Here are some shots of my P38, no where near finished yet, but so far so good. Its the academy kit, overall fit is OK except where the booms fit on the lower half of the wings, Loads of filler.



Hope you like them so far,

Very nice,clean paint job ,but if you don't mind theres some CONSTRUCTIVE critisicm I would like to make.........the supercharger should be more of a brown color and it should be a single piece.However this one thing can be fixed,and I must say your plane looks fantastic!

The P38 looks very nice, is it a 1/72 or 1/48 scale kit?

A fine job on one of my favorite aircraft. Looks good so far. Keep us posted.

Cheers airwarrior, I was wondering about the chargers
Torque its 1/48 scale

I have a few of those Academy '38 s too.I built quite a few,and was careful getting the booms on and had no noticable gaps.for the turbos,a dark rust would replicate how they weather. (++) (++)

I actually had a similar experience with the one I built from Academy. I didn't need or use any putty on the booms at all, difficult areas were getting the nose to fit together, using a TON of weight to get it to sit right, and getting the gear doors attached. Other than that, the kit was pretty straightforward. I did use a True Details cockpit set on mine...

Looks good so far, can't wait to see the finished product.

Scott

Nice paint work. Can't wait to see the finished job

Gee nice little birdy, another suggestion on the Turbines....Tamiya xf-34 is metalic brown for their motorcycle kits, if you can get some and wask it with a little black it'll come out nicley!!! just a suggestion. the rest is beautiful STUG

looks good, nice work, the seat belts look great, how did you make them?

Bender

:-) Love this aircraft and you are making a good job of it, keep it up :-) Interesting colour for the instrument coming, is that as per prototype?
Mal

THATS REALLY GREAT PAINTWORK - CONGRATS
ROBERTO

Hi Sweatydogz

She's looking great! :-) Can I join Bender in the queue to learn how you did the seatbelts - they're really neat!

Looking forward to seeing her finished... what will the markings be?

All the best

Rowan

Nice job, and clean paint job.
Take more pics!

club foot stikes again...................... well me and my size 9s.
Tonight I thought i would start on the canopy, started to mask when i dropped it on the floor and stood on it small pieces of plastic everywhere OOPS
So now i'm a bit miffed

I have a couple of options though, bin the whole lot & start agian, try to scratch build a new one, or scratch (no pun intended) it up to experience and start a new project.

The later sounds good to me............

It´s a real good model (and I particularly love it...).
I really liked the seat belts, they´re very real...
Keep up the excellent work and keep us updated!
Cheers (++)

No, no, don't despair, sweatydogz. There are after-market canopies for that bird. www.greatmodels.com has one from squadron, sqt9607, at a mere $2.40. There appear to be limited quantities, but if you don't feel like scratchbuilding one, you can buy your way out of trouble cheap (sez the lawyer).

Hi Sweatydogz,
The P-38 is looking great !!! Have you been to see the link to Glacier Girl? http://www.thelostsquadron.com It's the P-38 that was pulled out of a icecap in Greenland back in the 1990's. Hope you enjoy the site.


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Thanks Part-timer for the link ..........i will try to scratch build a new one
ladymodelbuilder.............. thanks for link too :-) excellent website, I wish i found it before it started, good pics & story.

Lookin good. Steve

A scratchbuilt canopy? Man, that is hardcore. How does one even do such a thing? My hat is off to anyone who even tries. Good luck.

:-) sweatydogz, don't give in on this, send off to the importer (Toyway, I think) and ask for a new canopy. Tell them you broke the one in the kit. You might have to pay for it or they may just send you a new one. Better thin ditching what is going to be one great bird :-)
Mal
PS. Next time watch where you are putting your feet

Cheers Mal, .............will get on to it
Rick