Porsche Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 As some of you may know, the 1/32 Trumpeter Lightning falls short on a lot of fronts. The kit however is a very straightforward build out of the box and it does resemble a Lightning should you choose to build it this way.I had previously built a Trumpeter F3 with simple modifications (extending the fuselage by 5mm which removed the 'short wheeled base' appearance of the kit along with correcting the stalky u/c legs). I had the Trumpeter F6/2a kit in my stash and decided I would have a crack at improving the kit further. I chose to replicate XN776 ‘Charlie’ an F2a from 19 Squadron based at RAF Gutersloh, Germany. This particular aircraft was very lucky to survive and to go on to being preserved in a Scottish museum. On the15th February 1974, the aircraft whilst being flown by Steve Gyles had the upper right cannon disintegrate and jam the rudder and aileron controls which very nearly forced Steve to eject from 'Charlie'. Steve however, stayed with the aircraft and made a safe recovery into Gutersloh. The improvements to the kit necessitated extending the fuselage by 5mm, reducing the profile and extending the length of the fuel tank, tapering the spine, correcting the profile of the rear fuselage, correcting the cockpit sides, correcting the undercarriage and numerous other smaller modifications. This project took around two years to complete (an off/on build!) 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 (edited) Love this. The diorama is excellent. I love the support trailer you included. The colour looks very fitting. I do not know much about RAF post war jets in Germany and the correct colour schemes but yours looks very nice. I do love the Lightning but don know much about the variants.. a very well composed diorama with a top rate model to boot! thanks for showing this It must be quite a big model in 1:32 too? Regards, Andy Edited January 26, 2022 by Col Walter E Kurtz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Love this. The diorama is excellent. I love the support trailer you included. The four looks very fitting. I do not know much about RAF post war jets in Germany and the correct colour schemes but yours looks very nice. I do love the Lightning but don know much about the variants.. a very well composed diorama with a top rate model to boot! thanks for showing this It must be quite a big model in 1:32 too? Regards, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Love this. The diorama is excellent. I love the support trailer you included. The four looks very fitting. I do not know much about RAF post war jets in Germany and the correct colour schemes but yours looks very nice. I do love the Lightning but don know much about the variants.. a very well composed diorama with a top rate model to boot! thanks for showing this It must be quite a big model in 1:32 too? Regards, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Very convincing Lightning! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Another lovely build. Interesting to read your modifications and corrections. What i did with my 1/72 Lightning was move the wings back which seemed to make the undercarriage spacing and fuselage look longer, and also shorten the u/c legs. Maybe a trick of the eye but it seemed to make it sit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Convincing.. I thought I was looking at pics of the real thing at first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted January 26, 2022 Author Share Posted January 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Col Walter E Kurtz said: Love this. The diorama is excellent. I love the support trailer you included. The four looks very fitting. I do not know much about RAF post war jets in Germany and the correct colour schemes but yours looks very nice. I do love the Lightning but don know much about the variants.. a very well composed diorama with a top rate model to boot! thanks for showing this It must be quite a big model in 1:32 too? Regards, Andy Many thanks Andy! I had a lot of help from the pilot Steve Gyles regarding the colour. However, when I showed Steve the finished article he told me the port Firestreak was a white one on the day which necessitated a repaint! 2 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Beautiful. Many thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Niiiice stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJP Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Very convincing lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Good model! very atmospheric images. Just a quick one, the Firestreaks seem to be mounted too far back on the fuselage, typically the nose of the missile is just under the roundel, is this another of trumpeters cock ups? Selwyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Very nicely done, looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Excellent job,...... the Lightning looks lovely,...... as does your garden and your amazing view over the countryside,..... lucky lad! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/26/2022 at 10:25 PM, RMCS said: Niiiice stuff Thank you RMCS! On 1/27/2022 at 6:34 AM, CJP said: Very convincing lightning Many thanks CJP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 23 hours ago, Selwyn said: Good model! vey atmospheric images. Just a quick one, the Firestreaks seem to be mounted too far back on the fuselage, typically the nose of the missile is just under the roundel, is this another of trumpeters cock ups? Selwyn Can't blame Trumpeter for the FS positioning Selwyn...entirely my fault but easily remedied. Many thanks for your observations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsche Posted January 28, 2022 Author Share Posted January 28, 2022 17 hours ago, tonyot said: Excellent job,...... the Lightning looks lovely,...... as does your garden and your amazing view over the countryside,..... lucky lad! Cheers Tony Thank you Tony, yes I do feel lucky! Located not too far from Binbrook the home of the Lightning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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