Howdy! Great build man! I work on the real White 33 this model was based off and thought I might give the model some history! White 33 was one of the first 4 P-38's in the pacific theater. She is the only P-38 flying to have real combat history! (as far as we can tell) The plane has 7 kills to her name, the last being a game of chicken with a Zero that resulted in the first 4 ft of her left wing being destroyed. After returning to base they decided she was to badly damage to take the time to repair. The plane was used as a parts plane until they eventually dug a hole at the end of the runway and pushed her and many other airplanes into it. She was recovered along with all the other aircraft in the pit in the 90's and was restored by Westpac Restoration in Colorado Springs, Colorado. White 33 is by far one of the most accurate representation of a P-38 flying today. The factory serial number and other factory decals and inspection stickers are in place including under the 33 on the nose. If you would like to see what the model looks like in real life she lives at the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The museum also has a plethora of iconic and rare war-birds!

I just love watching people talk about hobby models. Especially Andy.

Good video. I pre-ordered this one from Andy's shop, so was waiting to see this build video on it. She's a beaut...looking forward to building it myself. This will be the first P-38 I have built since building the venerable Monogram 1/48 version that's been around in several incarnations since 1964, or an Aurora version. Good time to be a modeler, as lots of new kits from new molds from many manufacturers are being released. Most excellent! Thanks, Andy.

Gorgeous build. I built a 1/48 monogram P38 kit when I was a kid. One of my favourite WW II planes.

Finally!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Tamiya for finally engineering an easier P-38 Lightning kit. I'm especially thrilled about the wheel well doors. Thank goodness someone finally engineered an easier way to attach them without using the tiny attachment points method that easily break. I'm so glad Tamiya tackled this subject. The Hasegawa P-38 kit looks great when finished but it takes a true test of patients to get there.

Great video and a fantastic looking kit! Looking forward to building this.

Can’t wait to buy and build this kit, great vid as usual

Tamiya has done it again with another one of their fantastic model kits and I sure can't wait until November gets here so I can buy their 1/48 P-38 F/G Lightning! Thanks again for posting another one of your excellent videos & model kits built by you, Andy!

Look forward to building this. Thank you for the step by step video 👍

Outstanding video and presentation.

@Andy's hobby headquarters. In a word Outstanding thanks Bruce

it's great to have a kit that fits so well, makes building it so much easier.

My God, i was dreaming of seeing this kit coming together. YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME REAL

Andy, if I may be so forward, You certainly seem like a modeling genius. I really enjoy your videos. Keep making them please.

Thank you so much for sharing the build, absolutely love job.

Very nice video, thank you. Awesome kit and awesome build. I also like it when the weathering is not too much, it often makes it more realistic according to the scale imo.

Lol was just checking the channel to see if it was uploaded yet and got the notification for the video

Always a great video, need to come by the shop and see what goodies you have this week!

Awesome built Andy...as usual! Thanks!...

You did such a good job it looks like you just shrunk down a real P-38 Lightning good job👍

Best P-38 model out there. If I was still building models I would definitely have this one as soon as I could get my hands on one. Tamiya makes the best plastic kits you can possibly buy and this is no exception. Great video, terrific looking model and thank you for posting it!

Had to keep pausing the video to clean drool off my screen 🤤 Cant wait to build this kit, thanks Andy 👍

my complements to Andy for his excellent video for the TAMIYA 61120, 1/48-Lockheed P-38 F/G Lightning

Thanks Andy, looks like another great kit from Tamiya expertly finished by yourself. Adverts are becoming a right pain in the butt but could listen to you all day long, cheers.

Hi Andy. I got this kit today. Looking forward to building it. Great video. I like the way you show us how to get the best out of a kit with your advice and tips.

Astonishing craftmanship Andy. A joy to watch you build.

That plane is beautiful!

Merci pour l'excellence de cette vidéo et l'incroyable qualité de ce kit.

A big time tank guy here but,... really enjoyed the passion you had for this kit.

I have one, this kit is the best in the business.

Great build!!! Thank you for sharing.

Very nice build. Turned out great.

Awesome job and Vid, Andy!👍🏻

One of the best looking models- and you have so many!

Thanks for this video! Now i'm going to have to go out and get one of these P-38s; and I'm a Model Builder of mainly WW2 AXIS Aircraft - Naval & Armor subjects.

Great work on a lovely kit Andy!

Excellent video. Thank you.

Note the small channels down the tops of the booms are supposed to be there. Andy sanded his out. There is a note on the top of step 30 explaining this. This kit is fantastic!

Love it, thanks.

Nice job with detailing and beuitiful paint job!!

You are good teacher for beginner.Thank you! Sir.

Incredible!

My P-38 arrived Monday {10-21} beautiful kit. The antenna wire {according to the "Great book of WWII Airplanes"} comes off of both vertical stabs forward{first panel line down from the top} to a "V" on the back of the aft section of the canopy about half way. But it looks just as good off, you do what makes you happy. Enjoyed the vid

Andy your videos are amazing!

Looks great!

Sweet build!!! Great kit!!! Awesome aircraft!!!

Double thumbs up Andy. Another fabulous build of what looks like the best kit ever. I'm right in the middle of building the latest Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk1 and I thought that was the best kit ever, this one looks even better. Love your videos.

Thank you great build.

Sweet, the P38 is my most favorite plane ever!

ciao Andy and welcome back. another great build. I hope that the innovations introduced by Tamiya in building the molds for this aircraft will soon be used also for the other models, including tanks, so as to have an ever greater precision of construction and realism in the details. greetings from Italy. Alessandro

Lovely job, Andy. 👍🏻

The P 38 is a handsome plane. Fine looking build.

Fantastic looking P-38 Andy... lovely work mate. I have both the Hasegawa and Academy P-38 kits in the stash yet to be built.... but you've sold me on this kit. Well done!

Outstanding! I’m buying one!

wow looks pretty good!

Great video once again Andy. Keep them coming.

Awesome. Just like I thought.

Andy, you are so awesome!!

Now I need one! I started to build one of the older kits about 15 years ago, but it was such a terrible fitting kit that I gave up on it. The P-38 has always been one of my absolute favorite war birds!

Such a faboulus fit !!!

Great build as always

As usual good job cant wait till Nov thanks Andy

Hey Andy, a great video as usual...a fantastic looking kit that you make so easy to assemble, the end result is amazing! Looks like I have to head to town and try to get my hands on one of these kits..........almost like finding gold at the end of a rainbow me thinks! Keep up the great work. FYI I am trying to get my grandkids (6 and 9) into model making......I just need the 3 p's......patience, practice and persistence!

Amazing kit! Need it in my stash;)

Im cant wait to get this one love to see you do some more air craft some Japanese air craft

engine nacelle. This is a GREAT VIDEO Sir. I've been watching your videos and learning how to airbrush so a huge thank you for sharing! I thought that all WWII era aircraft was either zinc chromate or olive drab color for the gear wells. So neat, I learned something new.

Great job! That's my favorite airplane ever!

Can not wait for this to be on sale you certainly nailed this one Andy what a fantastic kit by tamiya just superb Steve 🇬🇧

Gotta love Tamiya 👍😉

Awesome.

OMG I never thought to layer the paint so the interior paint in on the bottom for the canopy. That's brilliant.

One thing that would make this extremely helpful for following this video to put one together, would be having all the colors and other things, like the mark fit listed in a way that someone could at least write down. Just would help when buying the model to have a list of other things I need. But, it's also simple enough to just watch the video, pause, and find the stuff as you say.

She is a good looking bird 👍👍

They have a replica P-38 up at March Air Museum in Riverside CA that's wonderful to look at, and a great museum to visit if you are ever in the area. Great build!

The p-38 might be the coolest plane ever made

thanks form making! 作ってくれてありがとうございます

I've seen this Lightning at the Museum of WW2 Aviation in Colorado Springs. They have the museum, plus they do restorations, including White 33. The history of the plane is really neat, including the reunion of the plane with the former pilot just before he passed away.

Always loved that aircraft

Magnifique!

It's glorious

Very nice 👍

Andy, that is an amazing video and you have done an amazing job. Although I have been modelling on and off for 50 years or so, I am still not very good and certainly still learning. I can honestly say that I learned a huge amount from your film so thank you! On to Tamiya - just wow! I have never seen a model fit like that, the edges so crisp...do you think they may have changed their manufacturing process, or perhaps the type of plastic used?? When you attached the tail to the booms, the join lines literally disappeared! Amazing!!

Nice model 😃

That looks like a must-buy kit! Need to let my local shop owner know! 😀

Shuddered when Andy said spend the next 2 hours applying the canopy masking. Canopy's are a real pest :)

You know with the way Tamiya has engineered their recent 1/48th aircraft is top notch. I can now dream of a new tooled 1/48th B-17F. Heard rumours years ago they were looking at it. Can almost see it in my minds eye. Who knows?

Hey Andy, I just stepped by to tell you that I enjoy your channel very much. I love your enthusiasm and the way you explain evertything. You are a cool dude my dude! :)

Looks like a great kit. FYI, Tamiya have never precut their canopy masks. Thanks for posting

Great build (as always)! I've looked around on the net and can't find any pictures/clips of a P38 with radio aerials - I think your build is complete. You don't build enough planes (I know tanks are your first love), but the few videos I've seen of your planes are spectacular; I'd love to see you build another beauty from Ww2 - the de Haviland Mosquito, but whatever you do I know you'll keep up the good work!

Woo hoo, I'm in the 1st thousand to view. Great build, it's on the to do list (pretty near the top tbh)

Andy, Being a member of the USAF Museums, all model companies has got the Lockheed early P-38's interior colors wrong! The cockpits are O.D. not Interior Green! The gear wells are not Interior Green either they are underside color either Neutral Gray (Light Haze Blue for Recee planes F-4's or F-5's) or Bare Metal. Any questions on any USAAF aircraft just drop me a line.

Love your videos Andy .....wish the P-38 was 1/32 scale. But great vid Andy Carry on my friend!!!!

Awesome build Andy. I wonder if the kit will come with some photo etch? I wish you had showed how to paint and weather the turbo super chargers. Lastly, I hope tamiya will make a 1/72 p-38 ad well.

With a detailed engine that would be the cherry on top

Audio is way better for the intro. Thank you.

Hello Andy, your build was the reason to buy soon this P-38 from Tamiya, i think the first one what is perfect in all details. Greets from Germany, i was the one who asked you who was your idol when you start modelling, and what do you like more at modelling, asssembly the parts or painting and weathering, when you had been at MBK in Delmenhorst, Germany, thank you for your nice answers. Werner

"Shake and bake". Fantastic, I've been looking for a nice early P-38 to model the Red Bulls version.

Outstanding Andy Great finish, thanks for sharing , could you consider 1/32 scale , maybe hasegawa Stuka G2 Canon Vogel or the Trumpter build , with Aftermarket barrels by RB for 3.7 cm. Just a thought. Your work is beautiful, right on!!

Thank you for this post. I think Tamiya will sell many of these. I cannot justify buying it with the hoard I already have.

Great build. Starting on mine now, but I’m a bit confused regarding the canopy. I know the hinge side was altered on different versions of the p-38. You have chosen to side-hinge the canopy, but I thought the H version had aft hinges. Did you check this?