CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Bought this really old kit dating back likely 30 years. The kit is so old it has some mold growing on some plastic parts. The decals are really old and the thin covering sheet has stuck to the decal. See the brown fuzzy stuff. I tried to peel it off but it is stuck fast. Sometime during the last decade it must have gotten wet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Although the shape is quite nice, the kit has quite a bit of fit issues. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Alan Bardell Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Love the P38 - waiting to see how it turns out. Good luck with this old kit B R Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Here is the cockpit tub I worked on. Basic setup so I hand painted the parts. There is no instrument decal. Strangely the pilot does not have legs. Fit issues everywhere given the vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 My kits does not happen without disasters. I am quite clumsy. So I broke one of the propeller spindle, the one on the left. So I got a small nail to replace it. I used epoxy to glue the mail to the plastic head, and the entire propeller to the hub. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 Not content with one disaster, I also accidentally broke the front landing gear leg. So I drilled a small hole through the stem and inserted a thin wire. The leg holds to this day,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CasualModel98 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 The finished product. Decided to take some liberties with the chrome painting and the decals. Did not add sufficient weight to the nose so I had to add a stick to the tail boom to keep it from being an bottom sitter. I was able to rescue the decals, they turned out quite well. Actually they are quite robust and the survived long soaks and my slowly scratching off the brown paper stuck to the decal. I literally held down the decal with a tweezer and used a blunt instrument to scrape off the brown paper fuzz. Surprise the decal did not tear except for the one PUDGY decal. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 It's capable of making a decent model kit still, even though it is old-fashioned the shape is good. Sanding off the rivets makes a big difference, if you ever do another,. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Seeing what you did with this, I wouldn't run away from it if I found one. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Hugo Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 4 minutes ago, Jordi said: 30 years ago in 1989 that Kit was a musty old antique! You not thinking of their original P38J kit? The P38F kit is a far cry from that old and not golden kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Yes, the P-38J came out in 1958, and I built one in approximately 1971, and thought it was the coolest aeroplane ever, but it has only a modest resemblance to a full-size P-38. The P-38F is a completely different and vastly superior kit, first seen in 1972. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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