The P-38 has a polyester fiberglass fuselage and nacelles.
The wings are made of small bead virgin white 
styrene
foam. All of the spar slots are precut and the tube in the foam is cut for the spar joint where the wings plug
into the wing center section just outboard of the nacelles. The wing joining tube is 1/8" wall 6061-T6 aircraft
grade aluminum for an incredibly strong joint. The wing center section uses a maple 2-1/4" X 1/4" spar.
The elevator, stab and rudders are 1/4" solid balsa. The wing root on the fuselage has the wing airfoil and fillet on the side of it and the nacelles have the wing bottom airfoil in the wing saddle so that alignment of the fuselage and nacelles is simple to accomplish. The fuselage and nacelles have scale panel lines and the cockpit frame is embossed onto the fuselage so that cutting the windows out with a mototool leaves the frames and the bubble is then glued in under the frames. The gear doors are scribed on the fuselage and nacelles so that they can be cutout easily.
The kit has all bulkheads, gear plates, firewalls etc.
precut and includes hinges and special types of hardware needed to build the P-38.
Some hardware is not furnished such as motor mounts, push rods and tanks. It requires 11 servos. 2 rudder, 1 elevator, 2 flaps, 2 ailerons, 2 motors, 1 retracts, 1 nose wheel steering. The kit includes servo extension wire and heat shrink tubing for these servos.
The elevator, rudder and motor servos are mounted in the Prestone radiators. The flap servos and mounted just behind the wing in the nacelles and the retract and nose wheel steering servos are mounted in the fuselage. The aileron servos are mounted in the wing ahead of the ailerons. The engines can be mounted side ways and the head of a 2 stroke motor will stick out 1/4² or they can be mounted inverted and totally enclosed with the heads getting plenty of cooling from the cowl intakes.
There is plenty of room for 14 oz tanks behind
the engines. The cockpit bubble is vac. formed PETG and the superchargers are vacuum formed styrene. A vac. formed
turtle deck covers the top of the wing on the nacelles and the superchargers nest into a recess in the turtledecks.
All wood is supplied including wing skin balsa. Accessories needed
that are not supplied with the kit are Engines,motormounts, retractable landing gear, wheels Tanks Push rods with
clevices Radio Retracts Wheels Wheel collars Paint Gear door hinges Fuel tubing Motor mounts and bolts for same
Recommended hardware, Battery backup system, On board glow.
This is absolutely the finest kit ever offered of the P-38 Lightening and the price is very reasonable for a kit of this quality. If you ever wanted a P-38 here is a beautiful fast building scale model with a fun fly RC airfoil.
P-38 Dimensions
| Wing span: 88" | |
| Wing area: 902 sq. in. | |
| Span without wings: 31" | |
| Tanks: 14 oz. | |
| Length: 61" from spinner tip to back of rudder | |
| Engines: .60 2 stroke, 8.80-.91 4 stroke | |
| Weight: 17-1/2 lbs. | |
P-38 kit contents
| BALSA | |
| 1 | 1 7 X 4 X 1/4 FOR FUSELAGE, RADIO HATCH BRACES |
| 2 | 1 12 X 3 X 1/8 FOR TURTLE DECK FLANGE |
| 3 | 2 24 X 1 X 1/2 LEADING EDGE |
| 4 | 1 4 X 1 X 1/2 LEADING EDGE |
| 5 | 1 24 x 1-3/8 x 1/2 LEADING EDGE |
| 6 | 2 36 X 1 X 3/8 TRAILING EDGE |
| 7 | 1 4 x 1 x 3/8 TRAILING EDGE |
| 8 | 10 36 X 4 X 1/16 FOR WING SKINS, AILERON AND FLAP EDGING AND WING JOINT |
| 9 | 2 36 X 1 X 1/8 FOR JOINT FACING BETWEEN AILERONS, FLAPS AND WING |
| 10 | 1 36 X 4 X 1/4 FOR STABILIZER |
| 11 | 1 36 X 2 X 1/4 FOR STABILIZER |
| 12 | 2 1/4 BALSA RUDDERS |
| 13 | 1 12 X 3 X 1 FOR WING TIPS |
| 14 | 1 3 X 1-3/8 X 1/2 LE CENTER SECTION |
| 15 | 2 1/4 BALSA WING SADDLE DOUBLER |
| 16 | 5 1/4 X 3/8 X 7 FOR GEAR DOOR BRACES |
| PLYWOOD | |
| 17 | 1 NOSE GEAR BULKHEAD |
| 18 | 1 NOSE GEAR BULKHEAD 1/8X2X2 T NUT SPACER |
| 19 | 1 1/8 AIR VALVE MOUNT PLATE |
| 20 | 2 ENGINE FIREWALLS |
| 21 | 2 FOREWARD NACELLE BULKHEADS |
| 22 | 2 REAR NACELLE BULKHEADS |
| 23 | 2 RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR MOUNTING PLATES |
| 24 | 2 7 X 1 X 1/4 LANDING GEAR PLATE REINFORCEMENT PLATE |
| 25 | 2 1/8 ELEVATOR SERVO STANDS |
| 26 | 4 1/8 WING BOLT TOP STIFFENER PLATES |
| 27 | 2 1/8 SPAR JOINT DOUBLER |
| 28 | 2 1/8 X 3/8 X 12 FOR DOOR FLANGES |
| 29 | 2 1/8 MAIN SPARS |
| 30 | 2 1/8 X 2-1/2 X 1-3/4 AILERON SERVO MOUNT PLATE |
| 31 | 1 1/8 X 1-1/2 X 2 NOSE GEAR STEERING PUSHROD BRACE |
| 32 | 1 1/8 TRIANGLE GUSSET FOR NOSE GEAR BRACE |
| 33 | |
| 34 | HARDWOOD |
| 35 | 2 1 X 3/4 X 3/8 PINE NOSE GEAR SERVO MOUNT BLOCKS |
| 36 | 2 1 X 3/4 X 3/8 PINE RETRACT SERVO MOUNT BLOCKS |
| 37 | 4 1 X 3/4 X 3/8 PINE MOTOR SERVO MOUNT BLOCKS |
| 38 | 2 3/8 X 3/8 X 1-1/2 ELEVATOR SERVO MOUNT BEAMS |
| 39 | 2 MAIN SPARS |
| 40 | 4 3/4 X 3/4 X 1/2 PINE AILERON SERVO MOUNT BLOCKS |
| 41 | 8 PINE TRIANGLE GUSSETS FOR RETRACT PLATE REINFORCEMENT BEAM |
| 42 | 18 3/4 X 3/8 X 3/8 PINE BLOCKS FOR COWL MOUNTS |
| 43 | 4 PINE BLOCKS FOR WING HOLD DOWN BLIND NUTS |
| 44 | 4 3/4 X 3/8 X 1/2 PINE BLOCKS FOR TANK DOWEL MOUNT |
| 45 | 4 3/4 X 3/8 X 1 PINE BLOCKS FOR FLAP SERVO MOUNTS DOWEL |
| 46 | 4 1/4 X 2 FOR WING ALIGN PINS |
| 47 | 2 1/4 X 7 FOR FUEL TANK RETAINER |
| 48 | 2 2 X 1 FOR FILLER BETWEEN MAIN SPAR AND ALUMINUM SPAR TUBE |
| 49 | 2 2-2/3 X 3/4 DIA. FOR FILLER BETWEEN MAIN SPAR AND ALUMINUM SPAR TUBE |
| 50 | PLASTIC PARTS 2 TURTLE DECKS 2 TURBO CHARGERS 8 AIR INTAKES 2 ELEVATOR COUNTER WEIGHTS AND 1 COCKPIT BUBBLE HARDWARE |
| 51 | 20 6-32 X 1 MACHINE SCREWS (MS) FOR MOTOR MOUNTS AND LANDING GEAR UNITS |
| 52 | 4 2-56 X 1 MS AND NUTS FOR AILERON MOUNTS |
| 53 | 2 3/8 X 1-1/4 ALUMINUM STRUTS FOR ELEVATOR COUNTERWEIGHT STAND |
| 54 | 4 VAC. FORMED COUNTERWEIGHT HALVES |
| 55 | 3 NYLON CONTROL HORNS FOR ELEVATOR AND RUDDERS |
| 56 | 2 ALUMINUM AILERON CONTROL HORNS |
| 57 | 2 1/8 ID X 1-3/8 BRASS TUBE FOR FLAP CONTROL HORN |
| 58 | 2 1/8 ID X 4 BRASS TUBE FOR FLAP CONTROL HORN |
| 59 | 2 1/8 X 9 STEEL ROD FOR FLAP CONTROL HORN |
| 60 | 2 1/8 X 3-1/4 STEEL ROD FOR FLAP CONTROL HORN |
| 61 | 2 3/8 X 1/2 SHEET METAL FUEL TANK DOWEL RETAINER |
| 62 | 4 ALUMINUM SPAR TUBES |
| 63 | 2 4-40 X 1/2 ALLEN HEAD MS FOR WING RETAINING BOLT |
| 64 | 14 HINGES |
| 65 | 26 #2 X 3/8 COWL SCREWS , ELEVATOR SERVO HATCH AND BATTERY HATCH |
| 66 | 11 #4 X 3/8 SHEET METAL SCREWS FOR MOTOR SERVO BLOCKS,RETRACT VALVE PLATE TANK DOWEL PLATE RETAINER, AND FLAP SERVO BLOCKS |
| 67 | 36 2-56 X 1/4 MS FOR GEAR DOOR HINGES AND RADIO HATCH HINGES |
| 68 | 36 INCHES OF HEAT SHRINK TUBING |
| 69 | 13 FEET OF SERVO EXTENSION WIRE |
| 70 | 2 FEET OF PUSH ROD SOLDER WRAP WIRE FOR ELEV. AIL. AND FLAPS |
| 71 | 1 16" X 1/8 WIRE FOR ELEVATOR PUSHROD |
| 72 | 1 2" X 1/16 WIRE FOR Z BEND END OF ELEVATOR PUSH ROD |
| 73 | 5 2-56 X 1 MS TO SOLDER ONTO THE HORN END OF ELEVATOR,FLAP AND AIL. PUSH RODS |
| 74 | 5 CLEVICES FOR ELEVATOR , FLAPS AND AILERONS |
| 75 | 2 2-1/2 X 1/16 WIRE FOR AILERON PUSH RODS |
| 76 | 2 1" X 3/8 SHEET METAL HORNS FOR FLAP CONTROL HORN ASSEMBLY |
| 77 | 2 4-1/2 X 1/16 WIRE FOR FLAP PUSH RODS |
| 78 | 1 1" X 3/16 SQUARE BRASS TUBE FOR FLAP PLUG IN WING FITTING |
| 79 | 12 ORTHODONTIA RUBBERS FOR GEAR DOOR OPENING |
| 80 | 24 6-32 BLIND NUTS FOR WING HOLD DOWN, MOTOR MOUNTS, MAIN AND NOSE GEAR UNITS |
| 81 | 4 6-32 NUTS FOR A JAM NUT AGAINST THE WING HOLD DOWN BLIND NUTS |
| 82 | 2 9/32 X 1/2 BRASS TUBE FOR TURBO INTAKE |
| 83 | 4 6-32 X 4 WING HOLD DOWN MACHINE SCREWS |
| 84 | 1 CONSTRUCTION MANUAL |
| 85 | 1 7" 12 GA. COPPER WIRE FOR FOAM MELTING ELECTRODE |
| 86 | 1 18" NYLON LINE FOR GEAR DOOR CLOSERS AND 1 PIECE OF FIBERGLASS MAT |
| ACCESSORIES NEEDED AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE P-38 KIT | |
| -- | 2 3-1/2" MILITARY STYLE MAIN WHEELS. 4" ARE SCALE AND WILL WORK WITH CUTTING AWAY OF SOME OF THE 1 3" MILITARY STYLE NOSE WHEEL TRAILING EDGE INSIDE THE NACCELLE3 WHEEL COLLARS |
| 1- 5/32" AND 2- 3/16" 1 SET OF SPRING AIR OR 204 HD RETRACTABLE GEAR OR CENTURY JET # 33878 1 SET OF ROBART ROBOSTRUTS #653L OFFSET FOR NOSE AND #650 STRAIGHT FOR MAINS | |
| 2 SETS OF NYRODS FOR RUDDERS AND MOTORS | |
| 1 SONICTRONICS GEAR DOOR HINGE KIT #132 | |
| 1 6 CHANNEL RADIO | |
| 2 .61 2C OR .91 4C ENGINES | |
| 2 MOTOR MOUNTS | |
| 2 16 OZ. FUEL TANKS SULLIVAN SS-16 # 443 2 4" ZINGER SPUN ALUMINUM SPINNERS #6601 | |
| 2 HOBBY LOBBY GRAUPNER 11-7 3 BLADE PROPELLER #GP311071 | |
| 1 1200 MILLIAMP RECEIVER BATTERY PACK | |
| 11 SERVOS | |
| SHOULD USE A BALL BEARING SERVO FOR THE ELEVATOR. ALL OTHERS MAY BE STANDARD. AN OPTION IS TO USE 2 RECEIVERS, 1 IN EACH NACELLE AND NOT USE EXTENSION WIRES. THIS ALSO GIVES REDUNDANCY AS 2 BATTERY PACKS AND RECEIVERS ARE USED | |