Colin's English Electric Lightning 1/32 Trumpeter

[Bigfoot57]

Repairs done joints filled and plane re foiled where needed next on the list is the main undercarriage doors then the canopy and finally decals but I am now waiting for additional items to arrive before I can progress any further

Regards

Colin

[papa 695]

Nice repair Colin

[Guest]

I see you've not been "foiled", sorry i'll get me coat. I like the work going into this one Colin mate, crackin'.

Have fun, John

[Bigfoot57]

Busy this weekend so only thing done is this still its another piece of the puzzle so to speak I think its the hydraulic cylinders for raising and lowering the canopy

It comprising of eduard pe with a whittled down toothpick to the correct dimensons the 2 metal bands will be folded under the tubes bracket style wise and then the tubes will be painted silver & grey with black banding if my interpretation of the photo's is correct

Regards

Colin

[Bigfoot57]

Latest update canopy raise and lower assembly complete except for 1 piece of pe and I have dipped all the transparencies in the pledge floor care finish so we will see if it improves their clearness or not

Regards

Colin

[Bigfoot57]

Canopy frames now painted this just leaves the missiles and few odds and ends oh and the ejector seat

Regards

Colin

[papa 695]

Nice work Colin

[Bigfoot57]

Latest update started painting yellow markings on canopy frame and initial coat on the missiles followed by the top coat which is slightly yellowish which is deliberate before detailing begins with control surfaces in light grey with red edging on the main fins and some white banding around the body of the missile to give it some detail other than just plain white

Regards

Colin

[flyjoe180]

I really dislike painting missiles. But yours are looking A1 Colin.

[Bigfoot57]

Disaster with cockpit canopy whilst gluing on pe to inside cockpit canopy fogged and cracked
Have read about various repair scenarios best I can come up with is to polish with toothpaste then coat with kleer which I have and see if that helps as for the crack no idea worst case I can improvise some sort of canopy cover to simulate a tarpaulin or similar oh bugger as the old git would say from the fast show on tv

Regards

Colin

[dave]

Has it cracked through or 'surface crazing', if the latter you may be able to sand it out and then polish your way up through the grits to a final polish with toothpaste.

[Bigfoot57]

Dave

Don’t know at the moment as I’m at work this happened last night so I have just put it to one side for the moment if I recall the crack is on the inside of the canopy and hasn’t gone all the way through but it is visible from the outside

[Bigfoot57]

Result of about an hour buffing with cotton buds / q tips and the a layer of pledge floor care finish if it stays like that I’m well satisfied to what it looked like the crack is visible as a hairline fracture on the top left hand side towards the front so will have to live with that

Regards

Colin

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Colin, great progress

[papa 695]

Not a bad fix Colin, it could have been a lot worse