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Saturday, December 6, 2014

P-38J Lightning Box Review

Hello and welcome to my review of the P-38J Lightning model by Revell. This first part of the review will be a general overview of the box and the different models you can make and comparative pricing.
Here is a list of pricing from some of  the major retailers:
Revell: $19.95
Amazon: $19.95
Hobby Lobby: $18.99 (with 40% coupon it comes to $11.39)

The three models that come with the kit are the:
P-38J-15-LO Lightning Fighter-Bomber "Marge" flown by Major Richard Bong
P-38L-5-LO  Lightning Night Fighter "Night Lightning"
P-38J-15-LO Lightning Droop Snoot Pathfinder "Bomba-Dear"


The features of the Model are:
Length: 9 1/4"
Wingspan: 12 11/16"
Number of Parts: 118
Molded in: Silver (The parts are actually normal plastic color, will get into that more when I do internal review) Also molded in black and clear.
Decals: Waterslide



Paints Required (Will get into paints more when I get to that part of the review):
Aluminum
Brown
Flat Black
Flesh
Gloss Black
Green
Interior Green
Light Gray
Medium Blue
Olive Drab
Red
Silver
Steel
Tan




The box art is very good. It realistically depicts a dogfight between Major Bong's P-38 and a Zero.
I love how the artist added in the bullet holes in the plane.
The only con about the box art is that the planes downed decal is not the same as on the actual model.

Pros and Cons on the box:

 Pro's:                                                           
 Like how they give the paints you need right on the box.
 Like how they had the photos of the different models you could do.

 Con's:
 Disliked how the Photo on the side of the box was not an accurate description of the final product for Major Bong's plane.



Overall the box was very good. Especially liked having the paints required on the box itself so you  know what paints you need before you buy. Thank you for reading and see you in my next part of this review.



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