Ok so my building mojo just hasn't been what it use to be, and with my schedule this summer being all kinds of screwy I aint too sure if I'll be participating in this year's 1WGB, but if I do give it a go I'll be doin one or 2 Tam 1/100 BAC Lightnings, one in RAF NEAF Sand/Brown over light blue, the other . . . well its a surprise but something that's been on my mind for a long time :thumbsup:
Shas 8)
To paraphrase Wellington, "Build and be damned!"
Well I hope to startin Mon afternoon . . . currently out of town visitin' the GF & her folks after a hellascious week.
The RAF Lightning will a profile build based on art done up by Gekko:
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As promised here's a couple of pics:
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Both kits prior to construction, plus my on-going MiG-21 build
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And the kits as of this morning before class, both fuselages are glued together. Since then I've added a few fiddly bits & some filler, hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to get everything built up & ready for primer (gotta love these small kits)
As of 0830L 16July:
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And here's Liz as she is right now:
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Always good to see Lightnings! :thumbsup: Even more so when they get painted in one of Gekko's schemes! (https://www.whatifmodellers.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi107.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fm309%2FChernayaAkula%2FEmoticons%2Fwoohoo.gif&hash=400cf581a8182e8e46f69e3ab1982db680fb6e2d)
Taking a break from build #1, Here's our mystery Lightning all puttied up:
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Now she'll be finished in a similar scheme to this:
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(But not in PLAAF roundles ;) )
And both kits as they are 2135L 17July:
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Managed to get the camo started on Liz, while #2 is primed n ready to roll into the paintshop.
Very Cool :ph34r: They Look Great :thumbsup: Any plans to add a Shark's Mouth???? just asking. :cheers:
If I had the decals . . . It sucks being in college, everything I *need* isn't here :/
Shas 8)
Brilliant!! :o
Just a quick update, Liz is essentially done apart from decals, canopy & the pitot tube being added. #2 still needs the camo finished, armed & a few other things. Should have them finished Sun evenin or Mon mornin.
Shas 8)
Well I lied, but it's not my fault (honest)!
After the GF left earlier this evening I went back to the bench, went to open my bottle of Testors MMA steele only to discover a mass that only Jabba the Hutt would love. I tried to recessitate only to find that I thinned it too much . . . so I'm dead in the water.
Here's some updated pics in the mean time:
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Both birds as they look right now (plus a fishbed I've been trying to finish)
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Liz & #2 trying to see eye-to-eye
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And the underside of both.
Shas 8)
Too bad mate, I tried to hold the door open for you as long as I could
Ah it's all good Nev, I'll be back next time ;-)
Do you want me to move it to Current & Finished Projects?
Thx for the move Nev ;)
"Liz" will eventually be in No.5 sqn markings for when they were assigned to NEAF at Akrotiri in the early 60s to defend the base & its Vulcan bombers. When the ongoing Konfrontasi conflict between Indonesia & Malaysia escalated in '65 a detachment of Lightnings from No.5 was sent initially to Singapore, then to Hong Kong & placed on QRA to deterre Indonesian Badgers & Blinders.
#2's history is tied to what happens next to Liz - Stay Tuned!
Shas 8)
Done!
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B 8)