CMK BAC Lightning F2A/F6 Electronics Bays (for Airfix/Eduard 1:48)

[Mike]

BAC Lightning F2A/F6 Electronics Bays (4351 for Airfix/Eduard)

1:48 CMK from Special Hobby

 

 

The Cold War Warrior English Electric Lightning was rammed full of engines stacked one on top of the other to achieve those legendary point-to-point speeds and time to altitude figures, so avionics had to be squeezed in where it would fit.  The Lightning's spine was therefore full of greeblies, as were the sides of the fuselage wherever a little space could be found and utilised, with maintenance notoriously tricky.  As usual with CMK's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar clear vacformed box, with the resin parts safely inside, and the instructions sandwiched between the header card at the rear.  There are twenty seven resin parts inside, with the first step being the removal of the panels that are supplied, namely the aft section of the spine, plus two small panels on the port side, one under the rear of the cockpit aperture, the other below the airbrake.

 

 

The smaller panels are box boxed in behind with a shell, into which some small detail parts are added, and around the edge, fine resin edges are supplied, with a few spares in case you break or lose some.  The spine insert fits into the open top of the fuselage, and is supplied with a nicely moulded spine cowling to pose open.  The smaller boxes also have their panels included for placement nearby, to complete the scene.  Ground crew were often seen fishing around inside a Lightning, and still are if you visit the Thunder and Lightnings days are Bruntingthorpe.

 

 

Review sample courtesy of

[DAG058]

Nice stuff Mike, cheers for the review. 

[Viking]

Looks good Mike, very, very tempting. I'm going to need to do at least 1 of my several Airfix Lightnings with this set.

 

Cheers

 

John

[Mike]

There's a lot of us with a couple of lightnings at least