Welcome back… Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 48 — My Forgotten Hobby VI

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Day 256 Monday November 7, 2022 I am moving along with relative ease with this build. Well almost. I had forgotten that Tamiya extra thin cement was to be used cautiously because it’s very fluid. I used fine grit sanding sticks to solve that sticky problem. The fit is so good with this step that […]

Welcome back… Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 48 — My Forgotten Hobby VI

Welcome back… Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 48

Pierre LagacéLeave a comment

Day 256 Monday November 7, 2022 I am moving along with relative ease with this build. Well almost. I had forgotten that Tamiya extra thin cement was to be used cautiously because it’s very fluid. I used fine grit sanding sticks to solve that sticky problem. The fit is so good with this step that […]

Welcome back… Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 48

Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 49

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Day 255

Sunday November 6, 2022
This is the last post on My Forgotten Hobby V.
Seriously?
 
 
I am very cautious now when I am reading the instructions. If I skip a step, I am sure I will be messing something up. In fact I did just that.
 
 
Step 6 posed no problem and the fit was excellent.
 
But in Step 7, I drilled all the holes! There should have been a cautionary note.
 
The weight was added and I glued only the front part of C28 with G23.
 
You will see what I mean later on My Forgotten Hobby VI.
 
Next time, T minus 48 on My Forgotten Hobby VI my upload limit having been reached.
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 50

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Day 254

Saturday November 5, 2022
This is Post 265 on My Forgotten Hobby V.
It wasn’t supposed to be.
 
 
The P-38F cockpit has been painted and then was glued yesterday. I don’t bother anymore to get the right shade of zinc chromate. The instrument panel decal was added and the cockpit glued after I figured out how to glue it.
 
 
 
The fit is great but you already know that if you have read the reviews I posted.
 
 
It should be a no brainer but sometimes my brain plays tricks on me. I will have to remember this The next big decision is to have the ladder in the up or down position.
 
 
I have already decided. Next time, T minus 49.  My upload limit has been almost reached.
 
 

 

Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 51

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Day 253

Friday November 4, 2022
 
 
I have started assembling the cockpit parts on Wednesday. First I made copies of the instructions sheet so I could write on them.
 
There is so much information it’s easy to lose track of what to do.
 
 
I hope I will remember doing that with every build.
I have chosen to build the F version so part G24 was selected.
 
Part G6 was glued at the wrong place. The arrow wasn’t that clear.
 
 
I was lucky to find that out in time.
 
 
I added primer Thursday so I could start painting the parts and then add the decal later to the instrument panel.
 
Next time, T minus 50.
 

 

Tamiya’s P-38F/G – T minus 52

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Day 252

Thursday November 3, 2022

Tamiya’s P-38 is quite an intimidating model kit to build with all the rave reviews it has gotten since 2019.

There’s no turning back on what I had promised my son for Christmas almost three years ago.

As a footnote…

I always read comments on My Forgotten Hobby and I take good notes of suggestions made. A friend suggested the Buffalo should be on my to-do list.

So the Tamiya Brewster B339 Buffalo will be the next build after the P-38F/G.

Then to this one will follow the Buffalo in 2023 on My Forgotten Hobby VI.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-61113-ilyushin-il-2-shturmovik–143676

Tomorrow… T minus 51