KingTiger435 Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 On Thursday night, with the upcoming long weekend, I had decided I could no longer hold back the urge to start another lightning. I'll be honest, not many photos of this one so far, been making excellent, fast progress the past few days. I digress, here's the few photos I do have of the build so far. As always, I started off by redoing the shockingly poorly detailed ejection seat. This is my finest work yet, I am very proud. I then threw the cockpit and engines together and got working on the painting. This afternoon she looked like this: And here she is next to my other two, with dry-fitted gear to make it more presentable. She still needs paint touch-ups in areas but this is definitely feeling like a speed build. Hopefully more updates soon. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted June 5, 2022 Share Posted June 5, 2022 Coming along nicely there King Tiger , good job on the seat too. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 Slower progress the past few days but progress nonetheless. Still one of my fastest builds currently. Landing gear has been painted and the airframe is just about ready for the all-important panelling that makes these NMF models pop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 17, 2022 Author Share Posted June 17, 2022 In the past few days I finished the paneling (quite subtle in most areas, can't really be seen from this angle) and today I started applying decals. I have to say, I love how these three look together. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 18, 2022 Author Share Posted June 18, 2022 I have since fallen slightly ill which is going to hamper my progress (nothing serious, most likely a more annoying cold). I have done about a third of stencils today though so I may still finish quite quickly. Not going to push myself though (as much as I want to see this finished) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 @KingTiger435, you have noticed how once you build one Lightning it is difficult to stop there! I caught the bug many years ago when I lived at RAF Leuchars and Lightnings were based there (2 Squadrons) and they were already my fave plane. I have about 10 built at the moment from my current incursion into modelling, with 4 more in the stash at the same scale (1/72) and two bigger ones to start. And I still will not run out of schemes... You are doing a cracking job with the three you have (so far!). I find it usually takes me 4 days to deal with all the stencils, but find it strangely satisfying (couldn't spell therapeutic!) when they are all done. Recover soon, Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ray S said: @KingTiger435, you have noticed how once you build one Lightning it is difficult to stop there! I caught the bug many years ago when I lived at RAF Leuchars and Lightnings were based there (2 Squadrons) and they were already my fave plane. I have about 10 built at the moment from my current incursion into modelling, with 4 more in the stash at the same scale (1/72) and two bigger ones to start. And I still will not run out of schemes... You are doing a cracking job with the three you have (so far!). I find it usually takes me 4 days to deal with all the stencils, but find it strangely satisfying (couldn't spell therapeutic!) when they are all done. Recover soon, Ray Thanks Ray, that's quite a collection! I hope to have one like that one day (I currently have 7 in total, 3 done (almost), 3 in stash and one restoration. Anyway I have a bit of unfortunate news I did not sleep (at all) last night and had a high temperature. And sure enough I did another test today and... This is now officially a self isolation build. Stencils are done however! I am pushing through covid. I'm still rather annoyed however that I managed to avoid it for two years (including a time I spent self isolating with a family member and I didn't catch it) and just now suddenly caught it randomly. Edited June 19, 2022 by KingTiger435 *now not not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 19, 2022 Author Share Posted June 19, 2022 Well, despite all odds, I have managed to finish today! I am rather happy with this. This was also one of my fastest model builds to date! RFI soon (hopefully) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Great result, Recover well and quickly, Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallBlondJohn Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 Very nice. What kit and how did you do the paneling? Thanks John (currently nervously awaiting a covid test result) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTiger435 Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 4 minutes ago, TallBlondJohn said: Very nice. What kit and how did you do the paneling? Thanks John (currently nervously awaiting a covid test result) Airfix 1:72 Lightning F.2A A04054 I did "paneling" as I call it by using a slightly darker metallic paint (compared to the rest of the airframe) on some panels I hope your test comes back negative! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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