EE Lightning F6 - 1/72 Revell

[Martian]

Very nice Ced. The NMF on the underside is particularly effective.

 

Martian 👽

[rob85]

11 hours ago, CedB said:

Must do something about my backdrop. And I need to get hanging these recent completions:

 

Gosh Ced it looks like I missed some builds in my absence! Nice work.

 

the lightning looks brilliant! Great work as ever 👍🏻

 

Rob

[stevehnz]

6 hours ago, philp said:

"Finished is better than perfect." 

Wow. I like that, my new motto, thank you.

Yes please CED, an RFI is obligatory, I wasn't just being polite, or even polite. It's a cracking job & well worthy of an RFI.

Steve.

[Biggles87]

You’ll have to hang it pointing straight up of course.

 

John

[CedB]

21 hours ago, hendie said:

I saw this photo before I read any of your post and my first thought was... That is some long nipple hair!   How very European... has anyone told him he has a hole in his t-shirt?

 

 

glad you enjoyed your trip and it sounds like you had a great time. 

 Out with the tweezers!

21 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Good to have you back with us, it’s been a bit quiet here.

 

John

Thanks John  Normal noise will be resumed as soon as possible…

21 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

I don't know about your lathe but I'm in awe of your fancy cocktail sticks:

Looks like you had a very enjoyable holiday. It's nice to have a real break and not have to plan anything (although busy holidays are good too!).

 

The Lightning looks very fine in its camo too.

 

Regards,

Adrian

Thanks Adrian  I recommend holidays where someone else plans everything - very relaxing.

20 hours ago, Shalako said:

Hi Ced,

 

Did you visit only Herakleion or also other parts of Crete? 

 

I have been to Crete twice (in my late teens; a friend of mine was from Crete) and man, the food, the wines (and the tsikoudia - a local very strong drink 60% alcohol!!) and the whole island is extremely beautiful and the people very friendly, always with a good word to say even to strangers.

Hi Shalako  We had a few trips around the island, mostly North West. Based in Agia Marina we had trips to The White Mountains, Knossos and Heraklion, Akrotiri peninsula and Chania, Spili and Aptera. Great!

20 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Looks like you and Lady H. had a great time there Ced.

The Lightening looks magic mate.

 

And yet another tool!!!

Still, it`s nice to have one to hand,

 

Oh yeah, welcome back from hols dear chap.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon  

19 hours ago, bbudde said:

Hello Ced, good to have you back here. Having not heard of you anything for quite a while my first hought was, that you have changed your first residence immediately to Crete saying cheerio to all and us🍸🍷🍹🍻

Cheers.

Btw: Why no Rfi?. Looking good so far (statement from one ,who doesn't like the BAC Lighning II at all)

Thanks Ben - it'll be a long time before I leave England!  

19 hours ago, HAMP man said:

Ok Ceb,

A few things:

Did you get to the St Maria Gorge? Lot pf pretty flowers there, or there were in 1996 bit of a trek tho.

What's the torque like on the mini? Does it have a speed controller? 

Would making intake tunnels on a Sword P60 qualify for the brownie points to get a lathe?

The nose ring on the Ligthning looks the biz, (another Ceb recomendation...the pen thingy)

with the speed of your builds I'm not surprised..no time for hanging around (see what I did there?)

 

Box On 

 

Strickers

 

Thanks Strickers  It's 'Ced' by the way but I guess your autocorrect doesn't like that… no worries, not the worst I've been called!

We did get to the Gorge (at least the entrance to it) and the Omalos Upland Plain - spectacular! The guides were a bit cross though at the number of people that have to be rescued from the Gorge; apparently there's a sort of world-wide challenge for trekking there and some people don't make it out.

The mini-lathe has a speed controller on the power supply that gives seven speeds (all fast). As it's designed for making wooden beads I guess it'll be fine on plastic and I think Hendie and Tony have used them for metal too?

19 hours ago, giemme said:

He's back, and at full steam too!

Now I'm gonna have to start looking for a mini lathe ...

 

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio  

18 hours ago, perdu said:

I received one of those lathes in the post last year

(thanks mate, an amazing gift)*

 

A more than toothsome morsel and now I know there is youtube I shall have at it

 

I need to learn the skills of the bead lathe, I expect this to be more readily assimilated than vector drawings

 

Crete

Amazing looking place Ced thanks for the travelogue

And look at that Minoan red paint, Walpamur could have used that long lasting pigment for trade paint huh

 

Lighting?

 

yes superb

 

DO do a RFI

 

You might be pleasantly surprised at the results, after all WE LIKE IT!

Thanks Bill  The paintings in the palace were pretty amazing and some of the artefacts in the museum at Heraklion are just superb! The detail on the small items is amazing. Given that the Minoans were 'bronze age people' they seemed pretty skilled…

11 hours ago, philp said:

Nothing wrong with putting up a RFI for this one.

 

Our club has the motto "Finished is better than perfect."  Which is good looking at how I build.

Oh, OK then. By popular demand I've posted an RFI here.

 

Thanks as always to everyone for your help, support and companionship during this build. 

 

I've decided on my next build too. As this month is the 75th Anniversary of the Dambuster's raid I've chosen the old Airfix Tornado, started here.

Come on over - it's going to be average…  

[CedB]

Oops, sorry, missed the comments on this page!

 

11 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Very nice Ced. The NMF on the underside is particularly effective.

 

Martian 👽

Thanks Martian  I love the AK paste; have I said that before?

11 hours ago, rob85 said:

Gosh Ced it looks like I missed some builds in my absence! Nice work.

 

the lightning looks brilliant! Great work as ever 👍🏻

 

Rob

You have Rob! If you haven't seen the Nimrod have a look (link now in my signature). Happy with that one, at least!  

5 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Wow. I like that, my new motto, thank you.

Yes please CED, an RFI is obligatory, I wasn't just being polite, or even polite. It's a cracking job & well worthy of an RFI.

Steve.

RFI done Steve - you asked for it!!  

1 hour ago, Biggles87 said:

You’ll have to hang it pointing straight up of course.

 

John

Good idea John, it will be so  

[rob85]

Saw the nimrod managed to sneak in at the end. By the looks I would be over the moon with the whole lot Ced!!

 

Rob

[HAMP man]

6 hours ago, CedB said:

Thanks Strickers  It's 'Ced'

Sorry Ced, truble with my worms again.

Thanks for the info, about to cash in the Brownie points for a mini lathe.

Keep up up the good work

 

Box On 

 

 

Strickers

[The Spadgent]

Brilliant work Ced. I thought you’d gone quiet. My “follow” had fallen off this thread. 🙄 never mind, I’m all up to date.

brilliant work. I think she deserves an RFI for sure. You know you want too.

I think I saw your new build in the new stuff.  🤭 I’ll just nip and have a looksie.

 

Johnny.

[TheBaron]

On 5/19/2019 at 9:48 AM, CedB said:

In my (tiny) mind, just owning one will up my game.

Ditto Ced! 🤣 

But it's a good goad to self-improvement I find.

 

You mentioned  summat about backdrops? This guy has a nice idea and doesn't look complicated:

https://www.diyphotography.net/build-cheap-collapsible-diy-light-box/

 

Crete looked great: I'm envious. 😁 Any time I've stood in classical ruins I get giddy from the vast sense of time and lives involved.

 

As Bill says, do RFI this won't  you? Them shiny shiny bits would look lovely outside in the sun!

 

 

 

[CedB]

On 20/05/2019 at 11:37, rob85 said:

Saw the nimrod managed to sneak in at the end. By the looks I would be over the moon with the whole lot Ced!!

 

Rob

Thanks Rob - kind as always  

On 20/05/2019 at 16:40, HAMP man said:

Sorry Ced, truble with my worms again.

Thanks for the info, about to cash in the Brownie points for a mini lathe.

Keep up up the good work

 

Box On 

 

 

Strickers

You're welcome Strickers!  

On 22/05/2019 at 17:35, The Spadgent said:

Brilliant work Ced. I thought you’d gone quiet. My “follow” had fallen off this thread. 🙄 never mind, I’m all up to date.

brilliant work. I think she deserves an RFI for sure. You know you want too.

I think I saw your new build in the new stuff.  🤭 I’ll just nip and have a looksie.

 

Johnny.

Thanks Johnny - RFI has been done!  

On 22/05/2019 at 22:06, TheBaron said:

Ditto Ced! 🤣 

But it's a good goad to self-improvement I find.

 

You mentioned  summat about backdrops? This guy has a nice idea and doesn't look complicated:

https://www.diyphotography.net/build-cheap-collapsible-diy-light-box/

 

Crete looked great: I'm envious. 😁 Any time I've stood in classical ruins I get giddy from the vast sense of time and lives involved.

 

As Bill says, do RFI this won't  you? Them shiny shiny bits would look lovely outside in the sun!

Interesting - thanks Tony  I'll have a proper look when the (woof - get down!) puppy is out of the picture. (Update in the Tornado thread)