dmthamade 3,173 Posted October 30, 2019 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizly 255 Posted October 30, 2019 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. 1 1 MikeMaben and dmthamade reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeMaben 5,901 Posted October 30, 2019 Museum quality Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FunkyZeit 909 Posted October 30, 2019 Very nice! Absolute terd of a kit. Maybe Tamiya will save us with a 1/32 1 dmthamade reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizly 255 Posted November 1, 2019 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? 1 dmthamade reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dmthamade 3,173 Posted November 1, 2019 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grizly 255 Posted November 1, 2019 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dpgsbody55 1,074 Posted November 1, 2019 (edited) Excellent build Cheers, Michael Edited November 1, 2019 by Dpgsbody55 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimHepplestone 762 Posted November 1, 2019 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
silver 26 Posted November 2, 2019 Nice P-38.thats large scale for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
