EE Lightning F-6

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skyhigh Fri May 03, 2013 6:26 am

spitfire5b wrote:

skyhigh wrote:some guide Cyril...

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_uk.htm

Thanks Marco,

This chart is fantastic, I just gave it a slight glance and it answers most of my questions.

Your welcome, Cyril... cheers

...that was my intention..

Cyril. Fri May 03, 2013 6:27 pm

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Cyril. Fri May 03, 2013 6:27 pm

Today I took this model out from storage, it is an AIRFIX kit in 1/72 scale. Very Happy

It is all hand painted and believe it or not it is about 47 years old, I had built it when I was about 18,
a few years ago. Evil or Very Mad

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skyhigh Fri May 03, 2013 7:53 pm

With that scheme will look Brillant Cyril...... cheers

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Paul Salomone Sat May 04, 2013 8:56 am

Brilliant job Cyril.

Well done - another masterpiece added to your collection.

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bcauchi Sat May 04, 2013 1:44 pm

Nice work on the seat Cyril. The colour scheme is a difficult choice, camo is really nice but so is bare metal. The plane looks good in any of the schemes. I believe there was also a solid green upper colour scheme which is also really nice. If you want something difficult but looking good, go for bare metal.

Cyril. Sat May 04, 2013 4:52 pm

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Cyril. Sat May 04, 2013 4:52 pm

bcauchi wrote:Nice work on the seat Cyril. The colour scheme is a difficult choice, camo is really nice but so is bare metal. The plane looks good in any of the schemes. I believe there was also a solid green upper colour scheme which is also really nice. If you want something difficult but looking good, go for bare metal.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments Very Happy

As far as I know the solid green ones were F-2, stationed in Germany, mine is an F-6.

I have finally made up my mind what scheme to use, Smile

For now I will keep it to myself to see how it goes. Cool

I am sure you will like it. Very Happy

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skyhigh Sat May 04, 2013 5:09 pm

spitfire5b wrote:

bcauchi wrote:Nice work on the seat Cyril. The colour scheme is a difficult choice, camo is really nice but so is bare metal. The plane looks good in any of the schemes. I believe there was also a solid green upper colour scheme which is also really nice. If you want something difficult but looking good, go for bare metal.

Thanks to everyone for the compliments

As far as I know the solid green ones were F-2, stationed in Germany, mine is an F-6.

I have finally made up my mind what scheme to use, For now I will keep it to myself to see how it goes.

I am sure you will like it.

Cyril as long as your happy ...no matter what ..enjoy your modeling time.... cheers

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in nannu pec Sat May 04, 2013 5:52 pm

Awesome work Cyril....love to see this finished in the Camo scheme ...prosit xbin
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Cyril. Mon May 06, 2013 11:27 pm

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Cyril. Mon May 06, 2013 11:27 pm

New gun ports added made from SS tubing cut and sanded to fit.
These will be painted over.

EE Lightning F-6 - Page 2 01210

Work has also been started on the undercarriage, which consists of kit as well as resin parts.
I am not yet quite sure about the scissor joint which seems to be protruding outwards as well as backwards. It is just beneath the brake pipes.
See the photo below, what do you think? lol!

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skyhigh Tue May 07, 2013 6:25 am

Unique Shape........ cheers

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Ray Tue May 07, 2013 6:27 pm

Looks menacing from the front

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bcauchi Wed May 08, 2013 8:37 pm

i can assure you that it was every bit as deadly as it looked.

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in nannu pec Thu May 09, 2013 11:48 am

Ray wrote:Looks menacing from the front

An Ugly but beautiful brute Smile

......brilliant work Cyril
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smallia Thu May 09, 2013 1:00 pm

Even though this aircraft looks like a pregnant over and under shotgun, you're still doing a great job Smile

Steve

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Cyril. Thu May 09, 2013 11:19 pm

Thank you guys. Very Happy

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Paul Salomone Fri May 10, 2013 7:33 am

Putting in the detail is the most difficult issue, but rewarding in the end.

Prosit Cyril.

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Cyril. Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:23 pm

Well here it is finally ready after a long break,

Hope you like it.

EE Lightning F-6 - Page 2 Ee_lig10

The three greys scheme is not really that noticable, the demarcation is just above the roundel in front of the wing leading edge.

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iCocker Thu Jan 23, 2014 4:32 pm

Not to be a pest but the groundwork distracts from the overall look of that beautiful bird, looks overscale the texture I am assuming it reflects concrete?

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Ray Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:51 pm

iCocker wrote:Not to be a pest but the groundwork distracts from the overall look of that beautiful bird, looks overscale the texture I am assuming it reflects concrete?

I echo Ivan's pain

Great model nonetheless

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Noel Petroni Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:33 pm

Very nice, Cyril.

Very neat and I love the detailed lines.

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olivermifsud Thu Jan 23, 2014 8:32 pm

nice job

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skyhigh Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:18 pm

Beautiful finished model Cyril , the detail looks great ,..welldone ... but the base is as already told you does not do the justice ...... try for print base.. or have an idea to make one ..if I were you I go for a beige tarmac to do some contrast

http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=136716

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Cyril. Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:06 pm

Thanks to everyone for the positive coments. Very Happy

Regarding the base, I agree that the texture is a bit overscale. I started off with very fine black granules glued to the base board, but I made the mistake of glueing a second layer, this caused the overscale.

I will have to give it a new surface. I love Marco's idea of the printed base, I will try and make something similar. Idea

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bcauchi Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:19 pm

Brilliant work Cyril, an awesome model. Just fix the base and you have a winner!!! Would love to see some close up shots.

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Tancred Fri Jan 24, 2014 7:21 pm

Nice work Cyril Cool

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