Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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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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1/32 Lockheed P-38 Lightning Trumpeter 02227
At the end of last year I finished this P-38 from Trumpeter. Not a very easy kit to build. There were almost no parts that fitted together without problems. A lot of filling, sanding and repairing lost surface details. If it had not been [...]
My 2023 Builds
It has been a while since my last post so I figured I better get my wheels rolling again. A little late on posting my builds from 2023 but here they are.
A little different year for me but happy with the results. I had my usual fun [...]
Fiddlers Green Lockheed P-38 lightning Paper Model
One of the few twin engine papermodel I have built. A beauty for sure. Very basic yet a fairly accurate representation of the scale model. Took over 4 hours to assemble and had some minor fit issues here and there. , but remember this is a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fork-tailed Devil in 48th by Tamiya
Hi all.
Here's my latest completion, their VERY nice 1/48th Tamiya P-48F Lightning. The model represents White 33 from the USAAF serving with the 39th Fighter Squadron, 35th Fighter Group, 5th Airforce while operating in Port Moresby [...]
Lt. Ernie D. Latham, Hangman 19
My father in 1944 after a mission for the 49FS Hangmen, standing in front of Hangman's Hangout the O-Club. The second picture was taken by an old B-24 buddy. It shows my Dad buzzing the bomber outfit on his first P-38 flight.
P-38J Lightning - Academy - 1/72
Lockheed P-38J Lightning 44-23631 'Double Trouble' 367th FG 392nd FS
1/72 - Academy kit
CMK F72221
Eduard EDCX087
Eduard 7701
Quickboost QB72304
Academy 13403
Kits-World KW172227
Studyo Pera Modelling 72001
Studyo Pera Modelling [...]
