TAMIYA
1/48 Scale Plastic Aircraft model kit
Lockheed P-38J Lightning
TA61120
About the Model
★This is a 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Fuselage length:
240mm, wingspan: 330mm.
★This is a highly accurate model based upon extensive study of full-size
aircraft.
★Accurately captures late-production P-38 features such as engine
nacelle-underside intercoolers, flat first canopy glass, and more.
★Air ducts connecting intercoolers and oil coolers are faithfully
recreated.
★Wing spar and nose landing gear bay are integrated for exemplary
solidity and angle.
★A busy and detailed cockpit includes recreations of the Lynn-3 sight,
distinctive steering yoke and more.
★Comes with marking options to recreate a choice of three different ace
aircraft.
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Ace Maker
Developed in response to a February 1937 request from the armed forces
for a fighter excelling in speed, firepower and range,
the P-38 Lightning would be a wildly successful design that had around
10,000 units produced and spawned numerous US ace pilots.
While its design was constantly evolved from its maiden 1939 flight
onwards, more powerful engines eventually overtook the P-38's cooling
function,
and output was limited to 1,250hp at higher altitudes.
In August 1943 the answer to this problem appeared: the P-38J, which
featured intercoolers moved from the wing leading edges to the underside
of the engines.
The superior cooling enabled use of its full 1,425hp even at high
altitudes, while the newly-available leading edge space was not put to
waste,
being filled with auxiliary fuel tanks to improve the fighter's range. |
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