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Tamiya P38J
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Heavens Eagle
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Ah! the gun bay of Glacier Girl. The P-38F they recovered from Greenland and restored.
paddy
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Is that the first one without zinc chromate ?View attachment 169861
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The one with 5757 is Glacier Girl. Just goes to show you just because it's in a museum doesn't make it correct.
Yep, I'm sure we've all seen this page.
Not all interior colors were the same. If it were the same it'd be boring.
Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45, Part I
by Martin Waligorski Photos courtesy of US Navy, Library of Congress, US Air Force This is the first part of the three-part feature covering the finishes and colours used for the interiors of Ameri…
www.ipmsstockholm.se
Interior Colours of US Aircraft, 1941-45, Part II
by Martin Waligorski Photos courtesy of US Navy, Library of Congress, US Air Force This is the second part of the three-part feature covering the finishes and colours used for the interiors …
www.ipmsstockholm.se
Not all interior colors were the same. If it were the same it'd be boring.
They went with what they found her with... click image for Prairie Aviation Museum article:
P-38J 42-67762 Restoration at the Paul Gerber facility:
I was talking about the OD gun bay.
Your post mentioned Glacier Girl, at the Prairie Aviation Museum and the comment about museum inaccuracies (which I agree, by the way). However, the PAM and Paul E Gerber facilities try to be as authentic as possible.
paddy
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GUNS GUNS GUNS 5of them actually
Not to many parts here now separated from their 3D supports.
Once again it took me longer to work out the positioning of the guns than anything else as the instructions are really vague.
A picture of the platform and a picture of a gun and an arrow between the two....doesnt really tell you anything other than the two part go to together
Before i go much further i need to cut the kit nose off to test fit the guns as i have been caught before with Eduard where you can fit their engine or in this case guns or you can fit their cockpit but fitting both can be a problem , presumably the separate up grades are designed to fit the kits at different times, hopefully these parts being new 3D versions they will work together.
Not to many parts here now separated from their 3D supports.
Once again it took me longer to work out the positioning of the guns than anything else as the instructions are really vague.
A picture of the platform and a picture of a gun and an arrow between the two....doesnt really tell you anything other than the two part go to together
Before i go much further i need to cut the kit nose off to test fit the guns as i have been caught before with Eduard where you can fit their engine or in this case guns or you can fit their cockpit but fitting both can be a problem , presumably the separate up grades are designed to fit the kits at different times, hopefully these parts being new 3D versions they will work together.
Eduard...Fitting...all I can say is Good luck! I really hope they got this stuff sorted. 
Press on Paddy!
Heavens Eagle
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Do you have someplace to put the nose weight? While the tail on the new Tamiya kits are fairly light, it still needs more weight in the nose.
paddy
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Tamiya supply 3 ball bearings at 10 mm and 10g each, one for the nose i cant use and 2 for the engine pods, one i cant use so i am 60g short
I did fill the Eduard engine with flattened air riffle pellets but that was nothing like 10g although the engine also weighs a bit
This is the part Tamiya supply which i can use on one engine
its basically the roof of the wheel well with a front cradle that protrudes forward into the engine nasal and hold a ball bearing
Of the 90g supplied i will be lucky to find room for about half that so i expect to add a tail skid in very fine wire.
....as we say here, it is what it is...
I did fill the Eduard engine with flattened air riffle pellets but that was nothing like 10g although the engine also weighs a bit
This is the part Tamiya supply which i can use on one engine
its basically the roof of the wheel well with a front cradle that protrudes forward into the engine nasal and hold a ball bearing
Of the 90g supplied i will be lucky to find room for about half that so i expect to add a tail skid in very fine wire.
....as we say here, it is what it is...
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