TheRealMrEd Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Well, after much chopping, filling sanding and other general mayhem, this combination of the RS Models P-322 1 and the MPC P-38F models have been beaten into a semblance of the very first Lightning, the XP-38. For those who might be interested in the hows and whys, the build thread is HERE. The pics: Thanks for looking in. Ed 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 A lovely Lightning, very nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Phenomenal work as is your usual, what will your next subject be ? I would like to follow along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Another masterpiece! I'm always amazed with your one-of-a-kind builds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Very nice. One of my many plans is to do this in 1/48. Congrats on having the propellers turning the correct way for the prototype! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sroubos Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Great model of one of the best looking aircraft ever built. Love the sleek looks of the prototype. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted September 9, 2022 Author Share Posted September 9, 2022 17 hours ago, jeaton01 said: Very nice. One of my many plans is to do this in 1/48. Congrats on having the propellers turning the correct way for the prototype! Thanks Jeaton! I would love to see a build of this in 48th. The biggest problem for you would seem to be finding the earliest version in 1/48 scale that you can scrape up. Of course, there may be one, I just don't follow in that scale. In addition to the massive chop and fill on the intake area of the later marks, it's quite another thing to reverse the turbos on a later mark, as there are usually other fences, intakes, etc around the turbo, so that you would have to pretty much destroy the upper booms in that area. leaving you with basically a pair of empty landing gear wells to hold everything together on the booms. Not a task I would care to tackle. Hope you figure it out! Of course, I had to wait years for RS Models to give me an earlier mark before I dared try this one in this scale... Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Great work and great result! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 10, 2022 Share Posted September 10, 2022 Wonderful! I presume the propellers turn the opposite direction on production examples? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted September 28, 2022 Author Share Posted September 28, 2022 On 9/10/2022 at 2:44 PM, SAT69 said: Wonderful! I presume the propellers turn the opposite direction on production examples? Yup, all later models, including the YP-38's turned outward from the top. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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