binbrook87 Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) Hello all Another recruit to my rapidly increasing 'brail scale' air force, and this one means more than most as its my favourite aircraft of all time... the English Electric Lightning. This is the fairly old Revell 1/144 kit built completely OOB apart from some Tamiya tape for the seat belts and some brass rod for the pitot tube. Paints were a real mixture as I couldn't seem to get the correct shades I wanted from actual tinned colours. After much trial and error I settled on Xtracrylix 1136 for the medium sea grey (which is actually FS36375), Tamiya XF80 for the barley grey, and Gunze 51 for the light aircraft grey. The trouble with the later low viz Lightnings is that they were so heavily weathered that no two airframes seemed to look the same. Decals were a mix of the spares box and 144th.co.uk (who's Lightning decal sheet is mind blowing by the way) and then some pastels for the weathering. Hope you enjoy, comments much appreciated Inspiration was from this photo from Scale Modelling Now... And here....... https://www.flickr.com/photos/8531201@N04/4794416320/ Edited August 22, 2021 by binbrook87 44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Lovely looking Lightning , very fine work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 Superb - my all time favourite as well but I don’t know how you manage it in that scale- I struggle to see properly in 1/48! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 It’s highly dishonest to present a finely built, painted and weathered 1/48 Airfix Lightning and try to pass it off as a 1/144 Revell kit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickE Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 That is very impressive, you wouldn't know it was 1/144 scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The west wing Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 To get sharp paintwork and that weathering in 1/144 sacle is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Brilliant job! I wish Revell still did this kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey-1980 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 awesome work there bud, as previously said on here, to get that level of painting quality on such a small scale....very impressive! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Mikey-1980 said: awesome work there bud, as previously said on here, to get that level of painting quality on such a small scale....very impressive! Cheers mate! More by luck then judgement 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I'm doing good to think about building in that scale, much less actually doing it. Excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjeskow Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 A great little Lightning! Thanks for showing. Cheers!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Very nice model, i like the the overall look very much Regards Djordje 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Amazing result even more so at that scale.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby No Mac Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Brilliant work in such a dinky scale, I'd have put money on it being at least 1/72. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Astonishingly good for 144. How do you do it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightningBoy Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Brilliant job - well done. LightningBoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Beautiful Lightning - after seeing the images I had to read again to make sure it is indeed 1/72 - oh no wait I read it right, it's 1/144..? Great job! Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmaks Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Excellent finish for any scale and truly outstanding for 1/144. Take a bow 👏👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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