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Robert Royes
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P-38F Lightning, Moms favorite, 1/72 Hasegawa

March 11, 2020 · in Aviation · · 12 · 1.7K

Inspired by the recent builds of late, I acquired a vintage kit, where you have to do a little surgery on the nacelles to model the F version. Using a combo of spares and USAAF letters and number sheet from Microscale, I did an Aleutians Island plane yellow 75, I took liberties in naming it "Alice", after my Mom, the P-38 being her favorite airplane, During WW2 she was in the Civil Air Patrol and learned aircraft recognition. She even said she saw one land on a moving flat bed truck, I don't know about that, but It made a good story. It's a neat little kit for it's age.

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  1. 🙂 … Greetings … 🙂 :
    Nice and simple Robert.

  2. Very nice and clean work Robert, I liked very much that you named it after your Mom.
    All the best!

  3. Well done Robert.

  4. Great job Robert @roofrat, very well done!

  5. A golden oldie this one Rob@roofrat ! Super work!

  6. Great scheme, Robert. These old kits can be a lot of fun.

  7. I really like what you have done here Robert ! @roofrat

    Your mom would have really enjoyed this one... Excellent tribute to her.

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  8. Wow - a kit from the dark ages, done well! Nice!

  9. Excellent Robert!

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