Samantha Scoles reviews Eduard''s eagerly awaited re-boxing of the Academy 1/48 P-38J Lightning with their own additions of Brassin resin, photo etch and decals



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Great photos on the resin items!: Just for those the boxing is very tempting! The wheels, intakes and turbochargers in particular look especially good.

The amount of research on the decals is also a show-stopper in this re-boxing. See the full story on one of the included set of markings on the Eduard newsletter.

Gaston

Hi there

I've always liked the Academy P-38J, and I have to admit I was so impressed by the extras in Eduard's edition when I sneaked a peek inside the box prior to sending the sample kit to Sam, I've bought one for myself.

All the best

Rowan

I've just purchased the Hasegawa P-38J,wish I'd hung on for a few more days now.......

I couldnt wait for this one to come out and just managed to pick one up. I wanted to wait for it to go on sale in a month or two, but I have a feeling with this popular a subject with this level of included extras this kit will sell out much quicker than other limited editions.

Oh dear, another awesome model to tempt me -- just a day after reading a book about an P-38 group!

Sam, I look forward to your build. Which markings will it be?

I purchased this kit at the Nats back in August for the decals and resin parts. The P-38 kit will be donated to some kid named Mongo in Cincy.

I took one of my Hasegawa P-38s and did a little bit of surgery to a bulkhead behind the radio deck and removed the instrument panel coaming. The underside of the sills were scraped to thin down the area to set the sidewalls. The IP will need to be lowered about 1mm. The window sills will need to be narrowed as Hasegawa made them too wide but that will then fit nicely to the sidewalls. Since many resin upgrades require some scraping and cutting of original parts Eduard could leave these parts alone and use them in the Hasegawa kits.




The turbochargers don't fit the HSGW wells so maybe Eduard could do a new set to match the kits profile. The resin wheels are outstanding and I hope that they will do different tread patterns in the future. I haven't tried the air intakes but with a little work they too should fit nicely.

The decals are outstanding and were half the reason for me to buy the kit.

Even though the Hasegaws kit needs a lot patience to fit together it is a wonderful kit and some Eduard resin parts would do it good. They already have a great start for us modelers to want to buy and improve the Hasegawa kits.