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Echelon 1/32 Lightning........back to basics!


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I bought the Hunter trainer and the Lightning direct from Frank Brown when they were released.

Top-notch kits especially the instruction sheets and decals. Unfortunately, the metal parts did not do it for me. Heavy, ill-defined (compared with resin) and a ##@@&& to get them stuck to the plastic.

Anyhow good luck with your build. I will follow it with interest.

 

Cheers,

Quang

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Thanks Iain

 

Heres the metal parts added to the cockpit. By todays standards they are probably a bit basic. The Aires set for the trumpeter kit is light years ahead of this , but i wanted to keep the "essence" of the kit and the spirit of vacforms , so i will only use whats in the kit and what i can make myself

 

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On the theme of making it myself i decided to buy this 

 

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A nice basic little vacformer. Should be a giggle!

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There is a nice build on Aircraft Resource Center (ARC) by John Wolstenholme. I found the area of the air intake trunk, nose wheel well and radar a head scratcher. He has a nice solution.

 

Rick

 

I'm actually in discussions with John right now about the possibility of publishing his build as a book for KLP Publishing. Would be good to get an idea of the level of interest, but it's certainly a worthy build!

 

Kev

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I'm actually in discussions with John right now about the possibility of publishing his build as a book for KLP Publishing. Would be good to get an idea of the level of interest, but it's certainly a worthy build!

 

Kev

John Wolstenholme's build is the reason why I registered on Britmodeller... in spite of all the rest. I'd buy the book, definitely.

 

Hubert

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