Even though I love Lightnings I have kept clear of this SB up to now as I have too many other builds going on at the moment which I must finish before embarking on anything else.dwomby wrote:Yes, Airfix converted the moulds of this to 'snap-fit'. I think it was probably back in the brief Palitoy era of the early 80s. I know they did it to the Angel Interceptor too but don't know what else got messed about this way.
Thanks for tip on parts fit due to the 'snap-fit' changes. I haven't got there yet but plan to soon.
David
I'll keep an eye on the builds here though because I have quite a few Lightnings of various sorts in the stash.
Regarding the above point in respect of the "Snap Fit" era, it was indeed in that period when Airfix was owned by Palitoy (1979-86 or so) and they thought that they could resurrect declining sales by making some of the old moulds "glue free". It was not a success and, in fact, it made some of the models harder to assemble than previous as the connecting lugs were now too large.
As well as the kits mentioned above, the Saturn V got the same treatment. When I was building the recent release version of the Saturn V (which still retains the "Snap Fit" alterations), I found the best solution was to just cut away all the oversize lugs as they simply got in the way of a decent fit. Once removed, the parts mated much better.