Author Topic: Two More WW2 Birds. Academy P-38J and Arma P-39Q. South Pacific  (Read 55 times)

Offline RAGIII

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Two more OOB builds in 1/72nd scale. Bothe were painted with MRP paints with some Tamiya mixes for variation. Oils used for final weathering as usual.
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Offline gedmundson

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Re: Two More WW2 Birds. Academy P-38J and Arma P-39Q. South Pacific
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2026, 11:53:56 AM »
Excellent builds, Rick - I'm very much enjoying your WW2 aircraft. The colour of these particular models lend well to the weathering touches you've added.
Cheers,
Gary

Offline NigelR

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Re: Two More WW2 Birds. Academy P-38J and Arma P-39Q. South Pacific
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2026, 06:32:32 PM »
These two turned out really well, great building and finishing all round. I really like your approach to weathering, it's very effective.

Offline Dirigible-Al

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Re: Two More WW2 Birds. Academy P-38J and Arma P-39Q. South Pacific
« Reply #3 on: June 29, 2026, 11:19:10 PM »
What a beautiful pair of planes. As a kid I remember making a P38 and painting shark mouths on both engine nacelles. When finished I realised how incredibly stupid it looked.
Alan
I heard that it all started when a bloke called Archie Duke shot an ostrich 'cause he was hungry!