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P-38 P-38J, Droopsnoot, P-38L, F-5E Academy 1:48
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3216
1939 | New tool
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LIGHTNING Quarter Inch Scale Solid Balsa Kit Hawk 1:48
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1943 | New tool
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Lightning P-38 Famous Fighters of all nations Aurora 1:48
99-98
1953 | New tool
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Lightning P-38 Famous Fighters of all nations Aurora 1:48
99-98
1954 | Changed box
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99-98
1954 | Changed parts
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US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)475 FG
100 (Col. Charles H. MacDonald)Aluminum
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Christopher Mullins New decals are there, and old ones stripped off. Wasnt exactly an easy job though but I got it done.
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Share TreehuggerA scammer (apparently) on eBay sent me this kit, instead of what I ordered and never re-sent the package even though he promised. I got my refund, and the seller never bothered asking for having the kit in return. So.. I've had this kit on the side unopened, until today and I started building it for fun, but alas, too crude for my taste and it ended up in the bin.
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Share Jeff DickBuilt out of box as P-38J in aluminum finish. Going to do all the versions OOB.
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Share Olivier HsxHi all. Don't know how those informations could be useful, but my box is copyrighted 1978 and my instruction sheets inside is 1977 dated.
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Lockheed F-5A Lightning
Armée de l'Air (French Air Force 1934-now)GR 2/33
80 (Antoine de Saint Exupery)Alghere, Sardinia | May 1944
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Lockheed P-38F Lightning
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)347 FG
33Guadalcanal | 1943
Green, grey
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Lockheed P-38L Lightning
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)431 FS, 475 FG
44-25863Lingayen

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Share Grant Hills Looking to practice some scratch building with this- turn it from an ugly L into a "G" or a "J"
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Lockheed P-38J Lightning
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)55 FS, 20 FG
42-67916 (Lt. Richard O. Loehnert)World War 2|Operation Overlord|D-Day - England

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Invasion
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Lockheed F-4C
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)8 PRG
2364India

| 1942
Blue, grey-Blue
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Edward May I've begun the process of measuring out the cockpit section of the model and using the existing kit parts to form a basic interior template that will be replaced by one made from plastic card. After delving into my kit I discovered that what I really have here is an F-4C rather than an F-4A as labeled on the carton - yet clearly stated in the instructions. I've been scouring the web looking for interior photos of the F-4C but they are few and far between from what I've seen thus far. While I could fudge it and base it entirely on the early P-38s I don't want to miss any subtle differences. As such I've also been looking at the RS Models kits to see what sort of an interior they provide. Before I really dive into that I need to do some dry fitting of the nose section as the pronounced step under the snoot of the F-4 and F-5 Photo Recon Lightnings looks a little too subtle on this old Revell kit. There is a shape difference between the P-38F/F-4C "chin" just aft of the nose cone - but the photos on the box do not show a real clear view. If the shape problem simply is too significant I'm left with a major choice; Conduct a whole next level scratch building/conversion job OR build this kit as a P-38F as my father did when I was in grade school and just fork out the cash for the RS Models kit for an F-4A.
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KollHBM Thank you for the compliments. Scott I used Life Color UA003 Olive Drab acrillic paint.
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KollHBM Thank you for the nice comments.
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Scott Dutton Thanks for info, trying various OD, been using Xtracrylix for last few builds. Will try yours.
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US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)5 FC, 5 AF
T (Maj. Richard Ira Bong)April 1944
Silver, Olive Drab
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US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)80 FS, 8 FG
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Geoffrey Young Love the Aircraft mate..we have a few projects underway in Australia at this time, hopefully to flying condition. Kit wise I have around 35 different kits of different versions, from 1/72 up to 1/32 scale. Some good some bad, some terrrible......lol.
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Lockheed P-38H Lightning — Pudgy
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)431 FS, 475 FG
131 (Capt. Thomas B. McGuire)December 1943
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Share gorbygould I can see why that is one of your favourite diorama's - it's jaw-dropping. Thanks for posting.
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Lockheed P-38L Lightning
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)431 FS, 475 FG
44-25863Lingayen

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US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)9 FS, 48 FG
2103993 (Maj. Richard Ira Bong)1944
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Share Phil MarcheseThis is mostly likely the same kit as listed as 1964 new box in 1:84. I don t know which scale is correct. I built this kit and am fairly sure it was before 1964. In any event, the 1964 listing is not linked to a new tool in its history so the two listings are somewhat full of unknowns.
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Lockheed P-38J Lightning
US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)475 FG
100 (Col. Charles H. MacDonald)Port Moresby

| November 1943
Natural metal
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