Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Lockheed P-38G Lightning, Tamiya 1/48
The machine is from 339 FS, 347 FG 147 Lt. Robert Petit Operation Vengeance Bougainvill, April 1943
Marking from the box, from the accessories only mainly machine guns and some sheets into the cockpit. Fiber on antenna by Uschi, all colors [...]
1/72 Hasegawa P-38 Lightning “Yippee”
Lockheed painted their 5000th P-38 Lightning "Vermillion" red in 1944 and used it as a demonstrator for a short period. Perhaps this one of the first "Commemorative" paint schemes that are so prevalent these days with [...]
Tamiya P-38F
Here she is at last...life got in the way more than a few times since I started building this wonderful kit.
I added an Ultracast seat and wheels, Master barrels and antenna from spares box. Decals are from the Eduard kit (Academy mold) [...]
Tamiya 1/48 P-38
This is my attempt at what is probably 2019's most popular model, Tamiya's 1/48 P-38. It was a fun kit to put together, no fitting issues at all and the included weights and masks make it even easier to assemble and finish. Hope you like [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 Lockheed P-38L Lightning 15th AF
Another contribution by my dad to our Airwar over Austria theme, built in 2015.
Hasegawa kit (Putt-Putt-Maru boxing), one of their weaker kits, with Kagero decals (miniTopcolors 33, Lightnings at War Pt.II)
Painted with Tamiya X-32 [...]
Review: 1/48th A/B-26 Invader, ICM/Monogram/Revell Review
With the new ICM new mold B-26B now in our hot little hands. Though overshadowed by the P-38 released about the same time. Still it was an anticipated and long awaited release that a lot of WWII model builders have waited for. I built [...]
Review: P-38 Lightning Review Part 2,Hasegawa 1/48th
Ever since Tamiya announced the that they were going to do a P-38 earlier this year, it was like wow and ever since that we have been impatiently waiting for it to hit the shelves. With one numb nut know it all swearing they will not do [...]
Review: We’re Being Invaded! Actually ICM’s B-26B Invader 1/48, it’s here.
It truly has been a great end of the year. With anticipating announcement earlier in the year now becoming available. Then those we have been waiting for like the AMK F-14D that seem like it would never be produced, during that span [...]
Review: Notes on assembling the Tamiya P-38
While this model will be completed over the weekend, it won't be reviewed at Modeling Madness (first place of publication) till November 7, since Scott went and played hooky and gave himself a life this week, pushing the reviews back a [...]
