MADMUSKY 349 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 (edited) Evening Folks Bought this Airfix Lightning F1 second hand half built from evilbay, stripped and rebuilt it destroying some panel lines down both sides of the body with thin superglue so rescibed them. First time use of Alclad, sprayed with two coats of humbrol gloss black sanded smooth between then whole body sprayed in polished Aluminium, a few panels in Airframe Aluminium and belly tank in Dull Aluminium was too shiney for me so gave it a matt coat. Decalled in RAF Leuchars TFF I like the overall finish from Alclad but it is a lot of work to get right. thanks for looking Darren Edited November 20, 2013 by MADMUSKY 8 Link to post Share on other sites
Natter 2,928 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 You know, that is rather nice. The result was worth the effort. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan B 7,646 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Oh yes XM135, very nice. You've done a great job of the old Airfix kit. This one is on my "to do" list and I've got a Trumpeter F1a that I could use but would prefer Airfix to come to my rescue with a new tool early Lightning. Duncan B 1 Link to post Share on other sites
woody37 11,143 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Stunning Darren, love what you've achieved with that alclad 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Spad 1,001 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Very nice - I feel you've caught the "atmosphere" of the Lightning's NMF rather well there! 1/48th scale, right? cheers Rick 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MADMUSKY 349 Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Very nice - I feel you've caught the "atmosphere" of the Lightning's NMF rather well there! 1/48th scale, right? cheers Rick Thanks yeah 48th Scale Link to post Share on other sites
NeilF92 12 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 You've made a good job of that one . I was on Leuchars TFF when we had 135, 145 and 139 - happy memories . 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Jason 130 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Very Nice ! Great finish 1 Link to post Share on other sites
tonyot 32,622 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 What a beautiful little Lightning, I love the natural metal paintwork,...top notch. Cheers Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites
snapper_city 3,186 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Very nice lighting. The Alclad has come out great. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
batcode 3,533 Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 nice work and great nmf 1 Link to post Share on other sites
John_W 2,692 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I lived in Leuchars as a sprog in the 70's. You knew it when the Lightnings flew over. My Mum was always complaining how the washing smelt of AVTUR. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Paul J 9,154 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 I like the nose markings. Nice to see one of the 'lesser' units depicted so well. Good job. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Tabio 95 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 That's excellent, great nmf! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
noeyedears 927 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 very nice indeed! how well did the humbrol work, im thinking of using it instead of the alclad gloss black too? Link to post Share on other sites
bentwaters81tfw 6,709 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nice job on the old girl. Are those the Modeldecal markings? Link to post Share on other sites
Val 2,537 Posted November 20, 2013 Share Posted November 20, 2013 Looks fantastic to me Link to post Share on other sites
MADMUSKY 349 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) very nice indeed! how well did the humbrol work, im thinking of using it instead of the alclad gloss black too? The Humbrol Gloss black worked great, thinned it down but not too much and gave two light coats, sanding smooth between. Darren Edited November 20, 2013 by MADMUSKY Link to post Share on other sites
MADMUSKY 349 Posted November 20, 2013 Author Share Posted November 20, 2013 Nice job on the old girl. Are those the Modeldecal markings? No Cutting Edge English Electric Lightnings part2 CED48076, nice markings for early machines and LTF Darren Link to post Share on other sites
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