Airfix 1:72 Ee Lightning F.2a

[Robert1968]

Love the look of this Colin ( I tried an all look to a P51 once ( disaster ) you really have made the metalwork and paint finish look awesome


Best of luck on decals


Robert

[BBdave]

Looks great I've never used alclad but love the finish folks get with it.


Dave

[PaulTRose]

thats looking really good

[Guest]

Great finish with the alclad, looks pretty realistic. Have fun with the decals

[PhilJ]

That's quality so far Colin, I'm a big fan of alclad too but haven't tackled a full NMF yet, I'm very eager too and I have a couple of ideas for a couple of planes.


In regards to your "weathering problems" not that anyone would have guessed, I wonder if after laying down a primer if you give it a Matt black coat first then masked some patches and laid some gloss black down then sprayed the alclad administration normal would this give a impression of weathering or would it just look patchy?


Might try it

[Guest]

Looks great , and big respect , alclad is hard to use at the best of times let alone doing a whole aircraft .


Richy

[papa 695]

Looking very nice Colin

[colin m]

Thank you all for having a look.

Nice work colin, i really must get round to doing a nat metal lightning soon, cheers tony

Well this little 1:72 has been a nice little experiment. I do fancy a 1:48 F104, with a proper polished finish. What am I saying, there's a 1:72 nmf B17 sitting behind me.

weathering problems

Phil, yes That would probably have worked. Great for access panels etc.


So, decals are done. These little critters took forever. Anyway, having finished them, I had to weather them slightly, just to make them a little bit worn out. This is a well used lightning which might be due a major service soon.

[Guest]

That looks simply gorgeous Colin!

[PhilJ]

Good work with all those little decals, looking smart mate!


Phil