Airfix 1/48 Lightning F6

[Michael Taylor 961]

Alclad paint with Xtradecals markings for 23 Squadron. Some Airwaves pe was used as was a resin seat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Booty003 2,423]

Wow, that is one beautiful Lightning.  Flawless finish - looks perfect.  Great job on a great kit.

[binbrook87 1,609]

Stunning! You could almost dive into that natural metal finish. Awesome build of a fantastic aircraft

[propforward 878]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow! That is a shiny Lightning! That is GORGEOUS!

 

That's one of the best model Lightnings I have seen in a long while. If I didn't know better I'd claim that was die cast and chrome plated. Superb job!

 

And I have a real soft spot for the bare metal and white fin Lightning schemes. Stunning.

[Gary Brantley 1,824]

Man, what a beauty!   That is a very well done Lightning, bravo sir!   That finish is just superb.  

[jhutchi 195]

Ooooh. Shiny. I like it! 

[Stefanoff 395]

Excellent bare metal finish!!! Impressive!

[petetasker 498]

Gorgeous - one of my favourite schemes 

[jimmyg352 65]

That's a very slick finish, well done!

 I've got one to do but I doubt if It'll look anywhere near as nice as that.

[Alpha Delta 210 4,495]

What they all said ^ ! Gorgeous Lightning.

[SAT69 979]

The first picture took my breath away and the following pictures only reinforced the first impression. That's a truly gorgeous build. 

[daryl_five_zero 289]

Wow  Now that is an eye catcher! Beautiful build, nice one. 

[Rob K. 1,015]

 Amazing finish and great Images 

 

Regards,

 

Rob

[stringbag 1,371]

That's a real beauty.  Thanks for sharing. 

Chris.

[Lightningboy2000 824]

Now that's the way to do it with alclad.

 

Martin

[MikeH 6]

That's a really nice Lightning with an eye-catching paint scheme.

 

Love the fact that the finish is so much like polished ally that you can see the reflection of the over-wing tank in the wing itself.

 

Mike H

[cngaero 1,487]

That's one of the best, if not the best Lightnings I've seen. What a beauty.

[woody37 10,161]

What a stunner, I’ve never got on with Alclad, but you’ve shown just what can be done. Beautiful model of a beautiful aeroplane

 

[Sky Keg 1,256]

Outstanding!!!!!   Natural metal finishes are one of the most challenging aspects of the hobby and you accomplished it flawlessly.

 

Congratulations!!!!!! 

Mike

[Buzby061 2,249]

Stunning Frightning! The 23 Sqn scheme looks great. You don't see it modelled that often which is a shame.

 

Pete

[DAG058 3,648]

Very nice!

[exdraken 8,304]

Fantastic and shiny!

[scottyphbeta 585]

Fantastic! Which shade of Alclad did you use?

[Phone Phixer 1,059]

Superb build. I will add to the praises of the wonderful metal finish.

[Michael Taylor 961]

3 hours ago, scottyphbeta said:

Fantastic! Which shade of Alclad did you use?

Polished aluminum and high shine aluminum. Before I painted it I masked off select panels and cut out tape masks. These masks were placed on the decal paper protective sheet. U applied and polished the Alclad black base and applied the masks. I painted Polished aluminum to within 1 final coat-removed the masks and applied 1-2 final coats ( this isn't a perfected art). This is what gave me the darker panels, albeit not quite as many as I would have liked as some of the masks pulled up.