Grandfather spends £30k building world's first F-35 flight simulator in his garden shed

A grandfather has spent more than £30,000 building a home-made F-35B lightning fighter jet simulator - in his garden SHED.

Kenneth Mockford, 54, shut himself away “from dawn until dusk” to construct the replica aircraft from hundreds of tiny pieces.

He put it together by googling photos of the military fighter jet, which are currently being used for training by Royal Air Force and Royal Navy pilots.