Tamiya P-38F/G Lightning Finished . . .

lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 9:01 PM

Outstanding work Frank. Love the NMF. I have the J, but am waiting for Eduard canopy mask to be available.

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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Planegeek

Member since
February 2022

Posted by Planegeek on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 7:46 AM

That's beatiful! I like natural metal finish too. I have a couple Huns I want to do but need more practice first. I remember getting really frustrated as a kid trying to do the metal foil unless I got a smooth mirror finsh, I didn't believe my dad when he said real planes have wrinkles haha. Then I saw a B-52 after I joined the Air Force!

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fotofrank

Member since
June 2017
From: Winter Park, FL

Posted by fotofrank on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 6:27 AM

Thanks, John. Thanks, lurch.

OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...

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lurch

Member since
August 2021

Posted by lurch on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 5:43 AM

That looks great.

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jeaton01

Member since
December 2002
From: Northern California

Posted by jeaton01 on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 9:15 PM

Beautiful, Frank.

John

To see build logs for my models: http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

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fotofrank

Member since
June 2017
From: Winter Park, FL

Posted by fotofrank on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 8:03 PM

Thanks, everyone. I do have a real penchant NMF aircraft. Now that the build is finally completed, I really like how the model looks.

Thanks for your comments.

OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...

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BrandonK

Member since
June 2014

Posted by BrandonK on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 3:27 PM

Holy Cow!! That's stunning. Incredible!

BK

On the bench:

A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

2024 Kits on deck / in process / completed

14 / 5 / 2

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Hoss WA

Member since
July 2019

Posted by Hoss WA on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 3:06 PM

Looks great. Nice choice on avoiding the OD and gray. That's what's keeping me from building the one I have in the stash. Good idea on the Army demo.

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JohnnyK

Member since
March 2015
From: Close to Chicago

Posted by JohnnyK on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 3:06 PM

Nice looking model!

Your comments and questions are always welcome.

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Est.1961

Member since
July 2008

Posted by Est.1961 on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:58 PM

Ditto l like it.

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Eugene Rowe

Member since
May 2022

Posted by Eugene Rowe on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:10 PM

Excellent finish!

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keavdog

Member since
April 2003
From: USA

Posted by keavdog on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 2:08 PM

Looks good Frank. I just got my J last week.

Thanks,

John

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fotofrank

Member since
June 2017
From: Winter Park, FL

Tamiya P-38F/G Lightning Finished . . .

Posted by fotofrank on Tuesday, August 23, 2022 1:41 PM

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: