Aerosoft Lightning F3

[delta558]

It's one of the airfields in Gary Summons' UK2000 Volume 3.

[Angus Prune]

Now released!!!

http://en.shop.aerosoft.com/eshop.php?a ... ge=english

[rohan]

This model seems to have been very well received and the screenshots posted look rather tasty. To a degree, they bring back memories from Farnborough in the early 60s, but there's one thing I don't recall from those times. In some of the screenshots, the edge of the nose intake is represented as being shiny, silver and almost mirror like - were any of the colour schemes really like that ?

Thanks in advance for any input.

[dodger]

Hi rohan,

Well looking at my Aviation Classic Magazine on the Lightning i would say they have got most of the intakes about right, some Lightnings seem to have a slightly darker silver as well.

The Lightnings i saw at Bruntingthorpe last year were silver on the outside rims at least!

Nice shots on Aerosoft's site,

Have a look, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgLUuyygVUI


Roger,

[rohan]

Roger, thanks for that. Seems the repaints could well be correct in that respect, and I noticed in the video that the rim around the exhausts was also relatively shiny silver. As I said, it's not a feature I remember, and I know that not all restored aircraft have accurate colour schemes applied.

Thanks again,
Ro

[J0hn]

Yuh, the modelling group I used to belong to did a big thing on the Lightning as part of the build up to the Airfix 1/48 scale release (and Airfix Model World mag did a 3-part in-depth series on them) and it turns out they all had the mirror finish on the intake.

Very difficult to replicate on a plastic model! (Yeah, some use that stick-on metallic tape stuff, but I don't - can't find it!)

[Erich]

Any more thumbs-up for this model? I'm thinking about buying it this evening.

Erich

[DaveG]

From me

[Erich]

From me

[DogTailRed2]

"Realistic in-flight refueling rate (Refueling can take place when set parameters are reached to simplify the task for the less experienced fliers)"
So, does it come with a tanker?