Model kit Building (Hobby Thread)

[DB9]

Good luck with those Lez, A sure fire way to pass the Social Distancing, Other than this anything else in the pipeline?

 

[GrecianLez]

just this at the moment.. ive a few to build but I wanted to get this one done before I visit Scotland when we next can so I can picture the model against the original

 

[DB9]

I genuinely thought those gaps like on the nosecone were a thing of the past, It's been years since I've had a model with gaps like that

 

[GrecianLez]

tell me about it.. its only a 7 year old kit too....

English Electric Lightning F.2A, Airfix A04054 (2013)

www.scalemates.com

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Does anybody else remember the Lightning that came to grief after it's display at an Exeter Airshow in the mid sixties ? It's final turn was a West to East high speed low level run before igniting it's afterburners and pulling up into a rapid ascent. What we took to be soot blasted out of the afterburners as it climbed. In fact it had suffered a bird strike and was vibrating itself to pieces. It was based for the display at St Mawgan, so turned and headed back west to the north of the Airport. Following it by telescope we saw a lump drop off it. This was recovered from a field and returned to the airport in the back of truck, and turned out to be an entire after burner unit. On its way back to St Mawgan even bits of the undercarriage were dropping off it, so the pilot just pointed it out to sea and safely ejected.

They were "all muscle" machines with twin engines mounted one above the other within the fuselage. A number were preserved in S.Africa, including twin seater trainer versions, and it became possible to book flights in them (for "an arm and a leg"). Don't know if it is still possible these days with "'elf n safety".

 

[GrecianLez]

Does anybody else remember the Lightning that came to grief after it's display at an Exeter Airshow in the mid sixties ? It's final turn was a West to East high speed low level run before igniting it's afterburners and pulling up into a rapid ascent. What we took to be soot blasted out of the afterburners as it climbed. In fact it had suffered a bird strike and was vibrating itself to pieces. It was based for the display at St Mawgan, so turned and headed back west to the north of the Airport. Following it by telescope we saw a lump drop off it. This was recovered from a field and returned to the airport in the back of truck, and turned out to be an entire after burner unit. On its way back to St Mawgan even bits of the undercarriage were dropping off it, so the pilot just pointed it out to sea and safely ejected.

They were "all muscle" machines with twin engines mounted one above the other within the fuselage. A number were preserved in S.Africa, including twin seater trainer versions, and it became possible to book flights in them (for "an arm and a leg"). Don't know if it is still possible these days with "'elf n safety".

Bit before my time lol.. I was born in 1979

I realy like the lightning, there are some great videos on YouTube about the history of the plane. pilots had orgasms over flying it, mechanics claim a bar steward to maintain.. proper stuff of British legendary history

 

[STURTZ]

Lightning on permenant display mounted on a post in front of a garage on A38 near Liskeard.

 

[GrecianLez]

Lightning on permenant display mounted on a post in front of a garage on A38 near Liskeard.

yes Roy Flood bought it, sadly its just a shell.. ive visited there years ago

 

[Colesman Ballz]

Lightning on permenant display mounted on a post in front of a garage on A38 near Liskeard.

It is a F6 variant registration no XS925 at Castle Motors ! I am sure that Stuffy will be along to comment in due course !

 

[GrecianLez]

It is a F6 variant registration no XS925 at Castle Motors ! I am sure that Stuffy will be along to comment in due course !

I think you're right

the airfix version used this version of the Lightning

Thunder & Lightnings - English Electric Lightning - Survivor XM192

Cold War British military aircraft, including history, surviving airframes, profile drawings, photos, walkarounds, links, references. Also viewing guides for UK airfields and the Test Flying Memorial

www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk