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This popped up in my Facebook feed this morning. Looks like a new P-38 is coming in 1/48. The wife nixed a quick trip to Tokyo for the reveal on this new release that is slated for 25 July.
I would stand in line for a Tamiya P-38 !!!
And I would love for it to be Marge
Cool! I wonder which variant it will be? Think Tamiya will do a F/G type and in the Yamamoto mission markings?
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Let's hope it really is a P-38. A modern version is long overdue.
Word on the street is that it’s a F/G/H. I would have thought it would be a L or J.
Being the oddball modeler I am, I’d like an M night fighter. I love the gloss black paint scheme, little radar pod and the humbacked RIO station.
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stikpusher Cool! I wonder which variant it will be? Think Tamiya will do a F/G type and in the Yamamoto mission markings?
Aggieman stikpusher Cool! I wonder which variant it will be? Think Tamiya will do a F/G type and in the Yamamoto mission markings? Oh I hope so. I have done enough L variants in NMF.
Oh I hope so. I have done enough L variants in NMF.
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Real G Word on the street is that it’s a F/G/H. I would have thought it would be a L or J. Being the oddball modeler I am, I’d like an M night fighter. I love the gloss black paint scheme, little radar pod and the humbacked RIO station.
I'd love to build a droop-snoot version.
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On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build
Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!
https://www.tamiyausa.com/blog/tamiya-61120-148-lockheed-p-38-fg-lightning/
It is officially announced! P-38F/G Lightning.
Can they just go ahead and send a couple of these to my address in Katy, Texas?
Tojo72Very nice !!!!! What does everyone think,about $75.00 ? It a big aircraft,but not as big as the Tomcat
Thats about what their Betty was going for.... Most of their other propellor twins cost less.
Would love to see a set of decals for Rex Barber's bird.
goldhammer Would love to see a set of decals for Rex Barber's bird.
Those are the markings on the box art.
And for anyone wondering and H model can be made with it, there was no external differences between F/G/H models.
Here's a few additional pictures from the kit
https://www.themodellingnews.com/2019/07/tamiyas-148th-scale-lockheed-p-38-fg.html#more
Great the Revell Monogram one I built was a huge disappointment I look forward to this being released.
Tojo72What model was Richard Bong's Marge,did he actually fly Marge in combat,or was that just a promotional bird.
Marge was an L I believe. Possibly a late J, but definitely the type with the later designed chin scoops area. But Bong was also one of the 5th AF pilots who helped introduce the P-38 into combat in the SWPA with the early model as well.
stikpusher Tojo72 What model was Richard Bong's Marge,did he actually fly Marge in combat,or was that just a promotional bird. Marge was an L I believe. Possibly a late J, but definitely the type with the later designed chin scoops area. But Bong was also one of the 5th AF pilots who helped introduce the P-38 into combat in the SWPA with the early model as well.
Tojo72 What model was Richard Bong's Marge,did he actually fly Marge in combat,or was that just a promotional bird.
Marge was a J model
I havent seen it yet...is there a price point on this yet? (admittedly, I havent looked for it either, but I was surfin' through the forums and figured I'd ask...)
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Justinryan215 I havent seen it yet...is there a price point on this yet? (admittedly, I havent looked for it either, but I was surfin' through the forums and figured I'd ask...)
Someone mentioned $75 but I haven't seen an actual price anywhere.
ww2psycho stikpusher Tojo72 What model was Richard Bong's Marge,did he actually fly Marge in combat,or was that just a promotional bird. Marge was an L I believe. Possibly a late J, but definitely the type with the later designed chin scoops area. But Bong was also one of the 5th AF pilots who helped introduce the P-38 into combat in the SWPA with the early model as well. Marge was a J model
Looking at photos, and doing a bit of reading, Bong flew several P-38s marked as “Marge’s”, J & L. But he does not appear to have done the I, II, III naming approach like other pilots did.
ww2psycho Justinryan215 I havent seen it yet...is there a price point on this yet? (admittedly, I havent looked for it either, but I was surfin' through the forums and figured I'd ask...) Someone mentioned $75 but I haven't seen an actual price anywhere.
Yeah, I'll wait till I can find it at slightly better price.
And plus the price of the Hasegawa and Academy kits should plummet!!! Great news for cheap SOBs like me...
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I want one of those! I could special order it from the local hobby shop, but they always charge full list price for special orders. They need to reconsider this policy. Therefore, I will wait awhile until the usual sources have them available on-line.
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Yea,I was just guessing based on the F-14 price
GMorrison Aggieman stikpusher Cool! I wonder which variant it will be? Think Tamiya will do a F/G type and in the Yamamoto mission markings? Oh I hope so. I have done enough L variants in NMF. I'll believe that tamiya makes this airplane when pigs fly.
I'll believe that tamiya makes this airplane when pigs fly.
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Gamera And plus the price of the Hasegawa and Academy kits should plummet!!! Great news for cheap SOBs like me...
Secondhand, maybe, as folks dump those kits in favor of this one. But those two companies never drop prices on their kits. They just rebox them with a new set of decals and box art and add another $5-$10 to the MSRP over the last short run issue of the same kit.
stikpusher Gamera And plus the price of the Hasegawa and Academy kits should plummet!!! Great news for cheap SOBs like me... Secondhand, maybe, as folks dump those kits in favor of this one. But those two companies never drop prices on their kits. They just rebox them with a new set of decals and box art and add another $5-$10 to the MSRP over the last short run issue of the same kit.
Sorry shouldn't have used the term 'plummet'. I do expect though that the venders who do our local model shows will probably give me better deals on the Hasegawa and Academy kits. But as you said the older boxes of the same kits tend to be cheaper than the newer boxings of the same thing.
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