Egg Shen's Scale Model Tech

(Featuring authentic audio of two Allison V-1710 engines!) The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a single seated, piston-engine fighter aircraft used during World War II. Developed for the United States Army Air Corps, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. The P-38 was used in various aerial combat roles including as a highly effective fighter-bomber, a night fighter, and as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks. The P-38 Lightning was powered by two 1,600-hp Allison V-1710-111/113 liquid-cooled supercharged engines driving counter rotating, three-bladed, 9-foot Curtiss Electric propellers. The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces, Richard Bong (40 victories), Thomas McGuire (38 victories) and Charles H. MacDonald (27 victories). In the South West Pacific theater, the P-38 was the primary long-range fighter of United States Army Air Forces until the introduction of large numbers of P-51D Mustangs toward the end of the war. This was an exceptional model kit and it was great joy to build. To see the entire build process in pictures - mistakes and all - visit the "Build Gallery" in the links below. Completed Gallery: https://imgur.com/gallery/rZHFQzj Build Gallery: https://imgur.com/a/NzdgloN Twitch Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/eggshenmodels Instructions: https://imgur.com/a/q7hHbVV Kit Profile: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-25199-lockheed-p-38h-lightning--1286459

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a naval scout plane and dive bomber that was manufactured by Douglas Aircraft from 1940 through 1944. The SBD ("Scout Bomber Douglas", but also known as "Slow But Deadly") was the United States Navy's main carrier-based scout/dive bomber from mid-1940 through mid-1944. The SBD is best remembered as the bomber that delivered the fatal blows to the Japanese carriers at the Battle of Midway in June 1942. After a friendly fire incident aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, the insignia were directed to be as large as possible on all surfaces, but after the Battle of Coral Sea in early May of 1942, the colorful markings were recognized as needing to be changed. So, the red dot in the star and striped tail rudder were removed and the insignia size reduced. This Academy kit #12335 is a re-release of kit #12296 for 2020. This was a great build that presented several challenges, which I always welcome. Now it joins my last build on the shelf - The Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat and the Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless, both in the U.S. Navy's pre-May, 1942 livery. Build gallery on imgur: https://imgur.com/a/jyIpn7x Completed gallery on imgur: https://imgur.com/gallery/WPqDlgL Open box review of this kit: https://youtu.be/9hc-x3_0cDc Douglas Dauntless at work: https://youtu.be/PL0M487vjts Follow me on twitter: @3ggShen

Just a website where I curate a collection of information on the model kits that I have built. There are both .jpg image sets and .pdf files of all the instructions sets, in the highest quality I can muster, including scans of the decal sheets and box cover art. There are links to picture galleries that document the build process of kits I have completed. And of course, completed kits get their own picture galleries and sometimes videos. http://scalemodeltech.com