With the release some really nice 1/48 early Allison-engined Lightnings (P-38F/G/H & photo recce versions) kits, it might be helpful to you to recap the decal sets I have available for this beautiful bird–by far my personal favorite of the Lightning variants. (NOTE the decal sets shown below include many variants of the Lightning, not only the Allison-engined birds.)
PYND48039 Fork Tailed Beauties Part 4. Two stunning P-38s are covered in this PYN-up Decals set with beautiful near-photographic quality nose art. The first is a P-38H-5-LO named Skylark IV, flown by Maj Mark Shipman , 42-67060, CG*S, 55 FG/38 FS. The second is a F-5C-1-LO (P-38J) named Dot-Dash, flown at various times by Lt E. A.Thies, Col Paul Cullen, and Lt Claude Murray; 42-67128, 7 PG/22 PS.
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PYND48001 Fork Tailed Beauties Part 1. A beautiful PYN-up Decals set with stunning near-photographic quality nose art. P-38H-5-LO, 42-66825, “Thoughts of Midnite,” White 120, Capt. Robert L. Herman, 431 FS/475 FG, New Guinea, 1943; P-38J-5-LO, 42-68004, “Moonlight Cock-Tail!,” H5*K, Clark R. “Doc” Livingston, 392 FS/367 FG, on the European Continent, late Summer, 1944.
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PYND48020 PYN-up P-38 Fork-Tailed Beauties #31. P-38L-1-LO, Peggy’s Pegasus, “S,”, 80 FS/8 FG; P-38J-10-LO, reclining nude artwork, “K,” 8 FG/80 FS; P-38J-10-LO, reclining nude artwork, “L,” Glen Holder, 8 FG/35 FS.
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PYND48040 PYN-up Decals P-38 Fork-Tailed Beauties #5. This one of the coolest Lightning sets we ever did. First is an early P-38H-5-LO in Dark Olive Drab over Neutral Gray scheme, “Mountain Ayres,” flown by Capt Jerry H. Ayers, CG*Q, 42-67077, 55 FG/38 FS. The truly astounding nose art painted on the removable gun covers was eventually moved to a different Lightning that chalked up 150 missions. Since the original national markings were the simple star-only cocarde, our decals show a “faded” blue circle with fresh Insignia Red (fresh (e.g., darker) Insignia Blue also provided as an option) outlines around the circle and white bars. The second bird is an overall natural metal P-38L-5-LO, “Ready Maid,” flown by Capt. Phil McLain, 44-27132, 8 FG/36 FS. This striking ship went through three distinct markings variations and we provide all three options, including one with dramatic black “antiglare” (painted in GLOSS paint!!) panels on the fuselage and engine cowls.
Only 11 sets still available.
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CED48031 P-38s #1. P-38L, X, Miss Cheri, 80th FS, 8th FG, Mindoro & Ie Shima, April-July 1945; P-38H-1-LO, Nr.161, Screamin’ Kid, Capt John Loisel (8 kills), 432 FS, 475 FG, Jan-Feb 1944, Dobodura, New Guinea; P-38J-15-LO, H, Hill’s Angels, Lt Allen Hill (7 kills), 80 FS, 8 FG; P-38H-1-LO, Nr.162, Skidoo, Lt Perry Dahl (9 kills), 432 FS, 475 FG, Jan-Feb 1944, Dobodura, New Guinea.
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PYND48002 PYN-up Decals P-38J Marge & P-38H Hot Box Annie (I was able to make up FOUR of these 1/48 sets ONLY!) PYN-up Decals P-38J-15-LO, 42-103993, Marge, 993, Capt. Richard I. Bong, 5th Fighter Command, Cape Gloucester, March 1944, This set includes both the “colorized” b/w photo and a grayscale version of the same photo (the plane flew with a hand-tinted (“colorized”) photo of Marge, as confirmed by the Group Photo Officer, who personally hand-tinted the photos and glued them on Bong’s plane!; P-38H-1-LO, 42-66545, Hot Box Annie, White 123, Lt. John A. Cohn, 431 FS/475 FG, New Guinea, Summer 1943.
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CED48203 Struck By Lightning #1. P-38G, #11, Lt. Sidney W. Weatherford, “Tommie’s Lucky Penny”/chief’s head art, 48th FS, 14th FG, North Africa, August, 1943; P-38L-1, #218, , Lt. William Fowkes, “Billy’s Filly”/female art, , 12th FS, 18th FG, Zamboanga, Philippines; P-38L-5, #140, Uncle Sam riding lightning bolt superimposed on shamrock insignia, Capt. Elliot Summer, 432nd FS, 475th FG, 1945.