Hello friends! Here’s my 1/48 Lightning by Airfix. Pretty good kit with some minor issues but great for its age. I built this for the Airfix GB last fall. Thanks for looking!
Ooooo, super nice! Love the Lightning, as it is so Jerry Andersen “Thunderbirds” looking!
Wow, this one looks real. Super nice work.
BK
Sooo nice. This was so far ahead of its time when it came into service
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It’s a Frightning, as the Brits say. Nicely done!
I’m not normally into these, but that is sharp Chad. Your NMF is outstanding.
Thank you G! That’s a great analogy!
Thank you buddy!
Thank you Johnny!
Thank you!!
Thanks John! I bet the ride was pretty wild!
Thank you my friend!
What color is the blue?
It’s Vallejo Model Air 71.004 Blue. First I laid down a base coat of Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum, then oversprayed a few light coats of blue.
It looks good to me, great job.
Is this the same type of aircraft that Matchbox released that had the drop tanks over the wings? I used to wonder what’s the deal with drop tanks over the wings.
It is. Those tanks were ferry tanks, permanently attached for the flight.
The sub sonic range without external tanks was about 700 nm.
Supersonic intercept range (it’s primary mission) was 135 nm.
With the ferry tanks it added maybe 500 nm to subsonic range.
In otherwords an aircraft designed to intercept Russian bombers for V Bomber airfield defense.
But Mach 2.2 remains very quick. It was a real hotrod.
It is! Kind of looks weird on a supersonic aircraft right?! Here’s the 1/72 Airfix kit I made last year with the pylons. The 1/48 kit had a pylon option but I preferred the sleeker look of no pylons. Especially with a metallic finish.
So without overwing tanks, it could go supersonic, but with the tanks it was subsonic?
And the tanks are removable, but not air droppable?
As a kid, I just imagined that they inverted to drop.
Beautiful job. I echo the comments on the NMF - really superb. Very nice looking build.