Yaks 1/72 Airfix EE lightning f2a

[yak face]

Coming along nicely! I had that problem with ejector pins when I built one of these for a mate, PIA getting in there, but, thankfully, once done, the fit is good. Have to say, i'm surprised they dont make reference to this in the instructions... it is, after all, called a "Starter Set"...

Bang on john , i thought the same - if its supposed to be an introduction to the hobby for younger/ less experienced modellers you would have thought ease of assembly would have been one of the most important features.

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[yak face]

Progress has been very slow on this one ,so heres an update. Ive got the airframe together ,canopy masked ,fitted and its been primed and undercoated in gloss black. Ive also been spraying the dark blue on the spine and fin ,which will be masked off before the silver goes on. [ATTACH]292352[/ATTACH][ATTACH]292353[/ATTACH]
Just after this pic was taken i caught the model and it fell over while still wet so Ive got some retouching of the black to do -DOH!!
Looking at the sprues I noticed some more horrendous ejector pin marks , this time on the missile rails , is it just this particular one or are all the airfix lightnings like this ? Its a shame as it looks great when done (see Joes /Ians) but if theyre all like this how has the tooling been signed off as production ready ? I mean they usually do a test shot and build which should have highlighted these niggles. Theyre not even consistent - one rail needs filling and the other one needs them sanding off ! [ATTACH]292354[/ATTACH]

[papa 695]

Nice work Tony, it is a pity about the ejector pin marks

[rickoshea52]

I think both of mine were like that. For the first I fitted the rails with the marks facing down and for the second they weren't fitted at all seeing as the jet was tits up on sticks in the shed for a double donk change.

[flyjoe180]

Looking great in black Tony. My kit had the same ejector marks. I sanded them down but lost some detail. Needn't have bothered as I didn't fit the missiles.