P-38 Yippee
no cockpit whatsoever.... so scratchbuilding time
i drilled those intakes to give it a bit of interest
finally finished the intakes for the engines
a basic scratched cockpit
of course, i almost forgot the instrument pannel
drilled some holes....
installed in the cockpit using a wire
and realized to late that those holes should be filled... how i do it now?
painted back, removed the whell bay cover, and inyected white putty... not perfet but better than nothing
the hole used to inyect the putty
no idea what those are, but they look nice
crude preshading.....
i wanted some bright red (bermellion), so give first a layer of yellow
it is the shade i wanted....
preshading still visible? i did a bit of rivetting too, but maybe i shoudl have gone deeper....
cockpit masked. no detail visible in the plastic, so i have to do a bit of guesswork.....
black base for alclad
not perfect, but not bad either
it seems ok. except that i forgot that the front is painted red too....
a bit of masking.....and the propeller tips will also be done. yellow. I need to take picture of the finished model, right?
the final product, with decals and a bit of dark wash
I had to upload that picture 😉
Comments
12 1 October 2018, 19:07
Martin OostromThat's a colourful rendition of a very crude kit. Top work, as usual.
1 October 2018, 20:35
DutchWow! Spanjaard, You definitely invested more time, effort and skill into your P-38J #5000 kit than I did, and your results are stunning. Your level of detail is outstanding for this crude kit. Just your cockpit canopy alone is worth learning from. I like the weathering and added detail, like gun barrels, wire aerials, etc. I still have to make my canopy frames, which I think I will do with silver stripe decal. I do not think I will add gun barrels or aerials. But I like your work! Great job! R/ Dutch
29 October 2018, 14:05
SpanjaardThanks Dutch, gorbygould and Murad. this one is the first one finished of a special project, so stay tuned 🙂
29 October 2018, 20:11
Mike SzwarcWow, quite a bit of detailing in such a tiny model! In the early '60s, my father was stationed in Japan for a while, and I remember at the BX, they had dozens of tiny aircraft kits for sale for only 10 yen (about 3¢ at the time), so my brother and I used to buy them from time to time. They must have been about 1:144. I had no idea they still made aircraft kits in that scale. It would never have occurred to me to try to add so much detail. Nice work! 👍
2 September 2020, 12:56
Spanjaardit is possible to add detail.... to any scale if you really wan to 🙂 glad you like it.
there is plenty of stuff a 1/144, believe me.
2 September 2020, 13:08
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part of my "flying circus" project....
this P38 is crude to say the least... it basically does not have a cockpit for example.... but i wanted some colourful schemes and this one certainly qualifies, so i had to use it.
added a few details to it.
complete project has been a bit of stealth mode.... i wanted it finishe before posting, but as usual.... it is taking too long 😛
