Lockheed P-38 Lightning
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Color Information for those building the Tamiya P-38
Rather than worry about the color mixes Tamiya calls for in the kit instructions, here's what you need to know to paint your model. This is based on photos of Glacier Girl, the P-38F recovered from the Greenland icecap, which has been [...]
Review: Tamiya 1/48 P-38F/G Lightning in Review Pt 1
2019 has continued to be a year of incredible new mold kits and pleasant surprises and most have become available in the last quarter of the year. Just in time for the Christmas holiday season. The P-38 Lightning is one of them. And [...]
Review: Some observations regarding the Tamiya P-38
First: it lives up to the hype. As someone who spent quite a bit of time around "Glacier Girl" when she was at Chino, Tamiya has definitely done their research. Not clear whether they did this off GG or the "White 33" [...]
P-38: A Personal Story
Found this great documentary on YouTube. Interviews with test pilot and fighter pilots, interesting walk around and footage from actual use during WW 2. Might be of general interest and for those who are eager to lay their hands on [...]
Tamiya P-38 is a P-38F/G !!!
Details on the new kit are below, was hoping for the late versions first up, nonetheless are long overdue new tool kit of a great WW2 aircraft. Looking forward to getting one and building soon!
Tamiya 61120 1/48 Lockheed P-38 F/G [...]
New P-38 from Tamiya
Read their Facebook page earlier today, and to me it sure looks like their “new 1/48 aircraft” is the P-38 everyone was hoping for.
Here’s the link to the page that has some revealing photos
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Hobbyboss 1/48 P-38L Lightning & Hasegawa 1/48 “Follow Me” jeep
Solsala Italy...part of the Foggia complex of about 25 airfields within a 25 mile radius of Foggia on the west coast of Italy...Ramitelli was among them
The p-38 lightning was America's darling fighter on Dec 7 1941...it was like look what [...]
Peter Three Eight! Trumpeter’s 1/32 P-38 Lightning
Much has been written about the P-38 over the decades. One of the USAAF's premier fighters, especially in the Pacific and Asian theaters where long range, heavy armament and tough construction resulted in the USAAF wresting control of the [...]
1/48 Academy P-38L “Pathfinder”
I have a tendency to build kits during the winter months as it's tough to get the model mojo working when the weather is nice outside. This Academy kit is the latest off my bench, and one of the P-38 variances you don't see that often. [...]
1945 P-38 Children’s Menu – no kidding!
Thought you all might find this die cut P-38 kids menu interesting. Printed on both sides with metallic silver ink and dated 11-29-1945, this was an option for families who patronized the Sky Room Café, a restaurant and bar once located [...]
