1/72 Lockheed P-38J Lightning/Droop Snoot by Dragon

Pawel

Thanks. Yes I have been searching so eventually something will pop up.

PJ - you are welcome, glad I could help! As for the -M model - sorry, I don't have anything. But give google a try, that's what I did to find the article linked. Good thing is the Lightning is a popular aircraft.

Good luck with your projects and have a nice day

Paweł

Pawel

That is a fantastic link! Thanks so much for sharing and I have it bookmarked for future reference. You wouldn't happen to have a similar link for the M Night Fighter?

Hello!

PJ - thanks a lot for your kind words! Well, maybe not necessarily a nightmare, but it's going to be a lot of work. I don't know about the P-38M, but that Droop Snoot needs a lot of corrections to really tell the story. I found a great link to help here:

clubhyper.com/.../showandtell3droopsnootdb_1.htm

And you can forget the PE floor for it right away. The belts are usable. Also be sure to put a lot of weight in the front! Anyhow, good luck with your project!

BrandonK - Thanks a lot, it's nice to hear that!

Thanks again for your comments and have a nice day

Paweł

Wow, that one really scales up. It looks much larger than it is. Fantastic job!!

Great job Pawel on the P-38. The NMF and decals look spot on. I guess I'm in for a triple nightmare since I picked up 3 of them at the last show on the recommendation of my friend that only builds 1/72 scale planes. Got the Droop Noot 5030, P-38J 5018 and P-38M 5019. I was aware of the missing windows on this one from a review that I read. I also got some resin nose guns for it. Two of them have extra pe and resin parts.

Hello Jay Jay,

thanks a lot for your comment. You're right, a light coat should fix it, but since I already had decals on mine, I just brushed some Mr. Metal Colour on, using panel lines as boundary and trying to use as few strokes as I could. Then I gave it time to dry and buffed it with some tissue. Works well for small surfaces. Hope it helps, good luck with your projects and have a nice day

Paweł

Hey Pawel,

I've noticed on my P-47 (in NMF) that I have the same flaw.  Would you tell me how you fixed yours ?  my guess is that just an additional light spray may fix it but I'm just not sure.

Hello everybody!

I corrected a flaw in the paint I spotted on the left tail boom - that silver paint can be tricky!:

I also added the identification lights on the fuselage behind the landing gear bay:

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

Hello!

mustang1989 - you've put me in a very exclusive club here - I thanks for the compliment and for your kind words.

Bish - it was bad, but not very bad. I always say, if it doesn't fit before you glue it, it's the comapny's fault. If it doesn't fit after you glue it, it's your fault :-). So I always try to make it fit after it's glued. Took lots of time, putty and plastic shims here, but it workad :-) Thank you for your comment!

mississippivol - thanks a lot!

Thanks again for your comments and have a nice day

Paweł

Nicely done!

Now that's really nice. Sounds like you have taken a bit of a nightmare and turned it into a real beauty.

I dunno how folks like you, Bish and Joe Rix pull stuff like this off in 72nd scale! I really have an appreciation for what you guys do in this scale. I'll never build in that scale but really enjoy seeing a good build in that scale. Well done!