Recent content by mpapadakis

Thank you for your interest and your encouraging comments. I haven't built a Vac kit before but I think I can pull this one off. For the time being I am still studying the aircraft, together with the Vickers Wellington in order to get the feel of the geodetic philosophy. Hopefully you will see...

Thanx guys, I am very glad you like them.. The P-38J has many additions, mostly scratchbuilt. (Gun bay, side details under cockpit and port leading edge, all engine systems (hydraulic, cooling, oil, fuel system etc, nose and main gear, oxygen compartment in the port boom...) The only...

P-38J, 1st FG, Hasegawa 1/48 (almost finished in these photos) This model with any luck will soon appear in Model Airplane international Fieseler Storch, JG 53, Tamiya 1/48 P-51D Mustang, 55th FG, Tamiya 1/48

Thanks guys, hope that you like it... Here is a little bit more. The Sanger fuselage and wing against the selected plans..The obvious problems are: 1. The cockpit is not where Sanger has placed it. 2. The curve of the engine nacelle is a litle too "shallow"... 3. The model's rear...

Hello everyone, I have recently started researching this awkward-looking but also very interesting aircraft. For the time being I am trying to work out how I am going to approach this build and gather info. Just to give you an idea, here is something I made using Photoshop: a combination of...

Thanks guys, I have also thought of getting the 1/72 kit, just haven't been able to find it yet.. Will give it a go when I visit the Scale modelworld in Telford in November.. Until then I will keep on looking for anything I can find. With regards to the floats I was thinking of finding any...

Well that's a start!!! Cheers Mate

Hi everyone, Recently I had this idea of starting the above mentioned project. For now it is only a thought, however I have started gathering info and contemplating on how to approch the model construction. My initial thought is to "borrow" a set of wings from a He 111 and build the rest...

Thank you Javlin.. The aircraft at the bottom is a Ju-88A4, Revell 1/48.. I guess the photo is a bit small.. Anyway if you are still interested i have more photos of it.. Once again thank you all for your comments

I was just about ready to post my lateset update.... I have only bits and pieces left, like the wheel bay doors, various antenas and pitot tubes as well as a few more details in the cockpit. I guess that my next update will be the last one... until then have a look at these photos I took last...

Thank you all once again for your comments... A little progress in this post, just made a change at the camo pattern, this time the borders between the two colours are less sharp. I am wondering if this really an improvement or not... any thoughts? The colours are the same, just the photo is...

Thanks a lot guys !!!

The nose gear of the kit I managed to loose somehow so I snatched it from a Night lightning (that's why it is black) which I happened to have. It will also have to be painted aluminium like the main gear. Thank you all guys for your comments, glad you like it!!

Following a thread I started some time ago at the aviation section... http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/p-38-lightning-mk-i-12408.html ...here are some photos of how the model has progressed so far. This is a coverted Academy kit in 1/48 using the Heritage Aviation conversion...

Cheers Antoni!!! I think I have pretty much everything I need now. Will start posting photos of the model sooner or later... Thanks again!!! You have all been very helpful.