1/48th Airfix Lightning F2A - A tribute to my father

[@MannsModelMoments]

The Airfix 1/48th Lightning is a great kit, and I had both a lot of fun building this and also rememberiing the times I shared with my father. I hope you enjoy the video as much!

[@jamesduffin9417]

Great video! I would love to see a video on how you make your own custom decals.

[@AlanToon-fy4hg]

Airfix needs to re release it.

[@stuff31]

This is a wonderful build, your father would be proud. I don't see late-90s-tooled Airfix kits get built much on KZbin, so this was a very fun watch indeed! Beautiful painting and nice little mods you made to add some extra detail to the kit. Very well done. :)

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thanks 👍

[@BarbosaUral]

I really like this. A lot. I'm so glad you didn't go overboard with the weathering. No pre-shading, shading and not a ton of hogwash...I mean, pin washes. Some modelers just go to far. Your plane looks like the plane captain and crew did their jobs keeping it clean.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@ENLSN77]

Such a lovely tribute, Alex. I unwittingly walked underneath the one hanging vertically in the Cold War hanger at Cosford recently. It's so cool in there i spent the whole day looking around.

[@MannsModelMoments]

@@ENLSN77 thanks

[@davidwhiteley3879]

A wonderful tribute to your father.

[@julianmhall]

Great build and a lovely tribute! :) Ref PE pinging off.. Maybe a strip of masking tape behind it so that when a part is cut off it can't go anywhere because it's stuck to the tape? Yes please re a video on custom / DIY decals :)

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

Such an iconic British cold war jet. This makes me want to get back to doing some aircraft again after years of diverting into model railways with a friend and more recently getting back into miniature painting after over 25 years away (having recently moved it is much easier space wise).

[@kitbag9033]

Nicely understated finish there, especially for the Boss's jet. I've just dug my F1/2/3 out of the stash. Going to try and get it into the most typical Lightning pose ever: going vertical

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thanks! Good luck on the F1/2/3

[@colinspark8712]

I have this in my "to build" pile. My favourite jet aircraft too! A video on making decals would be welcome.

[@MannsModelMoments]

It's a nice kit - enjoy!

[@mecdj]

Excellent work , being 51 and living in Biggin Hill I have so many find memories of Lightings tearing up the skies at airshows as a kid , what an aircraft!

[@MannsModelMoments]

It certainly was!

[@Mazaveli]

Amazing work! My dad too got me into modelling. Our favourite was a Lancaster bomber we made together and hung from my bedroom ceiling with string. On a windy summers day, it sadly blew into the spinning blades of the rotary fan on the ceiling and exploded. Thankfully we were able to laugh about it but it was a sad day indeed.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you - and sorry to hear about the Lancaster!

[@Maxley..]

I'm so glad I stumbled up this video. Not only was it lovely to watch, but it serves as a memorial/tribute to my dad, too, who passed nearly 20 years ago. He flew Lightnings during the late 60s/early 70s with 19 Sqn, sister squadron to 92 at RAF Gütersloh. I note your decal sheet had provision for a 19 Sqn model, which has convinced me to seek out this kit and make his exact aircraft. Wish me luck, and thank you for the video.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Good luck!

[@mauriceclements4028]

I was stationed at Gutersloh between early 1967 to February 1970 working as an armament fitter on 19 sqn Lightning 2As and Hunter FR10s of 2 and 4 sqns. 92sqn came to Gutersloh with their Lightnings in 1968 so much earlier than you say.

[@MannsModelMoments]

I think you've conflated what I was saying about John Mitchelll's tenure with when the squadron flew lightnings - I never said that 92 squadron only flew Lightnings during that period.

[@Maxley..]

Forgive me for the random approach, but I've just seen your post. You wouldn't possibly remember Dick Leach? He flew Lightning D Delta for 19 Sqn during exactly this period. He always referred to the aeroplane as 'the Frightening' Thank you.

[@mauriceclements4028]

@@Maxley.. Sorry but can`t remember individuals now, it was so long ago. I do remember that Lightning pilots always likened their landings as controlled crashes. I went up in a T4 once and the ride was formidable, I believe the landing speed was something like 185knots. I became a member of the "Ten Ton Club" but some scroat pinched my club tie.

[@fredtedstedman]

The "Frightening" Great job Mann . I was lucky enough to see the aerobatics team when I was a youngster .The Firebirds when my father took me to Farnborough , memories eh ?.

[@Mors_Inimicis]

A really nice tribute to your dad . I built and dedicated my 1/48 Kinetic F104 Starfighter to the memory of my dad as he was Starfighter mad particularly the Belgian AF display duo ‘The Slivers’ . I managed to source some decals for a ‘Slivers’ Starfighter and was very happy with the result. Like you, my dad got me into airshows and models and unfortunately his last few years were blighted with dementia and the model build helped me to remember dad as he was in his heyday.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Would love to se a picture of that, and glad you could share some good memories of him through it.

[@bravoromeojohn]

Very well done, and a fitting tribute to your father.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@aerogray2500]

Stunning. R.I.P to your dad.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you

[@stevejohnson4069]

It looks fantastic 👍

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you

[@mathersdavid5113]

Beautiful job- and with automotive silver! Makes you wonder why people bother with black-basing and Alcad.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thanks!

[@Johnny-tt8zc]

The jet turned out beautiful.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@simonk1307]

What a lovely tribute to your dad and a wonderful model too, I’m sure he would have been very impressed 👍🏻

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you

[@modelnut]

How strange I am building the same kit as we speak, but the F3 version for a Group build. I started it 1998 & thought I should finish it. I am used the cutting resin tub. Great build 👏

[@MannsModelMoments]

Go for it!

[@hankrol7830]

Nice and please a theme on making your own decals.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Ok soon

[@muchorelaxo5580]

Very talented. Great job.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@ROBIN_SAGE]

Wonderful job mate!! And a beautiful tribute to your father.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@sawnoff2]

who spotted the deliberate mistake.......red is port not green great build.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Yep, a couple did!

[@themodelhobbyist]

A very cool build for sure with the tribute to your Father I'm very glad to have watched this video and been apart in it as an observer thanks again and I'll give you what appears to be the first thumbs up though it might not actually be so. 🙂Thomas over at The Model Hobbyist

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thanks!

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Nice job! I'm doing this beast..but I like the menace of the dark green. Would like to see diy decal episode. Oh, what is that pen like drill...looks interesting! Subbed too.

[@MannsModelMoments]

The drill is a Wowstick drill - it'll feature in an upcoming video, but if you want one you can order them on Amazon here - amzn.to/3T9hdFZ

[@paulhargreaves1497]

@@MannsModelMoments Thanks....I love the fact it's pen sized!

[@sahhull]

@@paulhargreaves1497 Amazon, eBay... They are all over the place and reasonably priced

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Very nice build 👍

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thank you!

[@andrewhutchings70]

That is a gorgeous model and beautifully made, thank you for a great video. Just one very minor observation, and please tell me if I'm talking out of my backside but... the nav lights, shouldn't they be the other way round? Starboard is green and port is red so looking from tail to nose shouldn't it be green on the right wing and the red on the left?

[@MannsModelMoments]

You are absolutely correct! I know it's silly., but I often include a deliberate error on my video models to see if anyone notices, so congratulations, you're the first to notice that "Easter Egg"!

[@fizzyridertoo]

Very nice but I do have a small nitpick. The red light is on the port wingtip and the green on the starboard.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Correct - done deliberately as an Easter Egg

[@fizzyridertoo]

@@MannsModelMoments LOL

[@alanrogers8535]

Nicely done. I have always painted left wing light red and right green. Have i got it wrong.

[@MannsModelMoments]

You are absolutely correct! I know it's silly., but I often include a deliberate error on my video models to see if anyone notices, so congratulations, you're the first to notice that "Easter Egg"!

[@alanrogers8535]

@@MannsModelMoments Phew. I thought i had got it wrong. In my mind i have a green glass bottle in my right hand and i pour in to my left hand a glass full of ruby red port. You got me thinking.

[@bttfspencer]

I would really like to know how you made your decals at home in white.

[@MannsModelMoments]

White decal paper!

[@sahhull]

My uncle flew QRA in the Lightning.

[@MannsModelMoments]

Cool!

[@keith7836]

Very nice job , however the Nav lights are the wrong way round , Red to port , Green to starboard

[@MannsModelMoments]

I know - mentioned in another comment as my "Easter egg" deliberate mistake

[@timanderson5543]

Port,red starbord,green.

[@MannsModelMoments]

You obviously missed the other comments on this and my reply

[@timanderson5543]

@@MannsModelMoments did’nt scroll down far enough.

[@kennethcrowther2277]

Beautiful work sir!

[@MannsModelMoments]

Thanks!