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Here is my recently completed Trumpeter Lighting F. Mk1.

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 windshield
Removal of most of the canopy and windshield frames and then re-modelling them to make them fatter
Reshaping of the spine
Additional 3mm added to the length of the kit in the form of a plug immediately forward of the exhaust pipes.
Reshaping of the fuselage in between the exhaust pipes
All NACA vents carved into the fuselage
Reshaped tip of the vertical stabilizer
Reshaped tips of the elevators
Moved wings approx 4mm rearward
Moved tail back approx 3mm
Main undercarriage legs shortened by 5mm and made thicker
Reshaped ventral fuel tank
New ventral fin
Corrected seamless intake
Scratchbuilt APU exhaust
Modified main undercarriage doors
Added brake lines
Added inner canopy frames and details underneath the canopy.
Scratchbuilt vaious vents and scoops.

Aftermarket:

Master pitot tube
AMS resin Ejection seat (With modified pull handle)
Aires cockpit (with modified instrument panel and Power levers)
Aires Exhausts
Aires Wheel bays
Mastercasters Wheels

Finish:

Alclad paints for the Natural metal finish
Extradecal markings with masked roundels and serial numbers/letters.
Extradecal stencil data













Detail photos:





















In its new home:



The photo that inspired me along the way:



Black and white pic of my model to compare.

Awesome Congratulations
LL

Truly beautiful work Capt Eric
Good to see the Dashys taking pride-of-place flying CAP above the rest of the collection
TOR

Phenomenal "Supersonic, Supernormal" work Eric (you get what I mean here if you've watched the 60's Lightning promo film)! I'd even hazard a guess in saying yours could very well be the most accurate 1/32 F.1 on the planet!

Bravo sir!

Cheers

Adam

Thanks guys,

It might be one of the only 1/32 F1's on the planet Adam, considering the kit started out as an F2 and has been backdated. I didn't think things through when I purchased the Extradecal markings for the model considering that the sheet is for a model that doesn't exist...the way things panned out though, the conversion to the earlier Mk was probably the easier part.

Will maybe make an appearance at expo next year considering there is almost 10 more months to go and so many models to build... Got to think of a civil aircraft as well and I have my mind set on something much bigger than anything else I have at the moment.

Eric.

Amazing work as usual mate. Looks outstanding

A true masterpiece. Made even better by being a Lightning. Congratulations. I'm looking forward to seeing it at Expo next year.

Leigh

F#€£ing awesome as always, Eric.