Yellow P-38 build thread
Well, I purchased a Yellow P-38 kit last week and I wasn't going to start it until Fall....I lied!
I could resist buying parts that will be needed and then started doing some work on her.
During the summer, this thread shouldn't get update too much since I'm suppose to be building new kitchen cabinets for my daughter's 1919 house.
I want to thank Mark Taylor for valuable info since he has already built a yellow P-38.
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As you can see, I bought the kit where some work has already been done.
Doug did a fine job on aligning the outer wings to the center FG fuse plus he glassed half the wings.
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Robart retracts instead of yellows are being used.
This will require some mods to the retract mount.
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Yellow wheels and brakes are being used.
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The first thing I did was wet sand, using 220 grit, all parts and then wiping everything down with alcohol to insure any releasing agent has been removed.
As you can see, this is one fine model that has a lot of design work put into it.
The vast majority of parts are all FG.
Also, with the entire center section all one piece, it makes it a lot easier to build since no worries about alignment, incidence, etc as all that's been taken care of.
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I used a 1/16" drill bit and flat/round over file to open any openings that are suppose to occur on the plane.
ie: cowl, turbo chargers.
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I just noticed there is a 'R' and 'L' cowl marking but I haven't noticed any difference!