Trumpeter 1/32 P-38

[dmthamade]

That kit is a PITA to do, lots of places to go bad. You did a fine job. Did you use the kit nose gear?

Don

[Grizly]

For dmthemade, fortunately I didn't experience any discomfort in that somewhat sensitive area of ones body during my build. As for the nose gear (and main gear), yes, I used the kit parts and don't recall having any issues with it.

[MikeMaben]

Museum quality   

 

 

[FunkyZeit]

Very nice! Absolute terd of a kit. Maybe Tamiya will save us with a 1/32

[Grizly]

FunkyZeit, while I don't share you assessment of the kit, I do agree that Tamiya could produce a better kit. But how much better and for what price?

[dmthamade]

A Trumpeter P-38 in 1/32 would be great to see. I had some fit issues on mine along with having to engineer some stuff to overcome areas where Trumpeter could have done better. Did over come them, along with filling most of the rivets that covered...everything!!!In the end i'm happy with the build, but did take a lot of work.

 

[Grizly]

dmthamade - very nice build and I can understand how the rivets were of concern with your metal finish. I had similar issues with rivets with Trumpeter's P-47.  In my case, the P-38's OD/grey finish minimized the appearance of the rivets considerably.

[Dpgsbody55]

Excellent build

 

 

Cheers,

Michael

Edited November 1, 2019 by Dpgsbody55

[TimHepplestone]

Thanks ever so much. Think that will prove helpful. Solves what seems to be the Achilles heel of many P38 1/48 kits as well

[silver]

Nice P-38.thats large scale for me.