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Lockheed P-38H-5 Lightning

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The P-38 has always been a favourite of mine, but, for some unknown reason I used to close the box as soon as I did open it, and the trick did last for at least 12 years! So I decided to cross the path and here you have pics of the cockpit during WIP. I used the long OOP Teknic one, and it was very very good! See by yourself! The second improvement was to rivet the whole plane to add relief on a bare plastic as I wanted to simulate the heavy chipping one may see at the wing roots and beyond on the P-38 in the Pacific. So here we have the plane of capt. Daniel T Roberts, CO of the 433rd FS/475th FG, based at Dobodura in November 43; you will notice that I did forget to remove the Maskol from the front leg of the UC as I wanted to preserve the "shine" of the aluminium tube I used to replace the plastic part. Eduard photo etch did improve the wheels bays and Ultracast wheels show their great quality. Weathering the aircraft was pure happiness, I guess the pics speak for themselves.
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About the Author

About jean Barby (MS406C)
FROM: LANDES, FRANCE

I am Jean Barby modeler from France. I did my first model at the age of seven on the table of the dining room, an Airfix Lysander! It was love at first sight and has ever been since then! I do mostly WWII planes with a certain predilection for Italian Regia Aeronautica planes and camouflages. I am a...


Comments

Excellent rendition...my compliments sir...the wethering was exceptionally done!!!! Best Regards from Malta Louis
MAY 14, 2011 - 11:37 PM
Hi Jean very good model (as we expect from you ) .... like it a lot and I am almost tempted to restart my own Lightning (older Aeroscalers may remember ) all the best Steffen
MAY 14, 2011 - 11:41 PM
Salut Jean, Very nice work indeed. The weathering looks superb on the wing roots. Steffen, you can always say that you lost it during the move, like all your half build models... Jean-Luc
MAY 15, 2011 - 12:45 AM
Jean, Exceptional work! Your sun lite photos really show off the details of the model and of the finish.
MAY 15, 2011 - 04:43 PM
Thanks to you all for your kind comments! Cheers, jean;
MAY 17, 2011 - 08:10 AM
Very good job Sir.
MAY 17, 2011 - 08:45 AM