| Image Comments |
| John M Oshust | 30-Jan-10 11:14 |
| Another adventure comes to a close. |
| frwyflyer | 30-Jan-10 11:26 |
| Very nice!! |
| poppy | 30-Jan-10 16:05 |
| I would say even with all the problems you mentioned, a fine looking model emerged. A real beauty! |
| John M Oshust | 30-Jan-10 16:16 |
| Thanks guys. I was really lost W/O a plan to use to scale and manufacture details. I worked from a 3 view and used dividers to get dimensions. This is a flight model advertised as easy to build and get into the air. It is that. Poppy, anybody, who makes a P-38 besides Guillows??? I think I will make Popeye next. |
| jgood | 31-Jan-10 10:10 |
| Very cool, John, another great looking result. To think there is a nicely detailed Merlin under all that Al, complete with a RR logo on it. :) |
| jgood | 31-Jan-10 10:13 |
| I built the Molt P-38. It's a great flyer, and for that, has a few concessions to true scale (enlarged tail surfaces, I think). 36" wing span. http://www.moltmodels.com/prod_p-38_main.html. |
| SteveM | 31-Jan-10 10:34 |
| Dumas makes one too, laser cut and designed to be light for flying. Comet also made one that can still be found on eBay from time to time. If making a P-38 for static display I'd go with the Guillow's and grab it from eBay since they can be quite inexpensive there (eg. $20-30 + s/h). |
| John M Oshust | 31-Jan-10 11:08 |
| Thanks for the great input. After repairing the transmission on my JD Gator, the purchase of another kit is in the future. I have had to repair gears and shift modeling gears for a bit. Popeye, probably a Guillows kit will have to wait. I have two kits in stock. The Dumas Dragon and a Guillows Dauntless. I am in the war bird state of mind so the Dauntless gets the nod. I acquired this kit from DD a while back. It was a part of an exchange program. I think she needs to be built. Popeye waits, the Dragon waits as I have been bitten by the Dauntless. |
| wingspanner | 31-Jan-10 13:09 |
| Lovely work as usual "O" man. Lookin forward to the Dauntless |
| John M Oshust | 31-Jan-10 14:00 |
| Tony...Thanks, how is your Rat progressing? Just ordered reference books for the Dauntless from Amazon. |
