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1963 vintage Airfix E.E Lightning F.1A 1/72

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Old Wombat

#61
March 11, 2025, 09:21:15 PM
Good to see progress! :thumbsup:
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veritas ad mortus veritas est

Pellson

#62
March 12, 2025, 12:52:51 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 11, 2025, 09:21:15 PMGood to see progress! :thumbsup:

About time, eh?  ;)
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

Pellson

#63
March 12, 2025, 01:41:32 AM
Quote from: Pellson on March 12, 2025, 12:52:51 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on March 11, 2025, 09:21:15 PMGood to see progress! :thumbsup:

About time, eh?  ;)

Checked with the blog, and it's nigh on five months since I first took the lid off the kit box, following the successful resuscitation of my old Revell J35A. So definitely about time!

Having said that, the Draken build is, in its current form, even older, if only about three weeks, so maybe that could deserve some attention as well..  :angel:
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

Captain Canada

#64
March 12, 2025, 03:30:25 AM
Very nice. Any Lightning build is good in my books ! The fin fairing isa nice touch. I love how mean that missile looks in all green like that.
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

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Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

PR19_Kit

#65
March 12, 2025, 04:41:26 AM
The green Firestreaks were carried by 19 and 92 Sqdn's Lightning F2As based at Gutersloh in Germany, and they painted EVERYthing green, even the bikes to ride round the station!

IIRC our own Dave Kitbasher was there at the time, but his green paint has obviously worn off by now.  ;D 
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Gondor

#66
March 12, 2025, 07:21:50 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 12, 2025, 04:41:26 AMThe green Firestreaks were carried by 19 and 92 Sqdn's Lightning F2As based at Gutersloh in Germany, and they painted EVERYthing green, even the bikes to ride round the station!

Even the station cat?  :unsure:

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

scautomoton

#67
March 12, 2025, 07:44:32 AM
Quote from: Gondor on March 12, 2025, 07:21:50 AMEven the station cat?  :unsure:

Gondor

I'd have thought especially so. Makes it easier for them to hunt down mice!

Rheged

#68
March 12, 2025, 07:45:28 AM
Quote from: Gondor on March 12, 2025, 07:21:50 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 12, 2025, 04:41:26 AMThe green Firestreaks were carried by 19 and 92 Sqdn's Lightning F2As based at Gutersloh in Germany, and they painted EVERYthing green, even the bikes to ride round the station!

Even the station cat?  :unsure:

Gondor
Especially  the station cat! 
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

Pellson

#69
March 12, 2025, 02:31:40 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 12, 2025, 04:41:26 AMThe green Firestreaks were carried by 19 and 92 Sqdn's Lightning F2As based at Gutersloh in Germany, and they painted EVERYthing green, even the bikes to ride round the station!

IIRC our own Dave Kitbasher was there at the time, but his green paint has obviously worn off by now.  ;D 

It seems the missiles went home to Blighty later on.. ;)

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

PR19_Kit

#70
March 12, 2025, 04:03:35 PM
All of the Lightnings and their Firestreaks and Red Tops ended up at RAF Binbrook eventually. Maybe the noisiest airfield in the UK at that time.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Pellson

#71
April 12, 2025, 03:05:24 AM Last Edit: April 12, 2025, 04:22:39 AM by Pellson
Contemplating radome colour of the SARH Firestreaks, currently having severe issues in choosing between a light brown, almost yellow radome tan, the greenish drab of contemporary Lightning Airpass radars and a slightly redder and darker brown as seen on some old missile radomes I saw at the missile museum. Choices, choices.. 
Anyway - the Humbrol 159 olive drab worked very well on the Airpass of the old Lightning, so maybe go for a bit of a contrast? Hmm..

I have replaced the underwing pylons from the rather std US launcher units I started with to a more "Lightningesque" setup with forward slanted pylons carrying a launch rail. Also, having had a good think about it, it's not entirely out of question to assume that also a small finned Lightning could have managed a Red Top that far to the rear without excessive yaw issues, so now I'm painting up my Red Top stash as well. I think it'll look alright. If I get the Firestreak radomes to work.  :rolleyes:
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

Pellson

#72
April 12, 2025, 02:41:33 PM
Quote from: Pellson on April 12, 2025, 03:05:24 AMContemplating radome colour of the SARH Firestreaks, currently having severe issues in choosing between a light brown, almost yellow radome tan, the greenish drab of contemporary Lightning Airpass radars and a slightly redder and darker brown as seen on some old missile radomes I saw at the missile museum. Choices, choices.. 
Anyway - the Humbrol 159 olive drab worked very well on the Airpass of the old Lightning, so maybe go for a bit of a contrast? Hmm..

I have replaced the underwing pylons from the rather std US launcher units I started with to a more "Lightningesque" setup with forward slanted pylons carrying a launch rail. Also, having had a good think about it, it's not entirely out of question to assume that also a small finned Lightning could have managed a Red Top that far to the rear without excessive yaw issues, so now I'm painting up my Red Top stash as well. I think it'll look alright. If I get the Firestreak radomes to work.  :rolleyes:

Having painted three missiles with different radome colours, then dry-fitted a bit, mulled a bit, photo-googled a lot, dry-fitted a bit more, I've now decided the missiles will have radome tan (Humbrol 148) tips. The fact that my indecisiveness has to be controlled by exhaustive testing is possibly sound engineering modus, but also rather annoying at times.

Ah, well... next up is painting bombs for the A32D Lansen, and there's so many green hues to choose from. So many hues..  :banghead:
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

NARSES2

#73
April 13, 2025, 01:25:49 AM
Quote from: Pellson on April 12, 2025, 02:41:33 PMAh, well... next up is painting bombs for the A32D Lansen, and there's so many green hues to choose from. So many hues..  :banghead:

And that's before we even come to the blue's that look like green under some light, and we won't even mention Khaki, oh I just did  ;)
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Rick Lowe

#74
April 13, 2025, 10:52:37 PM
One painted in each shade in your paint store...  ;D
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