Airfix EE Lightning F3

[Deanflyer]

Hello all,

This was a bit of fun that I placed on the BM table at Sutton Coldfield last weekend, and it seems to have gone down well. I thought you might like a chuckle.

It's the 1/72 Airfix Lightning F3, built to look like the one in the instructions, with steel wire to represent the "this part goes here" lines. By adding the nosewheel last, it was possible to judge it so that the whole thing stood on its undercarriage. 35 parts in total, none of which are touching any of the others...

So here is the model which, had they had such a category, I think would have won first prize in the "Widest Seams And Least Painted" competition:

Cheers,

Dean

[daz greenwood]

Very original Dean.

I like it!

Cheers Daz

[bexwh773]

Dean,

Surely thats one of the most imaginative models ever, I saw BB's photo of this and thought it was brilliant

Bex

[dylan the rabbit]

Makes a change from a silver one!

[Dragon knight]

Just lovely!

"But Sir, I built it just like the instructions told me..."

Edited September 27, 2008 by Dragon knight

[Tizzy]

Very original.

[AnonymousDFB1]

Makes me chuckle everytime I look at it and remembering the faces of the people who saw it.

[Grant]

Nicely done! That one wins the lateral thinking award.

Grant

[KiwiSteve]

Now I do like that dean

[Ant]

LOL Brilliant!

[thx6667]

Genius!

[silverkite211]

A virtual exploded view of the model. Outstanding!

[Ian Lanc]

Now thats funny I can just see everyone now going in their stash looking for those models which are terrible and doing it as you have I just hope you have 'Patented' it so others can't follow

ian

[aeroplanedriver]

Superb!!

[Miroslav]

Very original!!! BRAVO!!!

[David Womby]

What a brilliant idea! Looks very cool!

David

[Overkiller]

Sheer genius!

It's one of those builds (and ideas) that the moment you see it you go "Why didn't I think of that?"

Very nicely done.

Duncan

[sandy]

Very very clever - what a great idea

[Seamus]

What a great idea, and nicely executed

[Karl]

Absolutely brilliant - well done

Love it.

Karl

[Dave T]

Totally agree... amazing idea and well executed !

[turnerdad]

love it, great idea, plus it actually looks genuinely interesting. Now suspend that in a block of clear resin, and you'd have the coolest paperweight ever! (and probably the heaviest!)

[Julien]

Just when you thought there were no original ideas left in modeling.

Well done

Julien

[seanrgb]

Fantasic work ... Just Brilliant

[dswoofie]

I thought this would get a great response as it certainly did on the table at the Sutton Coldfield show. I'll say it again... well done Dean!

Karl.