Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Tamiya P-38 Lightning
Many of you might know that I used to be a volunteer at the National Museum of WWII Aviation. My favorite plane to work on was the P-38 “White 33” which was Tamiya’s reference when designing their kit. As I already made a White 33 in [...]
Dragon 1/72 P-38M Night Lightning
A very nice kit by Dragon.
Finished Projects!
Hi everyone! It’s been a very busy month for the beginning of college -unfortunately that also means that I can’t build my models anymore and would have to wait for breaks to get back on the bench. So I thought I’d share some of my [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 P-38J Lightning
With all its short falls concerning mostly with fit issues, Hasegawa's Lightning is very convincing.
1:48 Tamiya P-38G Lightning
I’ve wanted to build a P-38 for a while and have had the Tamiya P-38 F/G kit in my stash for about a year. I chose Lt. John G. O’Neill’s “Beautiful Lass” as the subject. I’ve always thought P-38s looked much better in flight [...]
Video: The Aesthetic Model
This is the third of four segments that explain what I learned while working through the review of the Tamiya P-38J kit. I explain what I discovered about the essence of the elegant shape of the P-38. More importantly, how it relates to [...]
Video: It Starts With a Vision
This is the second of four segments that explain what I learned while working through the review of the Tamiya P-38J kit. It was the beginning of an understanding that a vision may not always be the building experience.
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Video: Making Space
This is the first of four segments that explain what I learned while working through the review of the Tamiya P-38J kit. As it turned out, it was an extremely enlightening experience.
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ProModeler Monogram 1/48 P-38F
A re-boxing of the venerable Hasegawa kit featuring new decals for the early P-38 types. The model represents a veteran aircraft with a high mission score that belonged to the 27th FS of the 1st FG when based in Tunisia during [...]
Video: Tamiya P 38 Closing the Gear Doors
This video describes several methods for closing the gear doors of the Tamiya P-38 Lightning for in-flight display.
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