Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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1/48 Hasegawa P-38J Lightning “Journey’s End”
This is 1/48 Hasegawa P-38J Lightning with the markings of “Journey’s End” flown by Lt Col Joseph Meyer from 38th FS, 55th FG Nuthampstead AB England in November 1943.
Cockpit modified by Eduard instrument panel and Ultracast resin [...]
Airfix 172 Lightnings
Carrying on my Airfix love affair, I eagerly waited the new Lightning when it was released. I have built several of the 1/48 scale ones and they were/are superb models and a delight to build.
I asked Santa for an F-2A when it was first [...]
1/32 Scale Trumpeter English Electric Lightning F.Mk1 RAF Coltishall 1963
Modifications to back date the kit to a Mk1:
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 [...]
F-5E Photo Recon
Here's my just completed, fresh baked, F-5E Photo Recon, an Italeri 1/48 kit. I read some reviews of this kit after I bought it and before I started it that had me worried, but it really went together good. I'm glad I didn't read them [...]
Academy P-38J 1/72
This is a 2009 build. I was still finishing in semi-gloss back then, and didn't do much weathering - just some turbo exhaust and fuel stains, no panel wash or other shading/weathering.
I thought the rocket launcher tubes were interesting [...]
1/48 Minicraft F-5E Lightning
So a co-worker throws this kit on my desk and states I hear you build models, got this for $10 so have some fun. Well who wouldn't want to build one of the most successful reconnaissance aircraft from WWII, and besides I like P-38's. [...]
1/32nd scale BAC Lightning F6
This is a recently finished project of mine - Trumpeter's 1/32nd scale BAC Lightning F6 finished as a 5 Squadron aircraft based at RAF Binbrook in the late 1980's.
I added a few extra details to the model such as an Aries cockpit set, [...]
A Lightning Build
The eighth model I've finished this year, this is the old Hasegawa Lightning F Mk. 6 in 1/72 scale. The kit parts fit together quite well but, detail is lacking by today's standards. The intake has almost no depth, the cockpit not much [...]
