Building a Model Plane: Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning (Start to Finish!)

Hi Everyone,
Thanks for watching my channel! In this video I build the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning. It is an old kit (1977 tooling) with raised panel lines. This was a fun build though. I used Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum for the natural metal finish. Please feel free to comment. Take care! Drew
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00:00 Building the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
00:23 Kit Overview
09:07 Assembling the cockpit of the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
10:35 Assembling the wings and booms of the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
20:36 Painting the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
23:14 Applying decals to the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
28:41 Final Assembly (drop tanks, wheels, gear doors) of the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
31:02 Build summary and final reveal of the Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning
36:59 Pictures of the finished Hasegawa 1/72 P-38J Lightning

[@mightyjjk1298]

Nice kit, and great job on the build! Lightnings are remarkable aircraft. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

[@DrewsModels]

Thanks! Yeah it’s an amazing fighter.

[@scaleresurrectionmodeler7379]

Gotta love the P-38! Great build!!!

[@DrewsModels]

Thanks you!

[@user-gc1hi5hi9v]

Очень , очень красивый самолёт! Автор канала и модели, сделал отличный самолёт!

[@DrewsModels]

Thank you! Take care…Drew

[@CapLAGOS]

Nice P-38 Liightning ! thumps up :)

[@Red-rl1xx]

Outstanding job!🏆

[@DrewsModels]

Thank you!

[@goforitpainting]

Looks cool. 👍

[@DrewsModels]

Thank you!

[@texasnutmegger3296]

Great video! I've built several of these and found that putting weights in the engine nacelles is the key. It's a neat kit but I wish Tamiya would do this remarkable plane in 1/72.

[@DrewsModels]

Thanks! I also added weights in the nacelles. Oh yeah if Tamiya put out a 1/72!!

[@BrettG64]

Turned out great Drew. Looks like a nice kit and you did it justice.
As for the decals, SuperScale are great as far as the way they go down, and how thin they are. But, like yours, I found some mistakes in my last set. For the B-17 there are some decals that are basically red strips that have the words Life Raft that go where the life rafts are stored in the upper fuselage. Mine were red stipes only... no words printed. Some of their historical details can be missing or incorrect due to more current research on a given subject.
Anyway, nice job on the kit and great video, my friend!

[@DrewsModels]

Thanks Brett!

[@Bohemian_lost]

There is also a p38 j kit of tamiya. Which kit is beter? They are almost the same

[@DrewsModels]

The Tamiya 1/48 is fairly new. I haven’t built it but it is supposed to be awesome.

[@user-du6yr1qx5d]

Наружная расшивка выдает старую модель...Мне модель Р - 38 от ,RS models, больше понравилась...хотя пластик уже ,замыленый,...но детализация лучше...и расшивка внутренняя.😮🤔🧐

[@bobbuesking]

Awesome! Let's Go Blues! er...uh.. maybe next year. I had to unsub/resub to you channel, your videos were not showing up in my feed.

[@DrewsModels]

That’s strange. I thought you might like these markings! Blues will be back…..

[@bobbuesking]

@@DrewsModels iDK why your videos disappeared from my feed, but the're back now.