Notdoneyet Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Wooo Hooo!!!! I've finished one at last!!! :) After a "sabbatical" from the hobby lasting over 30 years and inspired by what I saw on ARC over a year ago I decided to use my ancient skills once more. I struggled with my first model (a 1/48 Tornado GR1 which started out as the Airfix kit and rapidly became the Italieri version when I discovered how bad the Airfix kit was ..........) which got put aside after 9 months when the "fiddly bits" stage was reached. Armed with a new resove last Christmas I started the Airfix 1/48 Lightning F6 and to my amazment I finished it today despite bits being knocked off faster than I was attaching them during the dreaded "fiddly bits" stage . I'm also stunned that it only took 3 months to finish - In my youth my builds proceeded at glacial speed so 3 months is "lightning fast" for me. I added the Cutting Edge cockpit, CMK wheel wells and Aires exhaust plus a few pieces of PE from the Flightpath set in the cockpit. Paint came from Xtracrylics and Alclad with weathering done using a combination of pre shading and chalk pastels. Decals came from the kit, Cutting Edge and some custom made decals for the names on the nose. All comments and criticism welcome. I'm off for a beer or two before starting on a Tamiya Spitfire Vb Trop. Thanks for looking, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAR Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Very nice Ian! It's making me want to build one myself. Have a beer on me. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dswoofie Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Very Nice Looks the part... I've got a few of these in the loft, but I've not built one yet... hope they turn out like this!! Karl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 3 months is pretty fast for me too! Love your Lightning Geoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Great job! So, this is the second kit after a 30-year break, right? Unbelievable! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
biscuit Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Nice work for a first build mick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ro-Gar Hobbies Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Very nice work Ian! :( I always thought this was one cool looking bird. It has power writen all over it. Regards, Robert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Wow that's beautiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Welcome back to the hobby and great choice of subject for your return! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PapaSmurf630 Posted March 22, 2007 Share Posted March 22, 2007 Lovely Lightening! Welcome back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
model_madness Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Well Ian, it certainly don't look as if you've taken any break! Great looking model there, welcome back too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 OH lovely. A fantastic build. One day I will get around to building my Lightning! Lovely work, well done MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thegoodsgt Posted March 23, 2007 Share Posted March 23, 2007 Ian, very nice work on the Lightning. I like it a lot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Notdoneyet Posted March 23, 2007 Author Share Posted March 23, 2007 Many thanks to all for the kind comments. Moritz - yup it is the second (not counting the Airfix Tornado that is now a source of spare parts). Here's a photo of the first - an Italieri Tornado as she is now (and has been for the past 6 months) languishing on the bench waiting for me to tackle the "fiddly bits" once again .............. perhaps after I finish the Spitfire <_< Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 That's an incredibly neat build! Beautiful finish! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaburaya Posted March 24, 2007 Share Posted March 24, 2007 Beautiful lightning :) Its such an interesting looking aircraft, welcolm back to modelling and long may it continue! Now all we can hope is a decent 1:72nd scale Lightning Peter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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