Sebastien Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 As I wrote earlier, rather than sulking about the lost decals on the F-4B, I decided to work on a rarely seen version of my favourite plane : the big-bellied twin-stick Lightning. I found out, a bit late, that Aeroclub conversion was designed with the small-bellied Lightning in mind. First fuselage half was a bit so and so: So I cut the conversion part to fit the big belly on my second fuselage half (better late than never, and all that stuff): This is going to look a bit like this: Fuselage halves puttied, sanded, coated with Tamiya TS-30 for test and puttied again because, well, you know how it is: Just before closing the fuselage: Three .36 bullets sure give it something to stay on its three wheels... So, when you glue together the fuselage halves, you get something not quite bad, but rather less than quite good: And when looked at from above, it's bad: Putty and sandpaper, what else? It's starting to look like it: Something a bit annoying about Airfix Lightning: you got to glue a thin card rectangle to the under side of the wing in order to get a good fit to the fuselage: To be continued... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 promising start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Pass the popcorn, this is looking very cool! Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 OK, that's got my attention! Looks great so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Looking promising so far! After seeing that gap on top, I hope you checked to see how the canopy fits? That's unless you plan to have it posed open. I'm hoping to see all the cockpit insides! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Sebastien, Ooh very good start. I think this classy bird will hold MY attention. Edited January 29, 2013 by HOUSTON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thanks to all. The windscreen is glued in place. The gap between the fuselage halves wasn't that bad. Some putty will be needed, but not too much. I had to putty the wing roots, because a) the wings are not made for a widening fuselage and I have a rather ballistic approach to test fitting (and c) I'm a lazy bugger). I rescribed a couple of lost panel lines too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmick Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 oh poo, forgot about the EE Lightning, will add one to the list, nice work with the conversion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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