Done -- 1/72 XP-38 Lockheed Lightning Prototype Kitbash

[TheRealMrEd]

Well, after much chopping, filling sanding and other general mayhem, this combination of the RS Models P-322 1 and the MPC P-38F models have been beaten into a semblance of the very first Lightning, the XP-38.  For those who might be interested in the hows and whys, the build thread is HERE.

 

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Thanks for looking in.

 

Ed

 

 

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"Dispensing the Tribal Wisdom since before there WAS a Tribe!"

[ghodges]

Now that's some old school skills to make a very unique model! And although you didn't mention it, it had to involve extra elbow grease for the NMF not to show all the work you did. Very nice!

 

Gil 

[ipmsusa2]

Very nice work.  For anyone else interested in early P-38 versions, they might want to check out my CD-ROM titled Lockheed P-38 Lightning Gallery.  It has 517 photos, including 41 shots of the XP-58 Chain Lightning and two photos of the XP-38, one of which shows it after it crashed. 

[Mark Deliduka]

Wow! That is the first time I've seen a prototype P-38; in pics or model form. You did a sensational job Ed!