KingTiger435 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Hello! WIP Thread Without any further ado, here she is: XN781 of 19 Sqn. RAF Gütersloh, flown by Wing Commander R.K. Barcilon, late 1974. Here she is with XS921. I had a lot of fun with this model, unfortunately the decals silvered a bit but not much I could do about it. I will be building another lightning soon, most likely XN793. 37 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Thats one sharp looking Lightning , cracking job . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweeky Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Bob Barcilon went on to be Station Commander at RAF Binbrook in the early to mid 80's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 54 minutes ago, tweeky said: Bob Barcilon went on to be Station Commander at RAF Binbrook in the early to mid 80's Thank you for that interesting nugget of information, glad to see the man had a good career (although arguably flying a lightning is already awesome). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Very smart Lightning, well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 A lovely looking Lightning, great build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 Perhaps a bit sneaky of my to "bump up" the post like this after it stopped seeing attention (not on purpose I promise, was busy with other stuff) but I got some better photos of the two Lightnings together. I can't wait to make more lightnings so I can take even more photos like this... Maybe one day I will reach @LightningBoy levels of lightning-ness! (I have 7 in total, including stash) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Donkey Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I bought 24 Airfix 1/48 Lightnings when they first came out and I don’t even build in that scale! That said, I did build about half of them, very many years ago Nice job on your pair, look great SD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 1 minute ago, Swamp Donkey said: I bought 24 Airfix 1/48 Lightnings when they first came out and I don’t even build in that scale! That said, I did build about half of them, very many years ago Nice job on your pair, look great SD Wow! That's quite a collection, especially in 1:48, rare(ish) kit nowadays... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Very nice and crisp - my favourite mark of Lightning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Great build, loved this aircraft as a kid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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