captain Frey
Airman 1st Class
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- Feb 18, 2012
Intéressant, je m'abonne,
but no idea about the questions asked ...
but no idea about the questions asked ...
GB-41 1/48 P-38L - PTO from 1937
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello,
Thank you all for your help
I found this, a P-38L with wheel wells/landing gear color which seems like neutral grey
And here, a P-38J/L ? with landing gear in "Alu" and wheel wells in neutral grey (I think)
And maybe the same here:
And here the same dark color on the landing gear as my project: maybe a very dirty neutral grey
Thank you all for your help
I found this, a P-38L with wheel wells/landing gear color which seems like neutral grey
And here, a P-38J/L ? with landing gear in "Alu" and wheel wells in neutral grey (I think)
And maybe the same here:
And here the same dark color on the landing gear as my project: maybe a very dirty neutral grey
IMHO , yes these are of the NG colour. However the third ones shows the top part of the colour only. But the fork is of the NMF. I would say either it was repainted with the silver paint or the NG was removed entirely. To be honest the aluminium isn't the best metal background to be painted. Just all paints peel off quite quickly. So the maintenence crew could have decided to remove the paint and leave the NMF. The second pic seems to be diverted though. Below is the same but reversed.
Good work so far!
N4521U
Colonel
Great choice Steph, I gthink I built one when I was too young to know what it was!!
Watching your build technique closely.......
with me good eye!
Watching your build technique closely.......
with me good eye!
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
It is an extraordinary compilation of photographs, and those that are in color are formidable !.
I greatly admire the sources of information that everyone has!
Atento a lo que sigue... Lovely work so far Steph
Saludos
I greatly admire the sources of information that everyone has!
Atento a lo que sigue... Lovely work so far Steph
Saludos
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Just looking at the colour pics again, in Steph's post, and the one re-posted by Wojtek - although the wheel bays may be clear-coated aluminium, the inside of the nose bay door looks to me more like interior green, or maybe ZC. Definitely has a green tinge, rather than grey.
However, I found this shot, where the inside of the door looks like neutral grey.
However, I found this shot, where the inside of the door looks like neutral grey.
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello,
Cockpit almost done ! All that remains are the joysticks and the oxygen hose that I'll glue when the cockpit will be in place in the fuselage
Cockpit almost done ! All that remains are the joysticks and the oxygen hose that I'll glue when the cockpit will be in place in the fuselage
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Do you mean the shot Terry? If you do please notice the front edge of the wheel door. I would say it's the NG colour. A little bit dirty but the grey one.
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello,
Cockpit in his place
Cockpit in his place
fubar57
General
Nice. Moving right along
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks good.
SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
That is a beautiful office!
T Bolt
Colonel
Very nice
Nice work so far!
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Hello,
Just a little technical note:
As stated in Mushrom 6109, the first P-38L-1-LOs were in the same configuration as the P-38J-25-LO except for the engines. So, no booster fuel pumps on my model...
Here is P-38L-1-LO SN44-24155 "Pudgy V" flown by T. B. McGuire late in 1944 => no booster fuel pumps
Here is P-38L-1-LO SN44-24843 "Putt Putt Maru" flown by C. H. MacDonald in December 1944 => no booster fuel pumps
This problem is solved !
But another problem, maybe on the very first P-38L-1-LO series, the landing light is under the left wing and not on the leading edge ?
No landing light visible on my project (SN44-23964)
but visible on SN44-24843
I keep working (and searching
)
Just a little technical note:
As stated in Mushrom 6109, the first P-38L-1-LOs were in the same configuration as the P-38J-25-LO except for the engines. So, no booster fuel pumps on my model...
Here is P-38L-1-LO SN44-24155 "Pudgy V" flown by T. B. McGuire late in 1944 => no booster fuel pumps
Here is P-38L-1-LO SN44-24843 "Putt Putt Maru" flown by C. H. MacDonald in December 1944 => no booster fuel pumps
This problem is solved !
But another problem, maybe on the very first P-38L-1-LO series, the landing light is under the left wing and not on the leading edge ?
No landing light visible on my project (SN44-23964)
but visible on SN44-24843
I keep working (and searching
)According to my references the landing light at the wing leading edge is the difference the L vaiant can be identified from the J version. I have seen a pic of P-38-1-LO 44-23856 and the plane had the ligh at the leading edge mounted like the 44-24843. So either the serial 44-23964 for the plane seen in your pic above is wrong and it could be the J variant or there wasn't any rule for attaching of the landing light initially.
BTW I have found the P-38-1-LO was from AF 44-23769 to 44-25058.
BTW I have found the P-38-1-LO was from AF 44-23769 to 44-25058.
Look forward to this one Steph.
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le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
I think or I hope this is the case... Numerous (if not all) sources state this "yellow 42" is, with no doubt, SN44-23964, therefore a very early P-38L-1-LO (in the first 200 built). Maybe several first P-38L-1-LOs were build from P-38J-25-LOs with simply the new engines, as stated in Mushroom 6109 "P-38L-1-LO, virtually the same as P-38J-25-LO, except for the new engines".
Unless the photo has been retouched, there is no doubt about the absence of landing light on the wing leading edge. So my project will not have it and it will seems like a P-38J except by the serial number
