Haven’t decided between F1, 2 or 3, but you can see I reshaped the tail back to how it was.. In 1983, I built it as sort of F6 by cutting the tail crudely, but stripped it down recently to rebuild, and since the Canberra rebuild turned out so nice in natural metal, I figured to make a time companion in the form of a earlybird Lightning:)
As you can see from last post, the Lightning kit is from the 1963 mould; either Matchbox or Airfix. When rebuilding my old kits from teenage days, I strip them with modelstrip, correct basic mistakes know I have the 25+ years experience and referral material under the belt, search for aftermarket detail sets and look for new decals. Believe me it’s more expensive than buying off the shelf, but much more fun:D
Here’s another one : the Matchbox 1:72 Emil from 1984, rebuilt this week. Gear and prop blades are scratchbuilt; they were lost in some of the moves from one attic to another, before coming out of the boxes again recently..
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