Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Tamiya 1/48 P-38J-15 Lightning, LO Major Richard I. Bong
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Photograpy: Nikon D300; Focus Stacking using Helicon Focus; Editing using LightRoom
Paint: Various shades of Alclad
Aftermarket: Air Masters gun barrels (AM-48-023); Ultracast resin seat (48223)
Decals: Kit [...]
Tamiya P-38G Lightning "Miss Virginia"
Tamiya's P-38 is without a doubt the best engineered 1/48 scale model I've ever built. It is simply clever in every respect. I started this model about a year and a half ago and since I started I've completed six other projects. It was [...]
Hasegawa P-38J Lightning, ´Virginia Marie´, 1/48
I bought this one because I like how it look the metal color with that blue. Really different from others Lightnings.
This one is from Hasegawa and it doesn´t has many details, and parts doesn´t fit really good so... I had to do a lot of [...]
Tamiya P-38F MTO, USAAF 1/48th Tunisia 1943
To say that the Tamiya P-38 was a joy to build is an understatement. Having built the Academy and Hasegawa Lightning's which are good models of the P-38, just that Tamiya had really taken a rather complicated twin boom air frame and made [...]
Lightning T55,1/72 Matchbox
The T55 was a two seat export version of the English Electric Lightning, of which were sold to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. along with the single seat FMk53. in the early seventies.
This an old school kit, but without the notorious Matchbox [...]
Monogram/Pro Modeler P-38E Lightning, 1/48
Subject:
P-38E Lightning, USAAF
27th Fighter Squadron
1st Fighter Group
Tunisia, August, 1943
Kit:
Monogram/Pro Modeler (Hasegawa rebox)
Accessories:
Air Res resin and PE cockpit set (4223)
Master Models brass guns (AM-48-114)
Ultracast [...]
Trumpeter 1/32 F2a Lightning
As some of you may know, the 1/32 Trumpeter Lightning falls short on a lot of fronts. The kit however is a very straightforward build out of the box and it does resemble a Lightning should you choose to build it this way.
I had previously [...]
Lockheed P-38L-1-LO Lightning 96th FS – 82th FG – Italy – European Theater – 1945
P-38L-1-LO, s/n 44-23852, 'Beautiful B***h (let's see if the profanity filter snags this one)', coded 'B7', flown by Lt. John J. Kane of 96th FS / 82nd FG, Vincenzo, Italy, March 1945.
Decals from Kagero's P-38 Lightning at War Part [...]
Tamiya P-38G Lightning, 1/48. 'Miss Virginia'
My first of the Operation Vengeance trio in 1/48 was this Lightning, an amazing kit and probably the best engineered model I've made to date. There isn't a lot of negatives to say about this kit, in fact whilst I completed this model in [...]
