Lightning T-4

My first ever conversion will be the lightning T4 using the CMK conversion kit.

Very nice job Joseph , realy looking forward to see it ready

Still in the early stages, but hopefully soon will be ready

Make my post on the other thread ELIGIBLE for this one as well

Impressive and Inspiring Rollercoaster, never missing a beat, never ever sacrificing Quality for Speed

I like this spontaneous rhyme JF.....it is yours mate

Ray

Prosit Joe, this is coming along nicely. Willyou one day give us a lecture on how to work so neat so fast? You are the fastest airbrush in the WEST.

Nice work, is the new nose part resin and I think that you have to remove the plastic kit part? Have you already dry fitted everything?

Interior very nice, prosit.

J

Very fast and good work:)


Wil

As you wish brian, but really there ain't any secrets, just good paint dilution, which for I have not standard, just dilute + spray and adjusting according to my like. Added to that I do a lot of fine sanding thus reducing not elimating completely any nics such as dust. hair etcc.. in between spray painting layers.

Joseph wrote:Nice work, is the new nose part resin and I think that you have to remove the plastic kit part? Have you already dry fitted everything?

Interior very nice, prosit.

J

the nose part is all resin, including the wheel well/nose cone. It is from CMK. I have yet to cut the fuselage, and I think it will not be that straight foward. Will post more pics when more progres is made.. Thanks.

Joe what do you have in mind , neautral metal or camouflage..

skyhigh wrote:Joe what do you have in mind , neautral metal or camouflage..

natural metal please, and red, red, red. It will be XM989, of No.56 sqn. See link for pic of the real one

http://www.aviation-picture-hangar.co.uk/xm989.html

It's very colourful ,but I would have suggest insted of always the 56's ,I was going to give you another option but now it's done uh...

yep, I had thought about this one, but I will this scheme on a single seater + chris done already a T4 with yellow stripes.

Great choice of camo Joe, what are you going to use for the BMF?

bcauchi wrote:Great choice of camo Joe, what are you going to use for the BMF?

Alcad II

I am curious to see how it comes out. Is it your first time using it?

Wicked scheme Joseph......brilliant.....
In nannu pec

What is this Alcad II? Is it some wicked potion for bare metal effect?

Ray

have done some trials with this alcad and I can say that I like it. It needs a good clean gloss base, such as gloss black, it is resistant to masking but it still needs to be sealed for protection. It dries fairly quick and is not acrylic.

I have 2 alclad metallic paints. I havnt tried them yet!!
When your done FJ, can u pls give a list of the names of the paints used?
I am gonna have a bmf on my F84 (when i start it) and im quite ignorant when it comes to alclad and shades..

don't worry adrian, will do, but it is still a bit away.

For the bare metal areas I'm using testors metalizers range. Is alclad better?

I have just one Testors metalizer, and again... never used it :/
I have been told and also read, it is very weak and sensitive to touch! you must seal it immediately and is very weak to masking.
Alclad it seems is the total opposite...

What is this Alcad II? Is it some wicked potion for bare metal effect?

As far as I know "Alcad" means 'solvent based'

Regards
Noel

Yes it's very sensitive to touch but after you seal it it's ok. They also respond well to polishing.