Airfix - English Electric Lightning F1, F1A, F2, F3 - 1:48 (A09179)
Used as the RAF’s primary interceptor for more than two
decades, the English Electric Lightning was the only all-British Mach 2
fighter aircraft. Powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon Turbojet engine, pilots
often described it as “being saddled to a skyrocket”. The lightning retired
from RAF service in the 1980s and was never required to shoot down a hostile
aircraft.
A)
English electric Lightning F.1A - Firebirds aerobatic team, No.56 Squadron,
Royal Airforce Wattisham, Suffolk, England 1963
B)
English electric Lightning F.1 - No.74 Squadron, Royal Airforce Coltishall
Norfolk, England, 1962
C)
English electric Lightning F.1 - training Flight, Royal air Force Binbrook,
Lincolnshire England 1980
| Model Scale; 1:48 |
Dimensions (mm); L350 W220 |
| Number of Parts: 153 |
Requires Painting: Yes |
| Skill Level 3 |
Flying Hours 3 |
Paints required but not included: (A,B,C) 11, 19, 33, 53, 56, 69, 85, 93, 102, 130, 145, 155, 165, 171, 186, 191, 1321, 1325,
(A) 22,
(B) 21, 22
(C) 163, 164.
(Pilot) 61, 86, 150, 163
Discontinued
