George Norman Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 (edited) Hi Folks, Sucker for Punishment but I said to myself it will be now or never, Pity this GB is not running for the year as I would like to have an good excuse to build some more of the Matchbox Stash I have I have built this kit before under 74, 19 and 92 Sqn ships. for its day it was ok, bit narrow and lots of RPL's but they are not gonna put me off. I started it earlier today and after much scrambling around looking for the Decal sheet I came across the 20 odd Lightning Decal Sheets from Various suppliers and decided I will run with a Grey / Green 5 Sqn bird. Here are some pics. It wont be super detail n all that jazz. Pain in the A$$ waiting to weeks for bits now from the UK plus the extra cost for Processing the packages has put me off. Nice Cheap Price!! Edited May 31, 2022 by George Norman 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Crumbs, and just like that, an almost complete Lightning! I always liked the Matchbox Lightnings, despite there being better ones available now. Looking forward to seeing this progress. Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 On 4/16/2022 at 8:58 AM, George Norman said: Pity this GB is not running for the year What!!! don't let @Enzo Matrix hear you say that! Great to see another Lightning being built and by you're excellent progress the main parts are all assembled! She's looking good. Cheers and best of luck.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Well remembered I had a 5 Sqn Lightning done already so gonna stick to the original box art for this one and do it in NMR with black fin 74 sqn. Same one I did when I was about 12... 1st base coat on. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 I should probably break this gently, George, but those decals in the background aren't quite accurate for that aircraft... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 Cheers There off the Beaufighter, I have 2 sets on the Matchbox F.6 Decals that should be ok to use 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 On 15/04/2022 at 23:58, George Norman said: Hi Folks, Pity this GB is not running for the year I'm not sure Dave and I could survive a year of hosting, if anyone wants to prove it can be done please be my guest ! Best of luck with the Lightning it's going to look great Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 Well touched up the Bad points and gave a coat of Alclad Highly polished metal finish, Then mixed Dark Alu and the polished one for a slightly different contrast and then Dark Alu and Steel for something a tad more. The Tanks are not in position yet, Could not help myself!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wings unlevel Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 On 17/05/2022 at 20:27, George Norman said: remembered I had a 5 Sqn Lightning done already so gonna stick to the original box art for this one and do it in NMR with black fin 74 sqn Looking good! As it happens for my MB Lightning I was going to do a 74 Sqn aircraft but have switched to 5 Sqn… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Ooh, shiny! Looking good so far... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 With June Looming in the sights it was time to get the Markings on, Glad I did the 74 bird now as I remembered I did this back when I was 12 or so and I managed to find the remnants in the spare box. Depite doing numerous lightnings I forget the nose wieght, I can bash some lead to a wafer and stick it down the nose intake., God you have to love a lightning She is in good company! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 Good Evening Folks, Calling this one done now. Pretty Delighted with the out come. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Congratulations George Your Lightning looks the business Wonderful paint finish Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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