So, I needed a quick plastic fix after Christmas and this is what dau' no.1 bought me. I did actually say no more models as the stash is growing exponentially. But as she really wanted to get me a model, she got me this.
I haven't bothered with a proper build thread, for that sort of thing, have a look at Rick's 1:72 Lightning, a much nicer and better detailed model all around.
This is being built generally OOB, as quickly as possible so I can get to the painting stage. This is where the fun will start.
The box. I'm going for the NMF version.
The sides of this air intake had to be shaved a touch to close the fuselage up, just like Rick's !
Apart form the above shaving, the fuselage goes together easily. Except my tail was bent!
The jet exhaust is a three piece unit, nicely detailed.
Some moulded wheel well detail, not bad for 1:72. The wings were now fitted, but were a little loose. Not a big problem, but just be careful with alignment.
Now primed with cheap grey primer from 'Wilkos'
And then, the undercoat. A lightning in gloss black. I like it, I could stop here and slap the decals on right now. The panel lines are not highlighted, it's just a natural effect of the gloss black.
But no, this is where the fun starts. Hopefully after posting this, it will get a coat of Alclad chrome. Now I have seen some early pictures of these aircraft in a nmf, but even for them, chrome is too much, but that's ok, as this layer is only going to act as a base coat. After the chrome is applied I'll then overcoat with other Alclad shades until the desired effect is achieved. What effect ? I don't know, I'll let you know when I get there ! This gloss black could do with polishing and touching up in other areas. But, being an imperfect finish, will help vary the tones of the NMF I think, we'll see.....
Right then, time to poison the atmosphere.
I haven't bothered with a proper build thread, for that sort of thing, have a look at Rick's 1:72 Lightning, a much nicer and better detailed model all around.
This is being built generally OOB, as quickly as possible so I can get to the painting stage. This is where the fun will start.
The box. I'm going for the NMF version.
The sides of this air intake had to be shaved a touch to close the fuselage up, just like Rick's !
Apart form the above shaving, the fuselage goes together easily. Except my tail was bent!
The jet exhaust is a three piece unit, nicely detailed.
Some moulded wheel well detail, not bad for 1:72. The wings were now fitted, but were a little loose. Not a big problem, but just be careful with alignment.
Now primed with cheap grey primer from 'Wilkos'
And then, the undercoat. A lightning in gloss black. I like it, I could stop here and slap the decals on right now. The panel lines are not highlighted, it's just a natural effect of the gloss black.
But no, this is where the fun starts. Hopefully after posting this, it will get a coat of Alclad chrome. Now I have seen some early pictures of these aircraft in a nmf, but even for them, chrome is too much, but that's ok, as this layer is only going to act as a base coat. After the chrome is applied I'll then overcoat with other Alclad shades until the desired effect is achieved. What effect ? I don't know, I'll let you know when I get there ! This gloss black could do with polishing and touching up in other areas. But, being an imperfect finish, will help vary the tones of the NMF I think, we'll see.....
Right then, time to poison the atmosphere.
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