Airfix starter set lightning finishing the scale model build

this is the final part for my starter set video on the airfix lightning aircraft
in this video we finish the build and paint the airfix kit using the paints and brushes supplied
do i make a good job of it? well thats for you to decide but i do hope it shows what can be achieved with the starter sets and a few household items
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[@Lambonights]

Wonderful result using only basic tools! I also have this kit and was going to go for the mostly silver paint job, but I think the flat green version you did here really makes the decals pop! Great job!

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

cheers and its one of my personal favorite kits i have built

[@stevesmodelbuilds5473]

Aye up! I put a bit of Blu tack or 'silly putty' on a cocktail stick to hold and apply the clear parts. That way you avoid fingerprints and fingersticks... 😎 BTW: The best way to get superglue off skin is with WD-40 -- or just rip their hands off the pavement 😁. I think you used more paint than the kit itself cost, but it's a great example of what can be done with an inexpensive kit! Good job!

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

cheers i didnt know that about wd40

[@robjohnson2821]

Great job mate. I do sometimes despare of the paints supplied in starter kits. The dropper bottles from Humbrol are fine but the ones in the starter kits are simply awful. Keep up the great work 👍

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i had to complain recently to humbrol but credit to them they sent me all the paints that had dried up

[@welshaccenttutorials3104]

I like all your videos. Chilled and zen

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks and glad you like them

[@eddiebirdie1545]

Hiya man, for gluing canopies i would recommend PVA glue, no problem with fogging and you can take the canopy off again no problem, by the way brilliant result very nicely done.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Used it before and it's fantastic for it but you can't touch the model for a few hours till it's set
Used to have some canopy glue but that for some reason has disappeared lol

[@eddiebirdie1545]

@@yorkshiremanmodels "can't touch it for a few hours"? arn't us modellers supposed to have the patience of a stone? 😁

[@jameswoollard84]

@@yorkshiremanmodels Tamiya Extra Thin Quick Setting is good for canopies and sets - as the name suggests - very quickly. No fogging if you just apply a tiny amount.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

@@jameswoollard84 i have never tried it with tiny amounts like that
tried a couple times in past to use it like normal and the canopy fogged up and may have been down to too much glue
thanks for the tip

[@craiggoodyear352]

A drop of washing up liquid in the mix works a treat because it breaks the surface tension, which is why your paint's beading up. Also, as you say, some Humbrol acrylics do cover really well first coat, so why not use them as a 'primer' or basecoat? The troublesome ones will go down much easier over a painted surface rather than bare plastic

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks for the tip it will come in handy next time

[@MHMajid-yi8iu]

Nice! Love dark green overalls top, just like our CL41G Tebuan CAS jet back in 70s. And off course I like Lightning & Javelin very much, old jets is fantastic

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

Think the lightning is one of the best looking aircraft ever
Thanks for the comments

[@jameswoollard84]

The Humbrol Acrylics only need a tiny amount of the acrylic thinner in my experience. I tend to airbrush but the paint breaks up if you add 50:50. I tend to do about 70:30 in favour of the paint with Humbrol acrylics.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i mostly airbrush as well and i cant knock the humbrol acrylics as they do brush ok
i may have over thinned the paint but i am also never sure how much the paint has dried in the tiny pots
those tiny pots are rubbish and i have never had any problem with the normal sized pots

[@Dirks_NUMA_Files]

Nicely done

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks

[@alainfabryczny6090]

Jolie démonstration de montages et de travail au pinceaux bravo !!!!

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

thanks it was a nice kit to build and paint

[@VC27]

Nice and straightforward build. No fancy after market stuff that cost a bomb. The way this hobby was meant to be.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

your right there
some of the pe sets and aftermarket detail sets can be more expensive than the kit itself is

[@unclefester9857]

To "Glue my conopys I use varnish, gloss / satin / matt dries clear and is invisable when dry, But each to his own.

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

never even thought of that
will have to try it on the next one
thanks for that tip

[@darrenwoodfield4990]

a link to cost and where i can buy this please?

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

i bought this in a airfix mystery box and they do change in i would normally say buy from airfix but they do not have this for sale at the moment to what i can see
you can get it from wonderland models www.wonderlandmodels.com/airfix-172-english-electric-lightning-f2a-gift-set/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwyYKUBhDJARIsAMj9lkFqjQpm0wVWkBwuZuS84DXvCmNvAuMcVfye8T2V7E8nKjvH5zR82vYaAuV-EALw_wcB
it is a very reliable store and i have bought from them for around 30 years now
its in uk so cant contfirm if they would ship to another country

[@badman5509]

One of the ugliest aircraft ever to take to the skies, but definitely a fascinating piece of engineering!

[@yorkshiremanmodels]

personaly i like the looks of the aircraft but it certainly dont look like a fast fighter but more like a slow fat cow