Trumpeter P-38 | Wishful Thinking | 1:32

[shadowmare]

Hi all!
Thats my first post here. Trumpeter kit with added Eduard PE interior, some cables. 1mm steel rod used for making landing gear more sturdy, large amounts of fishing lead inside nose. Master gun barrels. Painted using Gunze SM II. I was inspired by Kagero fantastic profiles inside Pacific Lightnings, decals are from this book.
You can check my Fb profile for more : Mike's Scale Miniatures

[KevinM]

Just looking at that kit @SB's today for in the future but figured I'll wait(A-20 Havoc).The build came out really Nice!

[PanzerWomble]

Nice lightning 

[HubertB]

Very good-looking Lightning 👍 !

Hubert

[Spitfire]

Great build, love the finish and restrained but realistic weathering.

Cheers

Dennis

[GazzaS]

Very nice!

[Clunkmeister]

Very nice Lightning!  That Trumpeter kit isn’t the easiest build out there, but you tamed it and man, does it look good! 

[Peterpools]

Welcome aboard and what an entrance ... awesome build and NMF.

 

 

[biggtim]

I always love a P-38 model - very well done!

[CANicoll]

Beautiful job!  Looks terrific and has me thinking about the Tamiya P-38 in my stash...  Yours is fantastic.  Welcome aboard!

Chris

[shadowmare]

Thanks guys!

On 4/20/2023 at 6:07 AM, Clunkmeister said:

Very nice Lightning!  That Trumpeter kit isn’t the easiest build out there, but you tamed it and man, does it look good! 

Thank you, yes it needs engagement and time.

On 4/22/2023 at 10:06 PM, CANicoll said:

Beautiful job!  Looks terrific and has me thinking about the Tamiya P-38 in my stash...  Yours is fantastic.  Welcome aboard!

Chris

Thank you! Tamiya kit is superb, sadly they are focused on 1:48 scale.

[npb748r]

great weathering and finish

neil

[joeg]

Welcome to the group and thanks for sharing your great build. The chosen subject looks very attractive. 

[Bomber_County]

On 4/18/2023 at 7:08 PM, shadowmare said:

Hi all!
Thats my first post here. Trumpeter kit with added Eduard PE interior, some cables. 1mm steel rod used for making landing gear more sturdy, large amounts of fishing lead inside nose. Master gun barrels. Painted using Gunze SM II. I was inspired by Kagero fantastic profiles inside Pacific Lightnings, decals are from this book.
You can check my Fb profile for more : Mike's Scale Miniature

Stunning 38, welcome to LSM. Love the NFM and weathering…..congrats…..

[Martinnfb]

Amazing build. Super realistic finish and excellent detail.  Welcome to the forum Mike.

 

Cheers

Martin

[shadowmare]

Thank you kindly Martin I appreciate your words