly polished metal finish with blue tail F2A XN793 19 Sqn 1974 green Cutting Edge CED48076 F6 XR728 LTF 1985 grey Cutting Edge CED48077 F6 XR769 74Sqn 1970 silver black tail F6 XR763 11Sqn 1972 silver F6 XS903 11Sqn 1988 2 tone grey with black tail F6 XR725 11Sqn 1988 2 tone grey with black tail Regards, Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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