Academy P 38J Lightning

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August 8, 2018
stripes on the tail didn't stick to the model.
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August 8, 2018
on both sides, on both tail pieces.
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August 8, 2018
Stars cracked and peeled and large pieces are gone from them.
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August 8, 2018
all but one roundel is broken
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August 8, 2018
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September 23, 2017
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September 23, 2017
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September 23, 2017
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December 29, 2018
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December 29, 2018
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June 8, 2024

Comments

4 23 September 2017, 09:56

Maciej Bellos
Kudos for the persistence. Looks like the fit is a bit problematic at places. Looks pretty good in general after all the problems you encountered.

Yeah, probably the Tamiya would be the better choice.

8 June 2024, 15:50

Christopher Mullins Author
The canopy is really bad, the fit was bad, the decals were bad, I apinted all the stripes on because the decals fell apart when they hit the water. I wanted this finished though despite the problems, I think it looks ok still though. I had this before Tamiya released the new one, had it before as well, but this one definately turned out better than the one I built when I was a teen.

12 June 2024, 14:41

Album info

Here is my build of the P 38J Lighting, I think you can tell in the pictures that the back seems to close to the ground, but I coulndt make the front landing gear any shorter.

P-38 Lightning

18 images

1:48

Completed

1:48 Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Academy 2215)

1:48 P-38 Lightning Landing Gear (Scale Aircraft Conversions 48086)

1:48 P-38 Lightning (Microscale 48-0024)

Lockheed P-38J Lightning

US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)
475 FG 100 (Col. Charles H. MacDonald)
World War 2
NMF

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