This weekend features the 1/48 Tamiya Lockheed P-35 F/G Lightning #61120

The Lockheed P-38F/G Lightning in 1/48 scale! It is without question that the P-38 is a unique fighter from World War II and its been one of Tamiya’s most requested subjects. Thanks to Tamiya’s extensive research and ever-evolving mold making techniques, Tamiya’s designers have gone to great lengths to achieve the best fitting and most accurate P-38 Lightning F/G model assembly kit to date.

This WWII fighter was a daring design with twin booms and a piston engine in each, plus a central nacelle which housed the cockpit and armament (machine guns and cannon in the nose). Introduced in June 1941, the aircraft went on to be used extensively in the Pacific through WWII. The F variant was manufactured from April 1942 onward, and featured pylons for 150-gallon drop tanks to make it capable of longer bombing missions. Later P-38Gs had more powerful engines and could carry bigger 300-gallon drop tanks. The P-38 was used for interception, dive bombing, level bombing, ground attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance, radar and visual pathfinding for bombers and evacuation missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.

- 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Fuselage length: 240mm, wingspan: 330mm.

- P-38F and P-38G variants can be built.

- The model creates a parked aircraft when assembled and complete. - Features accurate depictions of early P-38 features such as slim line engine cowlings, intercoolers in leading edges, plus the curved canopy front.

- Weights are included in the kit to ensure correct balance of the model when displayed.

- The canopy can be assembled open or closed.