AJohnson Posted February 25 #1 Posted February 25 (edited) One of my favourite Cold War Jets. The kit itself was a challenge in places, but tempted one day to do a camouflage or green/silver version. Edited 8 hours ago by AJohnson Paul Le Wol, Charter33, Knocklouder and 14 others 14 3 Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
kgstakes Posted April 12 #2 Posted April 12 Question, did you enhance the panel lines in any way? The model looks great!! AJohnson 1
shipman Posted April 12 #3 Posted April 12 A big fave of mine; what a machine the 'Frightning' was. One of Airfix's first 'modern' kits and a good one. king derelict and AJohnson 1 1
DocRob Posted April 12 #4 Posted April 12 Very nice, like shipman, I love the Lightning, an elegant brute, specially in natural metal, which you reproduced very realistic. Cheers Rob shipman, AJohnson and king derelict 2 1 Current builds: Brabham BT45 by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 Duchess of Kingston - paused Finished builds: F4U-1A Corsair - Tamiya 1/32 USS Arizona 1/350 Eduard Caudron C.561 French Racing Plane 1/48 Nachtigall on Speed Arado 234 B-2N by DocRob - 1/32 - Fly Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12 P-38J Wicked Woman - Tamiya - 1/48 AEG G.IV Creature of the Night - WNW - 1/32 "Big Tank" Crocker OHV motorcycle by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/9 MaschinenKrieger Friedrich by DocRob - Wave - 1/20 - PLASTIC - Another one bites the dust McLaren Mp4/6 - Ayrton Senna - Fujimi - 1/20 Shelby Cobra Coupe by DocRob - Model Factory Hiro - 1/12 Honda RC166 Mike Hailwood by DocRob - Tamiya - 1/12
AJohnson Posted April 12 Author #5 Posted April 12 9 hours ago, kgstakes said: Question, did you enhance the panel lines in any way? The model looks great!! Thank you, yes I did experiment with running a fine drafting pencil in the panels lines as I hoped the graphite would still look “metallic”, didn’t think dark washes would be quite right. The metallic finish was “okay” but not entirely happy with it. king derelict, DocRob and kgstakes 3 Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
shipman Posted April 12 #6 Posted April 12 My many years admiring aircraft have taught me they have no discernible panel lines (as depicted on nearly all kits), only subtle contrast from one panel to another. AJohnson and Jack12477 2
AJohnson Posted April 17 Author #7 Posted April 17 On 4/12/2025 at 11:45 PM, shipman said: My many years admiring aircraft have taught me they have no discernible panel lines (as depicted on nearly all kits), only subtle contrast from one panel to another. Yes I think scaled up most kit panel lines you could comfortable lose your keys in! I think an acknowledgment that there is some "artistry" in the inclusion and treatment of panel lines in kits that is down to personal taste and not necessarily realism. But whatever you enjoy doing is the thing. 😁 king derelict, TOM G and Canute 3 Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
Landlubber Mike Posted 19 hours ago #8 Posted 19 hours ago Really well done Andrew!! Nice job! AJohnson 1 Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger CLC Annapolis Wherry Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
Danstream Posted 13 hours ago #9 Posted 13 hours ago I second all the comments above, it is also one of my favorites. Accurately done and nicely clean. When I saw it in person at Hendon museum, I was impressed by its size. It must have been a sight seeing it thundering in the air. Cheers, Dan AJohnson 1 Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64, Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart
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