Now that I getting close to the end of the Hawker Typhoon, I decided to make a start on my next one, it is the rather nice Academy P38 Lightning. I will be building it in Chinese National Air Force colours as used in the civil war. I have the Blue Rider decal sheet which has the decasl for the F5E recon variant but has enough other decals for me do do the normal P38L variant by using the one for other fighters. I also have the Eduard PE set and Master barrels replacement set (after trying these on the Typhoon I think these will be an automatic upgrade when available). So here is the inevetible kit pictures and the start I made last night waiting for the oil wash on the Tiffy to dry.
IMGA0960 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0962 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0961 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0963 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0967 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0968 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0969 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0970 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0971 by neil Connor, on Flickr
IMGA0975 by neil Connor, on Flickr
Thats it so far, the PE has been well fitting so far even the five parts that went into the wheel well by needed no trimming to fit. I need to find the correct USAF interior green as I only have RAF interior green before I can go any further on the cockpit, if anyone knows the Tamiya number tht would be helpful. As usual any comment are welcome.