From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Aibara Darius @Consult" References: Subject: Re: Gallery Article - BAC Lightning F6 Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:54:43 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Hi Darius, Thanks for sending in your Lightning article. It looks good.......for some odd reason I enjoy the British camo schemes from this time period......I guess it reminds me of my childhood. I'll e-mail you when your Lightning article goes on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aibara Darius @Consult" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:55 PM Subject: Gallery Article - BAC Lightning F6 Gallery Template #05 "1:48 Aeroclub English Electric/BAC Lightning F6" by "Darius Aibara" -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here <<...OLE_Obj...>> Way back in 1988, I was a graduate engineer working for a UK Government Agency that, amongst other things, managed construction at UK military bases. I was on a training course for Airfield Pavement Site Control and part of the course involved a visit to RAF Waddington to see the hanger and pavement construction works for the soon to be introduced RAF E3 Sentry aircraft. Some trenching works were being done to the taxiway and we were listening to a fascinating talk about trench construction when two RAF Lightnings did a low level high speed pass straight down the main runway - and then did it again. I can remember the sight and sound of that to this day - unlike the lecture on trenches. I was into 1:48 scale aircraft modelling at the time but had to wait a few years before a reasonable quarter scale kit of the Lightning was available - the Aeroclub mixed media kit (the Airfix kit was way in the future). This comprised vac-formed fuselage, main wing centre panels, fuel tanks and canopy, injection moulded tailplanes, fin, cockpit tub, wing leading and trailing edges, white metal intake ring, exhaust, undercarriage and cockpit details, plus a very nice decal sheet with markings for Nos. 5 and 11 Squadrons RAF. Click on images below to see larger images Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg <03.jpg> <<...OLE_Obj...>> <03.jpg> Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg <04.jpg> <<...OLE_Obj...>> <04.jpg> Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg <05.jpg> <<...OLE_Obj...>> <05.jpg> The vac-formed fuselage parts were cut from the backing plastic and sanded on a sheet of wet-n-dry placed on a piece of glass shelving (from an old fridge). The wing centre panels just need to be cut away and lightly sanded as the injection moulded leading and trailing edge parts are profiled to accept the vac-formed elements with minimal preparation. I used filler to blend in the metal intake ring and exhaust pieces and when this is sanded you get a very nice polished metal effect from the "polished metal". The rest of the assembly is like an injection moulded kit and I used Halfords grey spray auto primer to prepare the model for painting. I used SNJ "spray metal" for the undersides and then brush painted the camouflage colours using Humbrol enamel. The Aeroclub decals were used to represent an F6 of No. 11 Squadron RAF based at RAF Binbrook circa 1978. Don't listen to Mario - the F6 is a superb looking aircraft!!!!!! Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here <<...OLE_Obj...>> Photos and text © 2004 by "your name goes here" <> Darius Aibara TPS Consult Tel: 020 8256 4090 Fax: 020 8256 4082 www.tpsconsult.co.uk CARILLION VALUES Openness - Collaboration - Mutual Dependency - Professional Delivery - Focus On Sustainable Profitable Growth - Innovation ********************************************************************** This email transmission is confidential and intended for the addressee only. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you are not the person or organisation to whom it is addressed, you must not copy, distribute, or take any action in reliance upon it. 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