english electric lightning 1:48

Superb kits for their time, still hold up well, no need for updating by Airfix.

The late Ted Taylor's 3-part build is very helpful, and the original poster might want to have a look because much of the detail he adds can be added to the Airfix kit using old-schooly methods with bits of scrap and plastic card, if you'd rather not shell out for aftermarket stuff.

AA28401 English Electric/BAC Lightning F.6 XR728/JS, RAF Binbrook Station Commander’s aircraft, liveried as Lightning Training Flight.

And so you would run to the aeroplane, jump in.

Had some fit issues with the internal parts , but eventually builds into an impressive model I've used the Aires wheel wells (they don't fit without lots of work), cockpit (ok but needs lots of fiddling) and exhausts (easy fit). Currently unavailable.

The decals in the later boxings are definitely better quality than the originals.

What I'd be more concerned about is how well they work with the plastic used these days.

I've waited for years to buy this kit.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Airfix A09182 Gloster Meteor F8 Military Plastic Model Kit (1:48 Scale) Completed. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. It initially had no cannon, but installable gun packs were made available later.A Lightning was tasked with shooting down a pilot-less During the 1960s, as strategic awareness increased and a multitude of alternative fighter designs were developed by To provide an urgent counter to air incursions, with Saudi towns near the border being bombed by Egyptian aircraft, an additional interim contract, called "Magic Carpet", was placed in March 1966 for the supply of six ex-RAF Lightnings (four F.2s and two T.4 trainers, redesignated F.52 and T.54 respectivelySaudi Arabia officially received F.53 Lightnings in December 1967, although they were kept at Warton while trials and development continued and the first Saudi Lightnings to leave Warton were four T.55s delivered in early 1968 to the Royal Air Force 226 Operational Conversion Unit at RAF Coltishall, the four T.55s were used to train Saudi aircrew for the next 18 months.Kuwait's Lightnings did not have a long service career.

One of the best value aircraft models available. Yes Paul, my canopy is yellowed too.

Airfix English Electric Lightning F2A/F6 1:48.

The shock cone was eventually weakened due to the fatigue caused by the thermal cycles involved in regularly performing high-speed flights.

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You captured the look of such an iconic aircraft.

This power-plant was initially rated as capable of generating 11,250 lbf (50.0 kN) of dry thrust, but when employing the four-stage afterburner this increased to a maximum thrust of 14,430 lbf (64.2 kN).

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Albums: 1 with 47 images. W.E.W. The Lightning's engines were positioned in a unique staggered stacked installation and their huge power gave the Lightning an exceptional rate of climb, service ceiling and top speed.

Until 2009, three Lightnings were kept flying at "The specification for the aircraft followed the cancellation of the Air Ministry's 1942 From 1953 onwards, the first three prototype aircraft were hand-built at On 9 June 1952, it was decided that there would be a second phase of prototypes built to develop the aircraft towards achieving Mach 2.0 (2,450 km/h); these were designated On 4 April 1957 Beamont made the first flight of the P.1B (XA847) exceeding Mach 1 during this flight.The P.1 was a terrific plane, with the easy handling of the F-86 and the performance of an F-104.

The F1 version of the Lightning entered service in 1959, with the improved F1A following in 1961.

Even the lack of much flattening of the tyres which at 380 PSI would not allow much deflection. One of Airfix's best.

airfix lightning f-1/f-1a/f-2/f-3 in original bags.

Indeed, an excellent kit otherwise, although the main plastic parts on mine have gone slightly brittle with age.

Very high quality, accurate and now with significantly improved decals.

Das Original des Flugzeuges ist schon außergewöhnlich, wie ist da erst der Bausatz?

Its only drawback was that it had no range at all. I mention it because I did use the wheel well inserts - completely different shape to the kit appertures, so I wish I'd just used styrene.

I cannot say what current releases are like (the moulds are getting on for 25-30 years old now), so my advice is to look for an original boxing-  should be no flash or major worries with them.

Die Wahl zwischen den Versionen ist genau erklärt, die Bauanleitung gut und übersichtlich gemacht.

Another thing, and perhaps I'm remembering wrong, but I thought that the curled mismoulding of the wing wnds that used to occur was sorted with later production runs.

Thinking of filling it with Milliput and trying to mould a new one, but it's a bit large for that.

Aber mit ein bisschen mehr an Arbeit und Geduld konnte auch diese Hürde überwunden werden.

When clean, these times shorten to 2.7 min from brake release, or 2.0 min after acceleration.Note: at the time, the V bombers carried Britain's Note: the original specification only called for a 150-mile radius of action from the V bomber bases the aircraft was defending.

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