Airframe and Miniature 19. The Lockheed P.38 Lightning

Description

Airframe & Miniature No.19: The Lockheed P-38 Lightining
Including the F-4 & F-5
– A Complete Guide To The ‘Fork-tailed Devil’
by Richard A. Franks
ISBN: 978-1-912932-27-6

The P-38 Lightning is a popular aircraft type with modellers and has recently been the subject of several new toolings in all scales. The latest book goes some way towards unpicking the different variants and colourful schemes that apply to the type.

This nineteenth book in the much-acclaimed series contains 256 pages packed with vital information that no active modeller and USAAF enthusiast should be without.

The P-38 Lightning contains:

60+ pages of technical information
60+ pages of walk-around images and technical diagrams
8+ pages of camouflage and markings
25+ pages of model builds and modelling information
200+ photographs including wartime images
Colour side views and four-views by Richard J. Caruana
3D isometric views of all variants by Wojciech Sankowski
Specially commissioned extensive full kit builds of the Hobby 2000/Dragon P-38J and Anigrand Craftworks XP-58 in 1/72nd scale, and the Hasegawa P-38J and Tamiya P-38F in 1/48th scale by Steve A. Evans
Specially commissioned front cover artwork by Jerry Boucher
Bonus set of 1/48 scale plans