The Lightning was the only British designed and built fighter capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2 to serve with the Royal Air Force. There is no doubt that the Lightning will go down in the history books as another classic British fighter. The Lightning was specifically designed as a point defence interceptor - essentially a guided missile-armed, air superiority fighter optimised to defend mainland Britain against bomber attacks. In order to reduce cross sectional area of the fuselage and improve performance, the fuel capacity was highly restricted. It was armed with two 30 mm ADEN cannons and two air-to-air missiles, at first the de Havilland Firestreak and later the Hawker Siddeley Red Top.:
Item No : 02280
Item Name : English Electric (BAC) Lightning F.1A/F.3
Bar Code : 9580208022802
Scale : 1:32
Item Type : Static Aircraft
Model Brief : Length: 524.6mm Wingspan: 333.1mm
Total Parts : 163PCS
Metal Parts : Die-Cast gear struts
Photo Etched Parts : n/a
Film Parts : Photo-filmfor instrument panel
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 11 sprues and three tyres
Paint Schemes : 1) Ligtning F.1A, XM174, No.56 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF Wattisham, England, 1963.
2) Ligtning F.3, XR711, No.111 Squadron, Royal Air Force, RAF"
Released Date : 2008-11
More Features ":
-Left and rightfuselage rendered in fine detail
- Separate part for tailfin, so the F.1A version or Clipped tailfin F.3 Version can be selected.
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