Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 May I present... Col. Robin Olds P-38J Lightning, SCATII On my Honeymoon last year I took with me 'Fighter Pilot', which was an incredible read, easily one of the best biographies I have read and decided that I would pay tribute to Col. Olds with either a P-51 or P-38, as I had already built an F-4 Phantom earlier that year. I decided it had to be the P-38 after a memorable passage in his book where he talks about downing an ME-109 in a glide, due to dropping the external tanks but forgetting to switch to the internals! With the aircraft chosen, that meant scouring for a decent kit and decals. After doing some research I settled on the Academy kit, but unfortunately in 1/72, was nowhere to be found and I thought that the project would probably not start. However at the tailend of last year I noticed a kit made by MPM on Hannants and took a gamble after the description said it was an Academy moulding. I found decals by Kits-World for SCAT II and when the postman delivered the goodies I nervously opened the MPM box... fortunately all was well and some crisp moulded plastic fell out with 'Academy' on the sprue! For those interested, the WIP thread is here: It's been a labour of love completing one of my favourite aircraft of WW2. My last attempt at a P-38 was well over 20 years ago, where I built an Airfix Lightning. Hope you enjoy! 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Beautiful P-38! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Wonderful sir. It's been a pleasure Modelling along with you. She is a stunner for sure and a cracking WIP to boot. Johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 That's a dam stunning aircraft my friend! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 I'm a little concerned about the fact that you took a honeymoon while reading Fighter Pilot. Looking at a Damn fine model, clearly you weren't too distracted ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airbus320 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 She's a beauty!!! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Magnificent. Love it. Want one! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Awesome! I'm in the middle of building Dragon's P-38J and I doubt it will turn out as nice as that! Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thud4444 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Outstanding build flown by quite a character. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory-is-in-the-Kitchen Posted May 23, 2017 Author Share Posted May 23, 2017 On 2017-5-20 at 5:51 PM, Cookenbacher said: Beautiful P-38! I do love a P-38 - thank you On 2017-5-20 at 6:15 PM, The Spadgent said: Wonderful sir. It's been a pleasure Modelling along with you. She is a stunner for sure and a cracking WIP to boot. Johnny And you Sir - what's going on your bench after you've finished 'Beautiful Bitch'? On 2017-5-20 at 7:50 PM, rob85 said: That's a dam stunning aircraft my friend! Rob Cheers Rob - thanks for joining in with the WIP too. On 2017-5-20 at 8:07 PM, Whofan said: I'm a little concerned about the fact that you took a honeymoon while reading Fighter Pilot. Looking at a Damn fine model, clearly you weren't too distracted ! Ha! Yeah reading that back it does sound a little dodgy! Cheers mate! On 2017-5-20 at 8:57 PM, airbus320 said: She's a beauty!!! Chris Thank you Chris, glad you like her. On 2017-5-20 at 9:16 PM, Bedders said: Magnificent. Love it. Want one! Justin Very kind Justin. Get it - it's a great kit. On 2017-5-22 at 4:40 AM, kapam said: Awesome! I'm in the middle of building Dragon's P-38J and I doubt it will turn out as nice as that! Great work. Ah thanks Kapam, looking forward to seeing an RFI! On 2017-5-22 at 8:10 AM, Thud4444 said: Outstanding build flown by quite a character. Definitely - legend of a man. Thank you all so much for the generous and kind comments! What a great bunch you all are Glad you've enjoyed! JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 What a great build, of a great looking aeroplane. Very nice work all round- I want one now.... Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vadim Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Beautiful model. Lovely finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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