Subject: Re: My buddy's P-38 as promised!
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "Terry Sumner" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 05:13:43 -0700

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Sumner <[email-masked]>
To: Steve Bamford <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:06 AM
Subject: My buddy's P-38 as promised!

> Hi Steve,
>
> Here are the photos I just shot of the P-38.
>
> Built by my best friend Joe Wierzbinski
> 1/48 scale Hasegawa P-38 from the Virginia Marie kit.
> After overcoming the very tough fit and alignment problems of this kit,
just
> like Bert Kinzey says in his D & S book, Joe detailed the cockpit with a
> combination of Verlinden and scratchbuilt parts. He used True Details
wheels
> and started the finish work.
>
> First, the flat OD green was painted on the nose and nacelles. Then the S
n
> J natural metal finish base was applied. Then various panels were shaded
> differently with a number of combinations of Metalizers. Decals were
applied
> from Superscale and a bit of weathering using pastel chalks was done. The
> antenna wire was added using invisible thread.
>
> Hope you like this one Steve! It's a gorgeous piece!
>
> Terry Sumner  IPMS35079
> President, Southern New England Scale Modelers
> Member, Bay Colony Historical Modelers
> Volunteer rec.models.scale FAQ maintainer
>