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  1. Hallo Now my Vagrant Virgin is on the way. At Saturday I made plastic work. Today Brasin work only. Happy modelling
  2. @marvinneko, it is all real. I am going to Japan 10th times now, next month. P.S. : for more interest request mail! Japanese modelling was always a paradise. The P-38 from PTO, from japanese islands, are my memory...for this evil times in history! Happy modelling
  3. This is a good question, @stevej60, here a late version: https://www.alamy.com/a-pilot-of-the-94th-fighter-squadron-1st-fighter-group-sits-in-the-cockpit-of-his-lockheed-p-38-lightning-at-an-air-base-somewhere-in-italy-image434887722.html?imageid=304EBB99-B034-4B98-B982-315C3BBF11D7&p=55160&pn=1&searchId=82fbbad45d3de24222dc4649fb69b26b&searchtype=0 or https://www.alamy.com/colonel-richards-seated-in-his-lockheed-p-38-lightning-of-the-1st-fg-in-italy-image481145116.html?imageid=DED35674-414D-4A7A-80F5-79D3843BBA9A&p=1924745&pn=1&searchId=25559e916f3ab95ab704fdcc72036247&searchtype=0 or https://www.alamy.com/a-pilot-of-the-94th-fs-1st-fg-seated-in-the-cockpit-of-his-lockheed-p-38-lightning-at-an-airfield-somewhere-in-italy-image481144603.html?imageid=C17E45F5-2973-4D65-AA1B-937253DC175E&p=1924745&pn=1&searchId=1d9cdea5129b2577b9be24fd8ae4d99e&searchtype=0 And so on. Happy modelling
  4. Hallo Now I am on #1175 Eduard kit with Academy plastic. Oh my goodess! This instruction is the worst one on earth! The landing light in the instruction is omitted! BTW: Until today I got no reply at all from Eduard, about their excellent instructions. Now, I started plastic work only, to get things prepared for later on etched parts. The wheelbay doors got hings, from 0,3mm brass wire. Next day a little further. I have to reduce modelling speed, since I should learn my 3000 Kanji! Happy modelling
  5. Thank you for your nice comments. It cheers me up! Happy modelling
  6. Hallo Here I represent you the second P-38 Lightning out of a series of 5 aircraft. P-38G-15LO, 43-2475, 48th FS/14th FG El Bathan, Thunesia, second half of June 1943, Babe, flown by Edgar L. Yarberry The kit is from Eduard. In my WIP I described all the working steps, my decisions and all shortcomings in every detail. I will here only explain my paint job and final assembly. The BIG difference are decals and stencils. Here I used EXITO Decals of superb quality. Also from Hobby Decal the dry transfers. During my build I improved some steps from my first P-38. Specially the cockpit. The worst thing like last time is the Revi installation. This time I failed, the armor glass is in position. The painting was done with a mixture of OD 1 from Gunze C12 and some brown C79. Highly diluted of course. The neutral grey also, as C13. The shading in brighter and darker shades with white or yellow for OD, for neutral grey with white and darker with some black added. Again all highly diluted. The weathering I did with salt. In detail explained in WIP. At the very finish I used black highly diluted as overspray. So have a look: Happy modelling
  7. We will see, what time will tell! Maybe another Max! Or not! We will see what means US quality from today! Happy modelling
  8. Hallo A real blow: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/12/faa-audit-of-boeings-737-max-production-found-dozens-of-issues-nyt.html A short summery: In a brief overview, it can be said that there is a high probability that inadequate workforce will affect the entire team. This major enterprise by Boeing would have required more and better qualified people than are and were actually available on the labor market. All hierarchies of the entire project are addressed here. The solid foundation is probably missing. And I must fly also with this type of aircarft in a few days on my flight to Japan. Not a so good feeling..amyway! Happy modelling
  9. Hallo The paint job with weathering by airbrush is done in the first step. Now, after decaling the individual markings, I am on stenceling. This takes much more time now. I use dry transfer. With decals it is a swift job. Not so here now. After a long time the first time again. With Gunze H colors I had troubles, since the surface is too soft to apply the dry transfer. Here now with Gunze C colors it works well. So far today, more tomorrow.... Happy modelling
  10. Hallo I all thank you for your warm reception of this model. It is the first out of a batch of five. The second one is already sprayed, also in OD. Next week you can see it. Happy modelling
  11. Hallo This is day 3 of my second P-38. The interior, the cockpit is finished. In meantime the central fuselage is glued with the cockpit installed. Due to the learnig process out of my errors on the build #1, it became much better now! Have a look: Happy modelling
  12. No, @Andy Dyck, this is NO Hasegawa kit. This is Academy repacked by Eduard. If you read my WIP, this kit is a nightmere. But I have the abilityto crack such a thing, which would have seen for sure the wastebasket 10 years earlier! My patience and my experience! Happy modelling
  13. Hallo Here I represent you the first P-38 Lightning out of a series of 5 aircraft. P-38G, 42-2197, 80 FS/8 FG New Guinea, 1943/44, 'Nulli Secundus / X-Virgin' The kit is from Eduard. In my WIP I described all the working steps, my decisions and all shortcomings in every detail. I will here only explain my paint job and final assembly. The painting was done with a mixture of OD 1 from Gunze C12 and some brown C79. Highly diluted of course. The neutral grey also, as C13. The shading in brighter and darker shades with white or yellow for OD, for neutral grey with white and darker with some black added. Again all highly diluted. The chipping of the weathering I did with salt. In detail explained in WIP. At the very finish I used black highly diluted as overspray. So have a look: Happy modelling
  14. Hallo This model is now completed and finished. To mention is, that most kits and decal sheets do not suply the elipsse mirror on the inner nacelle! I made it with metal foil. Lots of lead was added into the nose and it proofed right so. The assemebly with the bullet proofed glas and revi is a horror! Just praying! Just to see: More in RFI section please My present project is the Babe: So far I got today with my second Lightning. The other versions will be as an L version the two Eduard kits of the late one: The Tamiya kit will be one of this two. The J version and L veerion I like both of them. The Italien version is more colorful! Or So far my project. Happy modelling
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