My first proper jet build , feels strange not having a prop lol , seat was a bit bare so added harnesses out of foil lids from pot noodles , some plastic card for rear of the seat padding , then added buckles and other wires from strech sprue
painted the inner fuselage parts , built the nose part had to fit 20g weight in then painted Alclad Olive Drab , for the main body of the nose polished the plastic with micomesh , 3 coats Alclad black gloss base polishing inbetween each coat then used hairy stick dry with Aluminium pigment dust and buffed with cotton wool then fitted the nose and cockpit
shes all closed up and wings / rear jet engines now fitted , got a fingerprint on the nose but i like to still post things like that to show we all make daft mistakes sometimes and with 1 eye i make my fare share of them lol it will be fixed next time im at the bench more work to do around the cockpit / nose / rear jet engines ,but shes looking like a plane now
added a bit kitchen roll into the cockpit then masked it all so just red areas left out , then pre shaded with Alclad matt black . Then done fine coats of Alclad Signal Red till you could only just see the pre shade . gave it a coat Alclad Aqua Gloss to protect it , once dry i will mask the red areas around the canopy area for the black bit
Love the bright colors. Looks like this one is going together nicely. Looking forward to the finished product.
had too strip her and start again as i wasen`t happy in 2 places on her with the metal finish i did thats her striped and re done the metal finish , next is re do the red on the wing edges , center spine and tail fin
Wow, she’s looking good, Fred! Great job so far.
Where do you hail from, Mr. Foot?
Gary Mason
cheers mate , im in Scotland UK
update , masked off too start the red , pre shaded with Alclad Matt Black then the Alclad Red coated with Alclad Aqua Gloss then started to pick out panels for a different metal finish , still alot more panels too do
OUTSTANDING JOB so far, Mr. Foot! Looking forward to seeing this one when she’s finished!
Gary Mason
cheers mate 
been on holiday then 2 days after im back got the flu / cold this last week feel little better today so bench update on the @Airfix 1/48 English Electric
Lightning F.1/F.1A random panels painted with 3 different subtle shades of Alclad Aluminum on both sides , everything has been fitted wheels etc now ready for decals at last
Well thats the Airfix 1/48 English Electric Lightning F.1/F.1A finished at last , the kit it great but i fell out of love with this build a while ago when i was not happy with the metal finish and had to strip it since then just felt like a thorn in my side but happy with how it looks now , all done in Alclad metal and mil-spec paints with some pigment dust i cant remember where i got from
Fine finish!
For four years in on this hobby you’re doing exceptional work!
Beautiful!
Well done, the metal is great.
Great finish.