Kallisti Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) As an aside to my "Aircraft my Father fixed" project, I've decided to build examples of other 5 Sqn aircraft from periods when he wasn't ground crew. So to begin with, here is an EE Lightning, the 1:48 Airfix kit. This is pretty much OOB with just the addition of a resin seat and decals sourced from numerous places to represent a 5 Sqn aircraft. I opened up a couple of ports and intakes in the fuselage. I can't honestly say this is one of my best builds - I made a number of mistakes during the build which caused me a certain degree of grief. The paint is Tamiya Acrylics for the camo and details and Alcad Aluminium for the undersides. Its the first time I've used Alcard for large areas, prior to this I'd just used the chrome on the Routemaster handrails. I didn't have too many problems with it. So here are the photos with my new camera! Edited November 4, 2013 by Kallisti 24
macgregor Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 That's a lovely lightning & well presented. Well done. Mac
ijs302 Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 nice lightning i would be happy if all my builds turned out as good as yours did
tonyot Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Very nice,....that's my favourite Lightning scheme and markings and I`ve got one of these planned myself someday! Cheers Tony 1
bobster Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Nice looking build! I've got this in the stash to attempt after a few more simpler builds to get my hand back in.
bentwaters81tfw Posted November 4, 2013 Posted November 4, 2013 Tidy Frightening. No problems with that. Memo to self, must build one of mine.
Kallisti Posted November 4, 2013 Author Posted November 4, 2013 Glad you like it - funnily enough I've just been packing up the boxes for Telford and this went into a box with my 5 Sqn Thunderbolt so I've called that the "Bohemian Rhapsody" box... Thunderbolt and Lightning... 1 1
Tabio Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 Lovely job, gotta love a Lightning! Don't see too many on here in camo, it looks great
jenko Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 Very nice indeed. Best of British rules OK !!!!
Buzby061 Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 Looks good, I'd certainly be happy with that. Memo to self - must get another Lightning. Pete
LT Motta Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 I do like your Lightning! Very nice indeed! You should be proud.
HL-10 Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 That's a lovely looking Lightning! Great to see a camouflaged one.
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