BetterTimes-Henry
Looks great. I have the kit in my stash, will have to build it soon 👍

Desert Marlin Auteur
After two hours, the whole cockpit, wings and "fuselage" were together. I got totally sucked in after the first two hours and it really got in the way of other projects! So fun!!!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Biggest issue is the choice of D-Day markings. The white bands are 60 mm on each wing and on the booms. This makes the individual stripes 12 mm. Pretty easy once you see it. I started out with 50 mm white band. That was clearly too short.

Desert Marlin Auteur
Model Master Neutral Gray on the underside and Vallejo 71.043 (US Olive Drab) on top. Lots of Tamiya Panel Line accent black overall.

Desert Marlin Auteur
The Mig Rigging is pretty fine... takes some "getting used to".

Desert Marlin Auteur
I have seen claims that Olds first two kills were in this specific aircraft.

Gary Victory
Really nice work DM....Lovely build.
Best story around Robin Olds in a P-38 was that he got behind a flight of 109's.....he was ready to open fire when his engines cut - dead. He had forgot to switch tanks to his internals when he jettisoned his external tanks. Instead of resolving his fuel transfer issues he just carried on lining up on the 109 and shot it down while in 'glide mode'. That's calmness under pressure for you.

Never a Pro
Great build! The nose wheel is up, does the the nose weight ball included in the kit need to be reinforced with extra lead?

Neuling
Top result!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thanks all…
The nose wheel appears elevated because I use a sheet of glass on my bench. The glass is 1/4" thickness.

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful, fantastic details and finiture!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thank you!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Now if I can get my antenna insulators to compare with Bernhard Schrock's Sea King! Definitely a worthy target!

Rui S
Great Paintjob & weathering 👍 very Nice antena too 😄

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thanks!

Mr James
Lovely lovely work. Great painting and the weathering is just right

Desert Marlin Auteur
Aye! Thanks!

George Adamopoulos
Great result! Congratulations!

After reading Olds' biography, I have just started building the same kit, although I plan to do the narural metal version. How were the decals from kitsworld? Are they ok or do they require special attention?

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Marcin Dudek
Superb job 👏 Very nice Lightning

Desert Marlin Auteur
Hi George. I would be careful with the KitsWorld decals. They really don't have much film on them. I recommend getting the decal placed and see if it needs any attention after it dries. Aggressive setting solutions are not needed. Go slow!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thanks all for the comments! I really like this kit!

Víctor Rosas
Stunning! Great job!

George Adamopoulos
Thank you!

Mark Sherwood
Ah, Ha DM! (Referencing Danger Mouse UK TV Cartoon) That is a lovely build of Robin Old's P38. 👍🥸🤘

Shar Dipree
Fantastic P38 👍

David H
Really gorgeous, love the clean finish with minimal weathering

Desert Marlin Auteur
Danger Mouse! Seems a generation we will only remember. Something like the current younger generation may not know the pain of dialing "0" on a rotary phone... I love the reference!

Desert Marlin Auteur
David H, the clean finish presumes they just received these birds from other squadrons that were at the time converting to the new P-51's. This particular bird was cleaned up and hastily painted with stripes. Not long after all this, Olds moved over to the new P-51D, which is why I have another. of the Tamiya P-51Ds so I can make it up as SCAT III... in 1/32nd Scale.

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thanks again for all the great comments! Cheers!

David H
Oooh 1/32 "stang" looking forward to that !😎 , I've packed most of my kits for an impending house move but have the 1/32 revell aka special hobby in there somewhere .👍🏻

Desert Marlin Auteur
David H, they are always fun to build!!!

Alain Brshl
Masterful work on the antennas in addition to a very successful painting and weathering ! Congratulations!

Desert Marlin Auteur
Thanks Alain!