Airfix 1:72 Lighting F6

[matto21]

She's on her feet!

Next up are the fiddly bits then a bit of weathering!

I'll be glad to get it finished!

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Matt

[colin m]

I think you're looking forward to seeing the back of this one, but from here it's looking very nice.

[matto21]

Thanks Colin!

Going to try a bit of salt weathering on this one...

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[papa 695]

She is looking sweet Matt.

[flyjoe180]

Nearly there Matt, looking very good indeed

[matto21]

Almost finished - just done some light post shading around the engines. All that's left is to attach and unmask the canopy and give everything a flat coat.

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Matt

[papa 695]

Looking sweet

[Guest]

Are those fuel tanks on top of the wings? How odd?...
I guess they don't interfere with the armament that way - if they are tanks that is?
I don't know so much about cold war British jets apart from the Avro Vulcan, Tornado and the Harrier.

Apart from my hair-scratching question it's looking very nice indeed! You've done a great paint job and the decals are spot on! :thumb2:

[matto21]

They are fuel tanks. I believe they were mounted above the wing because the undercarriage was in the way beneath!

[colin m]

Or, they were mounted on top because someone thought it would be very British and eccentric to do so !

[Guest]

Or, they were mounted on top because someone thought it would be very British and eccentric to do so !

But you don't mean that you sometimes do things a bit differently?... :tongue-out:

Jokes aside, that's how innovation works and unless you try the unorthodox you don't know if something can be improved.
We Swedes also reinvent the wheel more often than not but it has brought success.
The whole world scratched their heads when we designed and built our STRV 103, a.k.a. the "S-tank". Sadly it was never tested in battle but it would've been a fierce tank destroyer simply because you couldn't see it - let alone hit it!
The double delta wing of J35 Draken is also a huge leap in innovation compared to the two previous ones Saab 29 Tunnan and Saab 32 Lansen. This one proved to be a huge success.

We've done a few dodgy ones too but let's keep them out of the discussion...