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The T.5 was not blessed with an arrestor hook, only airframes with the modified (longer) ventral tank had the hook.

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JB.

Forgot to add, that walkround is of XS420 that resides at F.A.S.T. in Farnborough, she is one of the 'Lakes Lightnings' kites :blush: .

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Why is it so hard to find walkaround pics of the T.5 ? presumably because they didn't manufacture many of them ? or is it just me ?

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What do you need John? I did have pic's of the interior sent to me -when I was building the T4 for the SAMI article. I'll see if I can find them. Also The T5 was based on the F3 airframe , The T4 on the F1a - so, apart from the chubby cheeks, spine, canopy and rear fairing the details are the same. Plenty of pic's of most of the airframes on the Vertical reality site - though not that many walkarounds/close ups. Worth having a look at the SAMi book- some great interior drawings on there.....

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Bill,

Slight correction, the T.4 cockpit was totally different from the T.5, the canopies were the same on both though.

Regards,

JB.

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What do you need John? I did have pic's of the interior sent to me -when I was building the T4 for the SAMI article. I'll see if I can find them. Also The T5 was based on the F3 airframe , The T4 on the F1a - so, apart from the chubby cheeks, spine, canopy and rear fairing the details are the same. Plenty of pic's of most of the airframes on the Vertical reality site - though not that many walkarounds/close ups. Worth having a look at the SAMi book- some great interior drawings on there.....

Hi Bill

I could do with the panel lines on the wings as I'm rescribing the 1/72 aeroclub conversion, also the lower fuselage panel lines particularly around the aft section rear of the belly tank if you can help ?

J

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What do you need John? I did have pic's of the interior sent to me -when I was building the T4 for the SAMI article. I'll see if I can find them. Also The T5 was based on the F3 airframe , The T4 on the F1a - so, apart from the chubby cheeks, spine, canopy and rear fairing the details are the same. Plenty of pic's of most of the airframes on the Vertical reality site - though not that many walkarounds/close ups. Worth having a look at the SAMi book- some great interior drawings on there.....

Hi Bill,

I saw the above and would be very keen to get hold of the T.4 pics.

I'm planning to build one of my 1/48 Airfix lightnings in the markings of 92Sqn when based at RAF Geilenkirchen in 1968, overall natural metal, blue spine & fin plus yellow trainer bands.

Many thanks

XV Tonker :pilot:

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Hi Bill,

I saw the above and would be very keen to get hold of the T.4 pics.

I'm planning to build one of my 1/48 Airfix lightnings in the markings of 92Sqn when based at RAF Geilenkirchen in 1968, overall natural metal, blue spine & fin plus yellow trainer bands.

Many thanks

XV Tonker :pilot:

I'll see what I can find...I know I have the pc's somewhere, its just I haven't seen them for a while - incidentally the pic's I have are for a T5. The interiors were quite different as the trainer's throttle controls were in different positions! You should try to get a hold of the SAMi book for details!

Regarding 92 Sqns T4, I don't recall ever seeing a photo of their T4 WITH yellow "T-bands". If you do know of any please let me know!! There are drawings in the Model Alliance book of though...

Most photo's show XM995 without T-bands (but with blue fin and spine)

92 Sqn T4 XM995

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Hi Bill

I could do with the panel lines on the wings as I'm rescribing the 1/72 aeroclub conversion, also the lower fuselage panel lines particularly around the aft section rear of the belly tank if you can help ?

J

They'd be identical to those on the single seaters John. Do you need drawings or photo's?

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They'd be identical to those on the single seaters John. Do you need drawings or photo's?

Anything that gives a visualisation of the panel lines to be honest Bill, everyhing I've found so far relates to the F6 with the kinked wing

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I'll see what I can find...I know I have the pc's somewhere, its just I haven't seen them for a while - incidentally the pic's I have are for a T5. The interiors were quite different as the trainer's throttle controls were in different positions! You should try to get a hold of the SAMi book for details!

Regarding 92 Sqns T4, I don't recall ever seeing a photo of their T4 WITH yellow "T-bands". If you do know of any please let me know!! There are drawings in the Model Alliance book of though...

Most photo's show XM995 without T-bands (but with blue fin and spine)

92 Sqn T4 XM995

I got the info from the AIRDOC 'British Lightnings, The Vertical Twin of the RAF in Germany. It includes a colour profile of XM995 'T' with the training bands, and represents the aircraft from January 1968. The book also includes a colour picture of 'T' in flight without the stripes, although it doesn't give a year, but I suspect it's just before they painted it in green.

XVTonker :pilot:

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I got the info from the AIRDOC 'British Lightnings, The Vertical Twin of the RAF in Germany. It includes a colour profile of XM995 'T' with the training bands, and represents the aircraft from January 1968. The book also includes a colour picture of 'T' in flight without the stripes, although it doesn't give a year, but I suspect it's just before they painted it in green.

XVTonker :pilot:

Yes, I know about the drawings, but of all the PHOTO's I've seen, I've yet to see one with the T-bands. Thats not to say it didn't happen, 'cos it'd make a frightingly colourful Lightning....I'd just like to know it actually happened, with photographic evidence....The art-work drawing I was referring to was by Peter Scott in the On Targer Profile 13 from Model Alliance/Aviation Workshop cite as its reference:"English Elecric Lightning in Royal Air Force & Foreign Service " by Roger Levy, 1972. The caption states this was in 1966, and was of XM995, so the bands could well have been removed by the photo's I've seen.

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