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Joe, thats looking amazing, great weathering and the stripes look really nice.
I don't like how the edit function works on the new PB, a lot more hassle than it used to be.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
that lightning is fantastic!!
snow + 4wd + escessive hp = :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7egUIS70YM
lawdog: I really like that color on the P-38. It reminds me of the argument about what color Sopwith aircraft were painted. Green or greenish-brown. I know what I'm going to try to replicate on my P-38 (when I get to it).
eatthis: You continually surprise me with those fantastic flying machines. Will this one be done in NMF too?
Gary
VanceCrozier Beautiful Lightning Joe - how did the Hasegawa kit go together? You may have WiP pics I haven't seen yet, haven't gone back to catch up on this thread yet :(
Beautiful Lightning Joe - how did the Hasegawa kit go together? You may have WiP pics I haven't seen yet, haven't gone back to catch up on this thread yet :(
Thanks for all the positive feedback guys. Vance, there are work in progress pics a few pages back and they are all relatively close together since this thing went together so fast. This might actually be a record since I remember my G taking much longer. The Hasegawa P-38 is quirky to say the least, but I found some tricks that work and are explained in detail.
Eatthis, I'm digging the Griffin powered twin boom Spitfire. I can't wait to see it done.
Joe
"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"
Joe the lightning is looking absolutely outstanding!
Eathis like what you've done so far,decided on a paint scheme?
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Thanks for all the compliments folks. I finally finished my example of what the German folk called "Der Gabelshwanz Teufel", or "Forked Tail devil". Its done in the markings of Robin Olds 479th FG P-38J. Olds was a 12 kill ace and on August 25th 1944, he actually shot down a 109 in this very plane while in glide mode. He was closing in on the 109 and both his engines quit because he forgot to flip the switches to the other fuel tanks. He gave the 109 a belly full anyways which then sent it down in flames. He then restarted his engines and continued about his business. Its stories like this that inspire me to build certain subjects.
Anyways, as I said earlier, the Hasegawa P-38 is no walk in the park but by no means unbuildable either. With a little sanding here, rescribing there, patience and some good old fashioned modeling skills, it makes into a fairly nice P-38. I tried to point out some of the areas of concern throughout the build, with most of it being where the booms attach. I also had trouble getting the main landing gear doors on. This is a poor design and they just don't like to stay glued on. I ultimately used Gorilla super glue and they seem to be holding for now. The canopies, collectively, are another weak area of the kit. They just don't fit right. After fiddling with their positioning, I went with "good enough". I did use Ultracast wheels which I felt were better than True Details.
I hope this build thread has inspired some of you guys to yank that Hasegawa P-38 out of the stash and give it whirl. Here's some pice and thanks for having me in the Group build.
Thanks for Having me. Comments are always welcome.
Beautiful Lightning Joe,
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Joe, that bird is a beauty. Thats a really great finish, great work.
Joe that is truly a masterful looking build,excellent paint work! You sure set the bar extremely high with this one! I'm updating the front page,if you have a photo you prefer just let me know. It was great of you to join in and it sure added to the g/b thanks!
Beautiful bird, Joe! As I said elsewhere, love the color choice.
Joe, thats a beautiful Lightning you built there. I like that story too btw. It's the reason i bought my Lightning... (what a strange coincidence)
You inspired me for sure.
I'm in with the Eduard Lightning (basically tha academy one with lots of AM stuff in the box) as soon as I finish with my first Cobra (1943 GB) and the P-47(Forces of nature GB)
I will have a go at this marking option:
Clemens
Welcome to the g/b Clemens.thats a great scheme looking forward to your build!
I'm looking forward to building it as well...
I have that kit laying around here for months now, because everytime I want to build it, I get distracted by something else.
I hope this ends good, as I'm a bloody beginner in this hobby...
Has anyone of you experience with the Academy Lightning? I just bought this kit relatively cheap (37€ instead of 52€) at a local modelling fair, without even having a look at it. I just thought: "It's from Eduard, so it can't be that bad"
Don't expect too much from me though.
Btw: as I said before, I will take my time with this, as I have two other projects to finish.
If you want, you can help me on deciding on a marking option for my entry in the "Forces of Nature" GB.
Cheers, Clemens
Excellent P-38 Joe. that is an inspirational build.
I bought a Cyber Hobby 1/7 Sea Venom. Now I don't know wheher to kick off the Sea Vixen for this GB as I promised, or the Sea venom, which I find more attractive.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
Clemens I've built the academy P-38M Night lightning and it was a decent kit except for some minor canopy fit issues and the main gear bays are very sparse,also the gear door mountings are pretty ugly.
Tony either one would be cool,but the Venom has my vote;)
Thank you Trey.
I just looked at the instructions of the kit. Only about 4 pages. and 2 1/2 of them are just for pe and resin parts...
About the gear bays and the doors: Eduard has provided PE plates to go into the bays for some extra detail and also some new PE-hinges...
Clemmens thats just what the kit needed,looking forward to seeing those upgrades in place!
WOW , that's an amazing build you did on your P-38 , Joe ...
I haven't completely abandoned my 1/72 HH-43 Huskie build but after looking at the awesome job Joe did on his P-38 , I've decided to have a go at a couple of 1/72 kits .
I backordered the 1/72 Academy P-38 kit with invasion stripes from the local hobby store and for the time being I picked up a Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J/L Lightning from a second hand dealer .
I really like the second decal option in the kit "My Dad" My father who passed away recently was a big fan of the P-38 and a few years ago I bought him a DVD with a review of a few WWII aircraft types including a fully restored and flying P-38 Lightning which was being flown and demonstrated by a current RAF pilot whose father flew them in WWII . My dad must of watched that 40 minute segment three dozen times at least ; So I thought about doing a straight out of the box build with the Hasegawa 1/72 kit using the kit decals ' My Dad " Here's some interior airbrushing I did yesterday on some of the pieces It's a fairly basic kit with not a lot of cockpit detail and no wheel well detail at all but that's okay , I'm aiming for a simple build that shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks . More WIP's to follow . John .
I really like the second decal option in the kit "My Dad"
My father who passed away recently was a big fan of the P-38 and a few years ago I bought him a DVD with a review of a few WWII aircraft types including a fully restored and flying P-38 Lightning which was being flown and demonstrated by a current RAF pilot whose father flew them in WWII . My dad must of watched that 40 minute segment three dozen times at least ; So I thought about doing a straight out of the box build with the Hasegawa 1/72 kit using the kit decals ' My Dad " Here's some interior airbrushing I did yesterday on some of the pieces It's a fairly basic kit with not a lot of cockpit detail and no wheel well detail at all but that's okay , I'm aiming for a simple build that shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks . More WIP's to follow . John .
My father who passed away recently was a big fan of the P-38 and a few years ago I bought him a DVD with a review of a few WWII aircraft types including a fully restored and flying P-38 Lightning which was being flown and demonstrated by a current RAF pilot whose father flew them in WWII .
My dad must of watched that 40 minute segment three dozen times at least ; So I thought about doing a straight out of the box build with the Hasegawa 1/72 kit using the kit decals ' My Dad "
Here's some interior airbrushing I did yesterday on some of the pieces
It's a fairly basic kit with not a lot of cockpit detail and no wheel well detail at all but that's okay , I'm aiming for a simple build that shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks . More WIP's to follow . John .
It's a fairly basic kit with not a lot of cockpit detail and no wheel well detail at all but that's okay , I'm aiming for a simple build that shouldn't take more than a couple of weeks . More WIP's to follow .
John .
Looking nice so far, John.
Thanks Clemens ;
I started cleaning up the pieces for gluing and got the cockpit floor , seat and control arm/wheel glued together along with some fishing sinkers in the front section
There's a small round window to fit in on the underside of one of the wings however I had to file the inside of the clear round piece as it sat too high and the wing halves wouldn't close together when I dry fitted them Here's everything glued , taped and clamped together so far I'll let everything sit for a couple of hours , then I'll add the twin booms to the wing/fuselage assembly . John .
There's a small round window to fit in on the underside of one of the wings however I had to file the inside of the clear round piece as it sat too high and the wing halves wouldn't close together when I dry fitted them
Here's everything glued , taped and clamped together so far I'll let everything sit for a couple of hours , then I'll add the twin booms to the wing/fuselage assembly . John .
Here's everything glued , taped and clamped together so far
I'll let everything sit for a couple of hours , then I'll add the twin booms to the wing/fuselage assembly . John .
I'll let everything sit for a couple of hours , then I'll add the twin booms to the wing/fuselage assembly .
Looking forward to more pics of that, John!
Here she is all glued together
No fit issue's at all , some small seam gaps to fill but nothing to major . I did add a couple more sinkers to the engine nacelles and she sits nicely on the landing gear . Hasegawa's P-38 may not be the most detailed P-38 but it has been a fun and enjoyable little build so far . I also dipped my canopy into some "Pledge-One-Go" (Future) and sat it in a plastic box to dry . Some putty next , then some sanding John .
No fit issue's at all , some small seam gaps to fill but nothing to major . I did add a couple more sinkers to the engine nacelles and she sits nicely on the landing gear . Hasegawa's P-38 may not be the most detailed P-38 but it has been a fun and enjoyable little build so far . I also dipped my canopy into some "Pledge-One-Go" (Future) and sat it in a plastic box to dry .
Some putty next , then some sanding
Looking really nice
Looking really good John!
Nice John.
John, looking nice.
I know TREY has been a bit busy lately, so just thought I would bump this up for him, and see how you guys are doing. I am now one build away from starting the Heinkel. Can't wait to get going on that one.
I will start work on my Lightning as soon as I get my 1/48 thunderbolts completed... Should be at the end of July...
Bish thanks,ca'nt wait to see that Zwilling started! Work has been consuming most of my time but I'm still looking in when I can.
Clemens looking forward to your Lightning!
Taking some time off next week so I'll be around more. Thanks again ,cheers Trey
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