Hey,

Does anyone has any experience with the Italeri P38? I couldn't find a review...

I'm looking for a P38, was going for the Academy, but it's since long out of stock at Luckymodel, so now I'm thinking of going for the Italeri one...

Any suggestions, Italeri or Academy?

Thanks!

Dave

I believe the Italeri kit is the Academy one... Just repoped with different decals

I have academy glacier girl in the stash - i have heard the Academy P38 has some fit problems with the booms.Just google it up and look at a few reviews

As i recall, it was the Hasegawa P-38 that had the reall issues with the booms, and that Academey had done better with it. Having built the Hasegawa model, i can attest that the boom to wing fit and general alignment wasn't great, but it wasn't so horrible either. If Academy did better, then it really shouldn't be a huge challenge.

reviews of the Academy kit (applies to the Italeri kit too apparently, being the same mold):

later models (J and L):
http://hsfeatures.com/p38fw_1.htm
http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/kolf5e.htm

earlier models (F, etc):
http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/aca/kit_aca_12208.shtml
http://www.ipmsusa2.org/Reviews/Kits/Aircraft/academy_48_p38f/academy_48_p38f.htm