Balsa wood P-38 Lightning

**Chopperman** · 06-09-2018, 08:43 PM

I just retuned home from an estate sale. While at the sale, I found this great old
partially built P-38 hanging in the garage. For $5 it was just too cool to pass on.

It's old and it's weathered and it's dusty and IMO just has a great look about it.
The only problem is, It's big. It has a 40 inch wing span and I don't have any place
to display it. I suggested hanging it from the living room ceiling but my wife vetoed that
idea almost as fast as it came out of my mouth.

**Chopperman** · 06-09-2018, 08:44 PM

It's too bad that the rest of the parts are missing but I think it will display
well -----(somewhere)

**rbminis** · 06-09-2018, 08:46 PM

Awesome Greg, love it!

Maybe you could do a diorama around the building of this memorable plane. Just a thought.

Ralph.

**Chopperman** · 06-09-2018, 08:48 PM

Thanks Ralph. Good idea.

**Gunny Hartmann** · 06-09-2018, 08:49 PM

Pretty cool, a lot of work has gone into that!...

**James C** · 06-09-2018, 08:53 PM

Nice find Greg and at a price to good to walk away from

**MAP** · 06-10-2018, 04:37 AM

Nice pick up Greg. I would just hang it up from the ceiling. What's the worst that could happen?

**Chopperman** · 06-10-2018, 05:02 AM

by MAP

Nice pick up Greg. I would just hang it up from the ceiling. What's the worst that could happen?

Michael, you obviously have never met my wife.

**MAP** · 06-10-2018, 05:03 AM

by Chopperman

Michael, you obviously have never met my wife.

There is a saying. "We are all married to the same woman".

**Anderson** · 06-10-2018, 09:00 AM

You could try finishing it. In the days before computer games kids used to make and fly these things. Probably the original plan called for two rubber band powered propellers.