Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning F-5-LO – Tamiya 1/48
Captain Robert L. Faurot (39th FS, 35th FG, 5th AF) P-38 F-5-LO, Port Moresby, New Guinea, 1943
Tamiya kit (61120) with some Eduard aftermarket decals, seat belts and instrument panel. Very nice kit to build, typical excellent Tamiya [...]
An inexpensive P-38
Not sure how many modelers have built the Hobby Boss easy assembly kit of the Lockheed P-38, but here is my take on it.
As far as P-38 kits go, it really is an "easy" kit, but you do have to deal with very long seam lines that [...]
Sword 1/48 Lightning T Mk.4
Swords 1/48 Lightning Mk.4 is a short run kit. Hence, a considerable amount of work is required by comparison to the standard injection kit, such as Airfix' Lightning. Nonetheless, after filling the large seams it looks equally good.
1/48 Tamiya P-38J (Robin Old's Scat II)
The P-38 Lightning was originally planned to be a high altitude twin engined bomber interceptor. It was designed by Clarence Kelly Johnson's team with its now famous and unique twin boom configuration around the turbo-supercharged engines [...]
P 38J Tamiya 1/48
P 38 J Lightning #131 Major Thomas McGuire. 431st FS, 475th Fighter Group.
Pudgy III
Tamiya 1/48. Out of box except for eduard seatbelts.
Vallejo metals over primer and Mr color GX2 gloss black. Tamiya and Vallejo acrylics.
Really great [...]
