Colin's English Electric Lightning 1/32 Trumpeter

[Bigfoot57]

Yea might just give it another go just to see if I can improve it but hopefully the rest of the plane will take attention away from the canopy and it will merge into the background so to speak

Regards

Colin

[Bigfoot57]

Final assembly approaching just have the ejector seat to do the rest is finished except the pitot tube which goes on last
Plane has had a coat of pledge floor care finish ready for the decals attached here is a photo of the completed canopy minus a couple of small inside pieces and I might do a rear view mirror inside the front part of the canopy just to finish it off considering the amount of fogging and cracking it’s come out pretty good
Also attached are my interpretation of 2 Red Top Missiles the seeker heads are coloured using a dark violet / silver / blue combination of sharpie coloured markers this was done to give a translucent effect instead of just painting them I did the nav lights the same way only using red & green

Regards

Colin

[Bigfoot57]

Hello me again I was hoping this would be this model is complete update but it isn’t due to the catastrophic failure of the black walkway markings so much so I have binned them in favour of the old fashioned way namely thin tape and a brush oh well can’t do anything more till the paint has dried it will then need a second coat and dry before anything further can happen

Regards

Colin

[flyjoe180]

It's fighting you Colin! Nearly there, looking good and victory will be yours

[Bigfoot57]

Me again a word of warning to anybody making this particular kit the transfers /decals are as bad as the kit itself watch out for the serial no which goes on the underside of the wings mine folded over themselves and when I straightened them out they fractured into tiny pieces the roundels were ok but anything long and thin like walkway markings etc are in my mind suspect and probably best painted this kit has been a pia from the word go

Regards

Colin

[papa 695]

Thanks for the heads up on the decals Colin.

[Bigfoot57]

Well folks I’m calling this finished it’s not perfect by any means the main reason was to try out foiling instead of paint
I haven’t bothered with such things as undercarriage legs wrong length or shape etc. or wrong shape fuel belly tank I did extend the fuselage by 5mm as that seemed to be the norm with this kit across the net
The fit was ok with a few problems such as the tail fin refusing the stick properly the decals were a disaster about 25% had problems long lines and long detail decals just folded in on themselves Trumpeter take note you need to clean your act up with this type of stuff it’s not good enough
The pe that I managed to add was good again some of this stuff is too small to manipulate yet alone stick in place so it didn’t get added the placement instructions from eduard are not sufficiently clear to enable accurate placement of the pe on 25% of items again this needs improving anyway that’s the synopsis here are the photo’s

Regards

Colin

[papa 695]

Well done Colin that looks great

[flyjoe180]

That kit fought you all the way Colin. New techniques, a difficult kit, unhelpful decals. but you've achieved a good result in the end. Another great looking Lightning for the GB

[Bigfoot57]

Thanks guys it may look a little rough around the edges but I’m reasonably satisfied with result the metallics work great and any other bare metal models will have the foil treatment from now on here is one final picture not in the ideal location but it shows it off rather well