"Oooh Matron" It's a P-38 Lightning with a saucy paint job in 1/48

[Spookytooth]

Nice work John, some fine Dexter work splitting those turbos in half.

The pit is looking great too.

Keep it up mate.

 

Simon.

[TheBaron]

Them bits. The ones you bin sticking cutting out and and sticking-on. Modellus maximus!!!

 Tony

[Leonl]

Really stonking looking pit!! Love it....

 

Great surgery, not for the faint of heart sir!

[Martian]

Beautiful cockpit and some excellent surgery going on there.

 

Martian the Impressed

[The Spadgent]

18 hours ago, Thom216 said:

Great work all around!

Thanks, she's a pleasure to build. 

14 hours ago, Christer A said:

Nice work in those turbochargers!

Thanks, nice and easy does it.

12 hours ago, CedB said:

Nice work Johnny  

Ta very much Ced ma mon.

12 hours ago, giemme said:

Nice and tidy, Johnny Surgeon

Ciao

Thank you.

7 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Nice work John, some fine Dexter work splitting those turbos in half.

The pit is looking great too.

Keep it up mate.

 

Simon.

I'll try.

5 hours ago, TheBaron said:

Them bits. The ones you bin sticking cutting out and and sticking-on. Modellus maximus!!!

 Tony

Cheers El aBarony.

5 hours ago, Leonl said:

Really stonking looking pit!! Love it....

 

Great surgery, not for the faint of heart sir!

Why thank ya.

3 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Beautiful cockpit and some excellent surgery going on there.

 

Martian the Impressed

Boba fett nod to you sir.

 

Jont

[The Spadgent]

Morning chaps.

Small amount of progress that I thought I should share before I get more time tonight. (The wife's out and the kids have portal 2)  

 

First off the front end of the fuselage got pinned and glued.

 

With that drying I turned my attention to these beauties. 

 

I decided to see if the brass flaps fitted Ito the hole I had cut in the boom. Alas no joy so I had to cut and sand until eventually.

 

  then again with the others.

 

While I was at it I sorted out all the little holes and vents.

 

After all that the front had dried.

 

really quite a good fit and from the front.

 

see how all the little pit nobs are still in place? Wanna see me eat my words?

any way if you are going to build this make sure you do this step the other way around. Peg on nose.

 

After all that lovely fitting I assumed the IP part would slot right in. 

 

 

Wrong.

 

it didn't have the wiggle space of the dry fit so parts of the pit needed trimming.

 

after a squeeze and a shove it fitted.

 

I had to fashion a clamp as the space was super awkward to hold it all in place and during the struggle.

 

Bah!  Well at least I caught em. I'm leave em here until later.

gotta fly, the wife has lost some fitting for a thing she wants hanging on the wall and I need to not be on my telephone.

 

thanks for popping in.

 

more later.

 

Johnny covert. 

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[giemme]

You know, I think when I get around doing mine I'll stay with the kit cockpit ...   Great surgery job, though  

 

Ciao

[rob Lyttle]

Dramatic cliffhanger or WHAT...?!?

We're on the edge of our seats here.!

Voice -over guy; can he pull it back? Has he got all the bits? Has he got what it takes!? Can he hold his nerve in the face of such adversity...?? 

Jeopardy is the word I'm searching for. Such jeopardy....!😱

Can't wait.....

Edited April 14, 2017 by rob Lyttle

[Spookytooth]

Fine and steady work there John.

Like the home made clamp...., did the trick though.

Looking good mate.

 

Simon.

[georgeusa]

On ‎3‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 5:24 PM, The Spadgent said:

Thanks. Actually started tonight, I'm swaying toward the Vagrant now although I love the BB. Good luck with your build. Are you doing a WIP?

Jont.

Just found this WIP and so far it is great.  Always liked the P-38.  As a kid I was living in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas where the Confederate Air Force (now the politically correct Commemorative  Air Force) began.  There weren't very many aircraft in the beginning, but I will never forget seeing Lefty Gardner in the white P-38 putting on his demonstration.

I have used these decals for my build of Nulli Secundus for the group P-38 build and you won't be disappointed.  They react very well to Micro Set/Sol.  The nose art does try to curl, so be careful.  Once on the kit, they look great.  Your build is so much more involved than mine and so much better.  Enjoying your progress and comments.

[Thom216]

Looking good and nice save on the parts. Shame it couldn't just slip together for yah, but that's when modellers excel!

[The Spadgent]

6 hours ago, giemme said:

You know, I think when I get around doing mine I'll stay with the kit cockpit ...   Great surgery job, though  

 

Ciao

It's really not a bad fit. I think the idea is they make em a bit wonky so you get more modeling fun for your buck.

6 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

Dramatic cliffhanger or WHAT...?!?

We're on the edge of our seats here.!

Voice -over guy; can he pull it back? Has he got all the bits? Has he got what it takes!? Can he hold his nerve in the face of such adversity...?? 

Jeopardy is the word I'm searching for. Such jeopardy....!😱

Can't wait.....

I'm reading that as sarcasm. First world problems huh.   if all I have to worry about is a 1/48 scale plastic aeroplane the worlds good.  Jeopardy! Love it. 

4 hours ago, Spookytooth said:

Fine and steady work there John.

Like the home made clamp...., did the trick though.

Looking good mate.

 

Simon.

Thanks Simon, yes I really could do with the patient Tamiya "3rd arm"

4 hours ago, georgeusa said:

Just found this WIP and so far it is great.  Always liked the P-38.  As a kid I was living in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas where the Confederate Air Force (now the politically correct Commemorative  Air Force) began.  There weren't very many aircraft in the beginning, but I will never forget seeing Lefty Gardner in the white P-38 putting on his demonstration.

I have used these decals for my build of Nulli Secundus for the group P-38 build and you won't be disappointed.  They react very well to Micro Set/Sol.  The nose art does try to curl, so be careful.  Once on the kit, they look great.  Your build is so much more involved than mine and so much better.  Enjoying your progress and comments.

Thanks,and thanks for the decal tips.  

move never seen one fly, must me amazing. Maybe one day.

4 hours ago, Thom216 said:

Looking good and nice save on the parts. Shame it couldn't just slip together for yah, but that's when modellers excel!

Thanks. You're right, it would be boring if things just worked.

 

 

[Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen]

Some great progress Johhny - that cockpit looks amazing. All the time invested there is certainly worth it. JB

[The Spadgent]

Ok slight change of plan. The modelling night last night turned into a Movie night with the kids and then horror movie night for me and some wine. 

Today was so nice we went on a family bike ride so not much time for plastic. I did however get a little bit done in between life things.

while letting the nose dry the wheel wells got some attention.

 

why so many pin marks on the side you see. never mind a few sweeps with the sanding stick and wammo.

well apart from this one that I will probably make look worse so I'll leave it.

 

I glued on the PE and did a little dry fit. There's a pipe to fit and a little more PE but I'll paint everything separately before assembly. 

 

sure is a great addition over the kit though.

here's the front wheel door. Pinmark hell mk2 

 

I'll tackle that later. First the rear doors.

 

as you can see the detail is a little bit basic so I'm looking forward to the PE additions. I have to cut off the hinges with no replacements so I guess I'll need to scratch those later. So any way. WHAM!

off with the hinges, I sanded the old detail off and added the PE.

 

much better. I did this on the other three and turned my attention to the nose again. The fit wasn't too bad but needed some sanding so.

 

and.

 

needs some Mr S so on it goes.

 

that can dry over night before sanding.

I decided to drill out the coloured lights on the under side too. First small guide holes.

 

then bigger ones.

 

ill paint them silver and add punched clear discs later on.

just before I finished for the night I filled the nose with lead and stuck with Gator grip. I'm planning an early rise tomorrow so hopefully more plastic action.

 

Happy egg day everybody and hope you all get some quality modelling time in.

 

take it easy, and thanks for popping in.

 

Johnny egg.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[corsaircorp]

Waoooow !!

Very nice work on this Spad, I did'nt put my levers on the throttle quadrant,

Thank a lot, Congratulations it is going well and faster than I did

Keep up tha pristine job.

Sincerely.

corsaircorp

 

[rob85]

Fine work indeed! That etch is really making a difference, looks really nice.

 

Rob

[giemme]

Excellent progress, Johnny Photoetch! For nasty pinmarks like those, I made a small Dremel tool to help removing the big part of them. It's basically a toothpick shaft with a flat end, on which I glued some sandpaper (I have two for different grits); it allows you to focus on little areas, but beware of overheating. HTH

 

Ciao 

[Martian]

The very neat workmanship we are seeing here is really going to pay dividends later in the build.

 

Martian

[rob Lyttle]

15 hours ago, The Spadgent said:

so not much time for plastic. I did however get a little bit done in between life things.

Really....? What does a full days modelling look like? This plane is going to be awesome🌟🌟🌟

[corsaircorp]

Look pretty good,

I found this one, will share

http://warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/p38_gallery_nose.html

Yup yup, come on Chaps, there still are plenty of coooooool subjects here !

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

[Leonl]

Great work. Those pin marks need some serious attention.  Eek why do the put them on visible surfaces?

 

Like Giorgio says I have a Dremmel type tool that would sort them out. 

 

That etch really is an improvement. 

[bentwaters81tfw]

Just found this - very impressive. A pointer for you before you commit to paint. The wheel wells and door interiors should be NMF or painted aluminium. They were not any shade of chromate primer or interior green. I researched this a year ago for my P-38 builds, even finding ex factory film footage. Pay no attention to restored machines.

[corsaircorp]

2 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

Just found this - very impressive. A pointer for you before you commit to paint. The wheel wells and door interiors should be NMF or painted aluminium. They were not any shade of chromate primer or interior green. I researched this a year ago for my P-38 builds, even finding ex factory film footage. Pay no attention to restored machines.

And thank you again !

I was commited to paint mine tomorrow .

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

[The Spadgent]

11 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Waoooow !!

Very nice work on this Spad, I did'nt put my levers on the throttle quadrant,

Thank a lot, Congratulations it is going well and faster than I did

Keep up tha pristine job.

Sincerely.

corsaircorp

 

Thanks C, it's a good thing too I wish I had left mine off till

later.

11 hours ago, rob85 said:

Fine work indeed! That etch is really making a difference, looks really nice.

 

Rob

Thanks, yes it is lovely.

10 hours ago, giemme said:

Excellent progress, Johnny Photoetch! For nasty pinmarks like those, I made a small Dremel tool to help removing the big part of them. It's basically a toothpick shaft with a flat end, on which I glued some sandpaper (I have two for different grits); it allows you to focus on little areas, but beware of overheating. HTH

 

Ciao 

Ooh ok I'll look into making one of those. Thanks for the tip. 

10 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

The very neat workmanship we are seeing here is really going to pay dividends later in the build.

 

Martian

Thanks M, let's hope so

10 hours ago, rob Lyttle said:

Really....? What does a full days modelling look like? This plane is going to be awesome🌟🌟🌟

I'm not sure, one day it might just happen. Kit in a day? 

6 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Look pretty good,

I found this one, will share

http://warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/p38_gallery_nose.html

Yup yup, come on Chaps, there still are plenty of coooooool subjects here !

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

Ooh I like those.

3 hours ago, Leonl said:

Great work. Those pin marks need some serious attention.  Eek why do the put them on visible surfaces?

 

Like Giorgio says I have a Dremmel type tool that would sort them out. 

 

That etch really is an improvement. 

I know they're a right pain. I'll have to sort out a dremel sanding end for sure.

2 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said:

Just found this - very impressive. A pointer for you before you commit to paint. The wheel wells and door interiors should be NMF or painted aluminium. They were not any shade of chromate primer or interior green. I researched this a year ago for my P-38 builds, even finding ex factory film footage. Pay no attention to restored machines.

Noooooooo. Really? I was looking forward to green. 

26 minutes ago, corsaircorp said:

And thank you again !

I was commited to paint mine tomorrow .

Sincerely.

Corsaircorp

But green? Surely . 

[bentwaters81tfw]

Nope. Not green. NMF or painted aluminium.