Old (1964)vintage Monogram 1/48 P-38

You got me, what is that white stuff?

Seam checker paint indicates the putty did it's job.

Took Off the clamps putty .  

Yes I have heard that the canopy is problematic.

 The venerable kit can produce a very nice, accurate result but be prepared to exercise all your fit-and-finish skills, on a minute to minute basis. I have built three and all were exercises in frustration. I made the last one an in-flight display, to avoid having to deal with the horrible fit of the gun bay fiddly bits and the cavernous empty main gear bays. The seperate canopy parts were so ill-fitting that I resorted to a single-piece Squadron vacformed canopy. Best of luck to you, amigo.

Yep expect difficulties.

I have built that model twice. All I can say is "good luck". I could never get the booms to be in correct alaignment. Plus the model has hundreds of out of scale, raised rivets. It's just a poorly engineered model. The HobbyBoss P-38 resolves all of the Monogram problems. It will be interesting to see how you deal with that model's problems.

EDIT: I have nothing against the older Monogram/Revell kits. I think that the B-17, B-29 and B-24 are really nice models. They require a little work, but the final results are really nice. The P-38 is just a really frustrating build. I just do not understand why the booms are seperate from the front wing/fusalage. Good luck. Maybe you will be able to solve that model's problems.

I know but when I clean it up I can't find anything!I built this kit in the seventies and it will require extensive body work.

I like your workbench, philo. It looks lived in.

This should be interesting. I have thought about picking one of these up, but all the horror stories I've heard keeps me from doing it. I'll decide after I've watched you work through it.

BK