This is Aurora's 5th release of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning in 1/48 scale [kit 99-98; copyright 1959].

This kit is molded in olive and is the 1st P-38 with the triangular stand....and their last 1/48 scale P-38 sold for under a buck!!!

The kit IS MISSING ONE OF THE 2 MASS BALANCES.

The original instructions, decals, and each face of the box cover are shown. Note that the box face has small "dots" of white paint.

You also get....reproductions of the original decals; the US National insignia and rudder decals are color corrected.  The yellow USAF decals [which Im pretty certain NO P-38 ever had!] have a background  approximating Testors Model Master Olive Drab acrylic.  So...if you paint the aircraft that color the USAF decal should blend in fairly well. 

 I can change this background color to whatever you want---even the baby blue of the 1st release! However, with a white background you will have to cut each letter out separately and with a clear background the yellow isn.t dense enough to obscure the background color.