Airfix - English Electric Lightning - 1:48 (A09178)

Entering RAF squadron service in 1960, the Lightning represented a quantum leap in capability and performance over the RAF's previous interceptor jets, offering Mach 2+ performance as well as a phenomenal rate of climb. Until its retirement in the 1980s, the Lightning has few rivals for outright speed and climbing ability, however, it did have some shortcomings, most notably its lack of range as well as its limited armament of just two air-to-air missiles.

The Lightning was eventually replaced in 1988, superseded by the more capable and more heavily armed Tornado, but a number survive today in museums, a reminder of one of the RAF's fastest fighter jets of all time.

A) English Electric Lightning F.2A (RAF Germany 1972)

B) English Electric Lightning F.6 (RAF Lincolnshire 1978)

C) English Electric Lightning F.6 (RAF Lincolnshire 1987)

Paints required but not included: (A,B,C) 11, 19, 22, 33, 53, 56, 61, 69, 78, 85, 93, 102, 130, 145, 163, 165, 171, 191, 1321, 1325, (A) 16, 25, 35, (B) 164 (C)60, 166, 167

Discontinued