Tamiya P-38F/G Lightning Finished . . .
Yep, finally finished this kit. I bought the kit back when it was in high demand, the must-have kit for 2019. Well, here it is August 2022 and the build is complete. Sometime back I got as far as paint and decals and then shelved the kit. The kit seemed just too fiddly. So this past weekend I pulled the kit off the shelf of doom and finished it up.
I didn't want to build another O.D. and gray P-38 though. I figured that Lockheed must have had a factory demonstrator, so that's what I built. The build is OOB, nothing aftermarket added. I think I primed the airplane with Mr Color Gloss Black then sprayed AK Polished Aluminum overall. After the kit decals were on, the whole airplane was sealed with Tamiya X-22 Gloss Clear.
I know that Tamiya has released their P-38J but I'm not going to run out and add it to the stash. Anyway, here's the finished build:
