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Richard M · Last edited by Richard M on Tue 18 Nov 2008 14:02 pm; edited 1 time in total

TimJ's build will be reported here.
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TimJ · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 13:34 pm Post subject:

I will be building a 1/72 Lightning F1A in 56 Sqn markings (see Hangartime's box art for details) from Modeldecal sheet no.1.

I'm not sure how long the kit's been in the stash but I bought the decal sheet in...er...1985

and I've had the kit longer than that. I'll post some pics in the next day or two.

Tim
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XN923 · Bronze Star Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 1175

If it's any consolation Tim, I'd probably had my Jaguar for as long as that

Still, it's one of the things I love about group builds - an excuse to build kits that might otherwise have been left on the pile.

TimJ · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 14:19 pm Post subject:

daniel7891 · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 15:20 pm Post subject:

Great, I love Jaguars. Looking forward to seeing your work
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FZ6 · Posted: Tue 18 Nov 2008 19:39 pm Post subject:

I have this kit too. It ispart built and I plan to paint it in this scheme too and have every intention of completing it when I get round to it and get the bottle up to have a go at the natural metal finish. The lightning is one of my favourite jets

TimJ · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 17:35 pm Post subject:

OK, here we go.

Here,s the box

If you look closely you'll notice there's something missing from this picture, can you work out what it is?

Nice blue instructions...

views of the sprues..

..with the Firestreaks and pylons that were missing from the box art.

These are the kit markings, but I will be using these...

The 56 Sqn markings are on the right.

Hope the pictures are OK as I'm new to all this kind of thing.
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Hangartime · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 08:46 am Post subject:

It's all good - I remember building the Airfix version of this some time ago - part of the 90th? Anniversary set. Nice little kit.
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XN923 · Bronze Star Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 1175

As to what's missing, shouldn't the fin and spine be black?

daniel7891 · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 12:50 pm Post subject:

Great kit choice, interested to see how it fits
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TimJ · Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008 17:50 pm Post subject:

TimJ · Posted: Tue 25 Nov 2008 13:23 pm Post subject:

A bit more progress to report. I've painted the pilot...

I've sanded the nose cone to make it a bit more pointed,

and I've assembled the wings and fuselage.

There are some gaps that need filling but all in all I'm quite pleased with the fit.

I also appear to be getting better at editing my photos.

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TimJ · Posted: Sat 29 Nov 2008 14:28 pm Post subject:

With the main airframe assembled I'm now ready for filling and sanding.

I'll post some more pics soon.
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TimJ · Posted: Sat 06 Dec 2008 14:37 pm Post subject:

A bit more to report this week. I've done some filling and sanding and it looks OK so far. I dare say I'll find more to do after the first coat of primer goes on.

At the moment it's standing on the undercarriage of a Hasegawa Lightning as this has the correct pattern wheels. the kit wheels are more suitable for the EE P1B.(Now there's a thought. Think

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The nose was weighted with Milliput and fishing weights.
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XN923 · Bronze Star Joined: 16 May 2008 Posts: 1175

Coming along well there. Interesting thought about the P1B..

TimJ · Posted: Tue 09 Dec 2008 13:11 pm Post subject:

I do have another F1A in the stash that I'm thinking of building as the P1B in it's early days with the small fin and no ventral tank.
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TimJ · Posted: Sat 03 Jan 2009 14:46 pm Post subject:

I've given it a coat of primer but there are still some areas around the back end that need a bit of work.
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TimJ · Posted: Tue 06 Jan 2009 16:59 pm Post subject:

Here it is after the first coat of primer. As you can see, the area around the rear end needs some more rubbing down.

I'll post more pics when the second coat goes on.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 06 Jan 2009 22:22 pm Post subject:

Good progress there Tim.

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TimJ · Posted: Sat 24 Jan 2009 14:43 pm Post subject:

After another session of filling and sanding I've given it a second coat of Hu64. Time to move on to the top coat and that lovely silver paint.

I can't help thinking that if I'd done a camouflaged Lightning F3 it might have been finished by now.

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