Grizly 255 Posted October 28, 2019 Trumpeter's kit built as Colonel Harold Rau's P-38J "Gentle Annie" 28 1 MikeMaben, Lud13, blackbetty and 26 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R Palimaka 2,389 Posted October 28, 2019 Wow! Beautiful clean build! Richard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 5,904 Posted October 28, 2019 Nice job! The gun bay looks way better than what is supplied with the kit. What did you do to make it look so much better? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Ray 6,770 Posted October 28, 2019 Very nice! And you managed opening up the engine compartment, too! No mean feat. 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHepplestone 762 Posted October 28, 2019 Lovely job. How was the kit? I picked one up second hand and it’s on my to do list. 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizly 255 Posted October 28, 2019 For Bigg Tim, I did a little scratch building based on some research. See below. For Tim Hepplestone, It's a good kit but previous modellers have expressed frustration getting a good lower wing to nacelle joint and have invariably resorted to filling the joints with lots of putty. I found that key to completing the wing to nacelle/tail boom assembly was joining the lower wing half to the nacelles first rather than following the kit instructions. With this method you end up with a perfect seam/panel line joint that requires absolutely no filler. Its a but joint so I reinforced the inside with plastic strip. See below. 10 1 rafju, R Palimaka, Dpgsbody55 and 8 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 6,064 Posted October 28, 2019 Great job on a very difficult kit! Cheers, Chuck 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiggTim 5,904 Posted October 28, 2019 (edited) Very cool! I did the same on my P-38 gun bays, which is still in progress. I'll PM you some photos of it, would love to hear what you think. Tim Edited October 28, 2019 by BiggTim Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Ron 12,095 Posted October 28, 2019 Well done 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gerhard 2,628 Posted October 29, 2019 Very very nice. 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pacificmustang 87 Posted October 29, 2019 Excellent build.I had intended opening one of the cowlings on mine too, so glad to see it can indeed be done . I bet it looks impressive in 32 scale Regards Bruce 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kagemusha 7,059 Posted October 29, 2019 Very nice, and thanks for the tip. 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Troy Molitor 2,704 Posted October 29, 2019 Oh my. Lovely efforts on your P-38. Looks awesome. Troy 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dennismcc 4,003 Posted October 29, 2019 I've never built a P-38, started a Revell one once and gave up, but your build has made me think again, especially with Telford coming up. Cheers Denns 1 BiggTim reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizly 255 Posted October 29, 2019 For Dennismcc and Tim Hepplestone, further clarification should you be interested in adopting by build sequence... the following photo shows my first step in pulling the basic assembly together. In the photo you have (from left to right) the underside assemblies for the starboard outer, port outer and center section wing/tail boom components. As you can see, this approach provides perfect wing/tail boom joints. 1 Kagemusha reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
