Thatmas
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As this group build suits for my next build I think this could be suitable for build diary. After Airfix BAC Lightning F.3 has been in my stash quite some time and I thought I newer build that Airfix came with new Lightning F.2A. Now I have no pressure to make old one anything fancy just to try out some techniques. The new one will be done out of the box. Let see if I got something ready before this group build ends.
lars
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Looking fwd!
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srp71
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Great comparison shots of old and new. best of luck with the build.
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Thatmas
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Posted 1394094679
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New Arfix F.2A has a little bit rough or matt surface all over. I really don't think that matters a lot in camo. But in metal finish it would show, I think. So I polished the undersides of the wings (for starters).
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TedUSA
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Posted 1394153370
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your build diary already has me waiting for the next installment. thanks!! very nice work. love the comparison pics of the two kits. excellent!
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Thatmas
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Now all panels are ready: I also added two styrene layers so that I can make turbine exhaust deeper. Other exhaust/intakes I leave as they are.
lars
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That scribing... It would drive me crazy, anyway good job!
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Thatmas
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Thatmas
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Posted 1394463824
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You might wonder why I scribe this kit, but the raised panel lines are inconsistent and the dry fit (and the fit of the air brakes) is so poor that it is better to scribe the model when the parts are not glued together. Lightning suites quite nicely for scribing exercise because airframe is quite flat from the sides and curvature is only in bottom of the plane because there is nice spine in the top of the plane. I haven’t scribe a whole airplane before so that there are no good/acceptable raised panels to support scribing and guide the vertical/horizontal to be in level (and this is second that I scribe altogether). This is quite hard work and the progress seems to be very slow considering the work that has been done. Because of this I decided to try out some new techniques to speed up this laborious work. I have read somewhere that liquid (Tamiya extra thin) glue can be poured to the panels after scribing. So this is one test. The other came from notion that cellulose thinner attacks styrene plastic quite nicely, and this is much thinner than the glue so that it could run the panel lines even better. I tested those on vertical fin which seems to have nice raised panel lines that support scribing tool very well. In fact there seems to be much more detail in old fin than the new one. The results are here: Tamiya glue made quite a mess and it melted scribed panel line nonexistent. Perhaps I used too much glue, but with the brush that comes with the glue you can’t do anything too fine. Cellulose thinner worked better and it melted excess plastic quite nicely, but it still needed quite much scribing and sanding before it can be used and lines became little soft. Result: no help from these techniques.
Thatmas
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The wings of the BAC Lightning are next in line, because I need some rest from scribing. I knew that fit wouldn't be so great, but the landing gear doors were so bad that I decided to do those myself. Lower wing has the original landing gear doors. What is not seen is that hey doesn't lay flat and the corners are horribly soft and round (they are not glued, they are just there to show the fit). The gear doors are glued to the wing but they went little too deep, so some filler is needed.
TedUSA
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Posted 1394560816
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excellent detail work and I had a similar quandary with my current build [F-16] which had raised panel lines and detail. thank you for the pictures and the explanations of what you are doing. best wishes as you continue!we are watching with great interest.
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Thatmas
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Posted 1394646652
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Now both wings have new landing gear doors and they are filled. Some new filler is added and not yet sanded down in lower wing: Next I have to study where the panels are in the wings.