mpapadakis
Airman
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 set. Obviously there has been lots of work reshaping as kit that was originally a P-38F. Unfortunately I hadn't taken any pictures of what it looked like before....
Some details of the reworked main landing gear.
A close-up of the new engine nacells.
And a new nose taken from the Hasegawa kit
I used the kit canopy as a mould to make a new one...
.... which I later detailed....
And now into the paint shop... undersides first
then masking...
And the upper surfaces
Finally (for today) the addition of the roundels and fin flashes (they were airbrushed on to the model)
With any luck I will complete this model soon and post the final photos.
.
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 set. Obviously there has been lots of work reshaping as kit that was originally a P-38F. Unfortunately I hadn't taken any pictures of what it looked like before....
Some details of the reworked main landing gear.
A close-up of the new engine nacells.
And a new nose taken from the Hasegawa kit
I used the kit canopy as a mould to make a new one...
.... which I later detailed....
And now into the paint shop... undersides first
then masking...
And the upper surfaces
Finally (for today) the addition of the roundels and fin flashes (they were airbrushed on to the model)
With any luck I will complete this model soon and post the final photos.
.
