Lockheed P-38L Lightening - 1:16 Balsa Model Kit
Product Code: 28260
Product Type: Model Kit
Manufactured By: Guillows
List Price: £94.99
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Description

A Multi-Purpose Model
Designed to be built as a magnificent static display model, a flying rubber band powered model, a gas powered model or an electric powered model. All the parts are included for a rubber band powered model but further parts are needed to make this model gas or electric powered.

Kit Features
A complete set of beautiful decals, scale WW2 plastic wheels, light plastic nose cowl, spinner, gun troughs, exhausts and air scoops. Bubble canopies with window areas clearly defined plastic props, rubber motor, light tissue covering, clean die-cut balsa parts, clay for balancing model, reinforced wire and vinyl landing gear plus generous quantities of strip and balsa stock. For GAS and U-CONTROL INSTALLATION: vinyl firewall, tip guide, bellcrank base and control handle. Push rod wire, bellcrank, elevation horn, hinge material, flying lines and stock for all balsa elevators.

About The Lockheed P-38L Lightning
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a revolutionary fighter for the time with its tricycle landing gear, twin boom and turbo-superchargers. The first models were accepted by the Army Air Force in October 1941 and, by the end of the war, nearly 10,000 had rolled from the production lines. From introduction until 1945, many modifications were made in the original design to comply with the needs of the air services. On April 18, 1943, a flight of P-38’s downed Japan’s great naval strategist, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, while he was flying on an inspection tour of the Solomon Islands. Due to its unusual configuration, the Lightning was dubbed the “fork-tailed Devil” by the Luftwaffe and “two airplanes with one pilot” by the Japanese-grudging respect earned by its formidable appearance and reputation.

Features

Manufacturers Part No GUI-2001
Scale 1:16
Requires Painting Yes
Manufacturer Guillows
 

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