Airfix 1/72 P-38F Lightning

[Guest]

This is my attempt at this old kit, built out of box, no extras and painted with Hataka paint. All comments and suggestions most welcome

[Snowman]

That is a great, honest build!


Barrels are a tad droopy / misaligned, to be honest... but that is common with that configuration.


Overall, very nice! B|

[Guest]

Looks good to me!

[colin m]

Well done for tackling such an old kit. Paint look interesting, nice and tired.

[Guest]

Well done for tackling such an old kit. Paint look interesting, nice and tired.

Thanks for kind comment

[Guest]

Looks good to me!

Thank you

[Guest]

That is a great, honest build!


Barrels are a tad droopy / misaligned, to be honest... but that is common with that configuration.


Overall, very nice! B|

yeah noticed them when looked at pic. must try to rectify them

[papa 695]

Great work Dann on such an old kit love the paintwork

[Guest]

Great work Dann on such an old kit love the paintwork

Thank you for kind comment

[Guest]

You've worked wonders with an ancient kit there - the paintwork transforms it. There's a school of thought that says rivets, raised panel lines etc. are bad and only etched panel lines will do, but this build goes to show that you can get great results even with the old style kits.

[Guest]

Nice work all round.

[Guest]

I like the paint and weathering; looks war weary.

[flyjoe180]

Very nicely done. It's not a bad kit for such an old mould.