AIRFIX LIGHTNING F2 HOW TO BUILD IT! 

Nice job Gary, but the nose cone where never silver that green or a faded green

WOW! WOW! Did I say WOW? ACE Gary Bob England

Nice kit, a great airfix product.

beautiful plane

Nice build of the quintessential British jet fighter.

Great stuff Gary. Only just came across it. Well that's a fib, I have been meaning to watch your vid for a bit Gary as they've flashed up. Health and constant Hospital apps, treatment etc etc just get in the way of having time and remembering is worse if I'm honest. Ive subbed for a while now. Can I just say I haven't got patience for a lot of our community's videos and channels etc nothing against most of them at all but Im quite gutted when I forget. I'm a vet 2x Iraq and 1x introducing ourselves to "Terry Taliban" in Afghan. I had also been to the Ukraine after approximately 2 months after start of them being invaded by those Terrorists. None Military, myself and my Muckas buisness . Mostly contracts we get are Maritime contracts. Cargo Ships, Pirates and so on. But with it being close protection type contracts, we do get quite dangerous and horrific type ones. Usually where other type mercenaries ( No not Football Players, although they are all Mercenaries with no clue what "Loyal" means. ) Other Mercenaries need cleaning up after them. Anyway, our last contract I worked live, out in the field was couple of years back and I sh*t you not, one of the other big wigs close protection team I got chatting too and he was a huge fan of our Wonderful( most of the time) hobby and even mentioned he loves Flory, Genesis, Coen, Al Wood and even me ! I said "Even me, you poor bugger, did you lose a bet ?" Lol I feel such a fraud when someone asks or gets chatting about me etc as my health is tiny and I'm crying over spilt milk whilst theses so many people in the world that is in a way more worse than me !! Anyway, I'm trying to get my motivation and energy back b4 i am worm food and pushing up the daisy's to do another Video'! I have not messaged or emailed a couple of my besties in different areas of the world as there's no excuse to not get in touch. This is why now if you ever see a (sjm) thing in or around my comments it's my sister lol. Stay safe Gary and thank you so very very much for your channel, your views, beliefs, talent and quite simply ....YOU ! Please stay safe and keep doing what your doing. Stay safe to your family too ! Speak soon..... Hopefully !

Nice job, a pity this particular AC was scrapped.

Politics and bribes kept the lightning from its full potential. Great build Gary. Looks really good.

a lovely build there Gary. the Lightning is one of the best looking aircraft ever produced i think.

I've not built a lightning for years, not since I got into extra thin, 1/48 and airbrushing. I might treat myself to a 72 for the weekend. Thank you!

Thanks Gary, enjoyed your video.

Great job on an iconic British jet. Paintwork is perfect. Pilot looks terrific. Bill

Nice job, shame about the missing part.

I finally found a copy here in the States for US$20 (£15.75) plus shipping. After seeing your build, I'm even more enthusiastic to get my own copy.

Hi Gary, that was a truly excellent build, one of my favourite English fighters, can yoh build another one in the grey/ green sheme next, PLEASE, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍

I grew up with these planes,with my father working on them for years.Nice build ,they were not realy that matt though,and the nose cone was not silver.Look at the 1961 111sqn lightnings,i think that these were classics.

I usually watch Gary’s Stuff while eating my breakfast and every morning while I’m doing that a print of Adam Tooby’s artwork from the 1/48 scale kit, in that exact colour scheme, hangs on the wall beside me! So this morning it was especially appropriate. You are so right Gary. If you are from the UK and of a certain age (!) then the Lightning will always be the king. I know the F-4 was more capable etc. but the Lightning has just got it! A nice build, well done.

Thanks!

I think I'll be going into my stash and drag this one out. Thanks for reminding me how much I like Lightnings Gary, great build!👍👍👍

Great build Gary! I must look into purchasing one! Im in the process of building a 1:72 Sea Harrier and 1::72 RRAF Harrier from Airft

I got back into the hobby about 3 years ago and have never built an Airfix model…didn’t know what I was missing! I since have bought 3 that are on the shelf

If the air ministry had not kept changing its mind it could have been so much more . Top stuff Gary as always . Regards Gav.

Congratulations on a Spectacular finish. One of my favorite jets of all time.

Airfix has a cracking little model there and you did a great job on it. The cockpit right out of the box is more than decent, I wasn’t expecting that. 😍

Nice build looks good thanks lee

Hi Gary. Unfortunately there's only one "thumb". I've enjoyed this video and learned something, viz the black primer under the aluminium paint. This is a much more detailed kit than the F1A I built in the old days. I noticed and entirely agree with your "its your kit make it as authentic as you want" I noticed the same sentiment in your vids for kids (no comments allowed) and thoroughly approve. This is one aircraft that does deserve the label "Iconic".

Good job Gary. I'm glad I'm not alone when I stumble pronouncing duraluminium!

Happy memories of serving with these ,Gary . Top marks on the build .

Lovely model, very purposeful with its silver finish. Absolutely unique.

Beautiful bird, definitely on my build list, thanks Gary!

Brings back memories of seeing a lightning display at Biggin Hill when I was a child. As you said, the noise, the speed absolutely amazing. Only the Vulcan could compare 😁 for sheer presence 😉

Another great video and build Gary. I normally like planes with props but you’ve inspired me to add this one to my stash!

Nice one Gary. Take care and happy modeling.

I once built 3x the Lightning 1/72 from old tool Airfix, Matchbox and Hasegawa as a comparison. They all had little issues but were fun to build. I still have one in stash from Trumpeter. This new Airfix tooling is better than the old. Nice build 👍✨

As always Gary, top notch video and model build. Thanks for sharing.

Nice job, Garry. Cracking subject matter.

Looks good :) I built the starter kit version of this a couple of months ago. My seat didn't have any big ejecter pin marks but had sink marks in the fuselage and fit issues with the "belly" that I wasn't experienced enough to fix.

Brilliant! Thanks for sharing Gary. 😎🇨🇦

Very nice ,I know at fighter meets we wooped the Americans with the lightning and the buccaneers 😊,lovely work Cheers Mark 😊😊

Beautiful build, Gary. Can you do a Type 45 Destroyer?

For a 1/72 scale kit the model has very good cockpit and internal fuselage details. It did look like you had a fair bit of work to do on the fuselage half seams. I made the Airfix 1/48 scale Lightening and for the metal finish I sprayed it black, sanded it lightly and then used the AK True metal in the tubes. I put it on with a soft cloth and let it dry for an hour then buffed it. It makes for a very good finish and realistic bare metal finish.

I think you must have had a Friday afternoon boxing! The two that I've made didn't have the huge ejector pins on the seat, a much sharper nose cone and had the arrestor hook fairing. I've checked the F2a and F6 (it's the same kit with additional parts) in my stash and they don't have these problems either, except for some more conventional ejector pins on the seat. Still, great job though. It's a wonderful scheme.

Probably my favourite colour scheme on a Lightning ❤️ The RAFG camouflage scheme has grown on me over the years but the AD Grey just never looked right to me on the Lightning. Nicely done Gary. Ian

Can i buy you a kit Gary? Id love to see your take on some of my favorites