Trumpeter 1/32 English Electric Lightning F. Mk1 RAF Coltishall 1963
By Eric Galliers
Here is my recently completed Trumpeter Lighting F. Mk1.
Modifications to back date the kit to a Mk 1:
- Removal of the wiring conduit running 3/4 of the length of the fuselage
- Scratchbuilt Instrument panel
Corrections and additions to the kit:
- Reshaping of the fuselage area underneath the windshield
- Removal of most of the canopy and windshield frames and then re-modelling them to make them fatter
- Reshaping of the spine
- Additional 3mm added to the length of the kit in the form of a plug immediately forward of the exhaust pipes
- Reshaping of the fuselage in between the exhaust pipes
- All NACA vents carved into the fuselage
- Reshaped tip of the vertical stabilizer
- Reshaped tips of the elevators
- Moved wings approx 4mm rearward
- Moved tail back approx 3mm
- Main undercarriage legs shortened by 5mm and made thicker
- Reshaped ventral fuel tank
- New ventral fin
- Corrected seamless intake
- Scratchbuilt APU exhaust
- Modified main undercarriage doors
- Added brake lines
- Added inner canopy frames and details underneath the canopy
- Scratchbuilt various vents and scoops
Aftermarket:
- Master pitot tube
- AMS resin Ejection seat (With modified pull handle)
- Aires cockpit (with modified instrument panel and Power levers)
- Aires Exhausts
- Aires Wheel bays
- Mastercasters Wheels
Finish:
- Alclad paints for the Natural metal finish
- Extradecal markings with masked roundels and serial numbers/letters.
- Extradecal stencil data
There is a build thread for this model in the forums.
© Eric Galliers 2015
This article was published on Friday, July 24 2015; Last modified on Friday, July 24 2015