1/48 Academy P-38E Lightning |
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Article by Sung-hwan Byun |
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I'm
sending you photos of my P-38E Lightning. It's an academy kit in 1/48th scale. I
built it out of the box with the kit decals. The only thing I did was to
rig copper wires to represent the antennae wires.
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I used Tamiya's Olive Drab and
Neutral Grey Enamels and after the decaling job was done, I sprayed a coat of
Gunze's Super Clear Lacquer. Then I used some other colors like Olive Green,
Khaki... and I brushed them with much thinner to give the aircraft a worn look.
Chipping was done with a tiny
brush and Model Master Chrome Silver Paint. I tried to keep the silver paint
areas as small as possible.
And a small secret....I used AA batteries as a weight to keep the nose down.
They are installed in both booms.
Sung-hwan Byun
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