Description
Condition: New
Hasegawa 1/48 US Army P-38J Lightning Virginia Marie Plastic Model JT1 [Free Shipping from Japan]
Brand: Hasegawa
Material Plastic
Weight 0.5 kg
Product Introduction
1/48 scale plastic model.
The P-38 Lightning was a peculiar style of twin-fuselage, twin-engine aircraft, and was unique among American fighter planes during World War II.
On February 11, 1939, it made a record-breaking flight across the North American continent from the west coast to the east coast, but failed to make the landing approach to Mitchell Field in New York, and was run off the runway and wrecked.
However, during this flight, the aircraft reached a maximum speed of 676 km/h with a tailwind, and the pilot was unhurt.
At first, the mass production system was not ready, and the first YP-38 did not make its first flight until September 7, 1940.
In the full-scale mass-production type, the 37mm cannon was replaced by a 20mm M1 machine gun and four 12.7mm machine guns in the nose, and this became the basis of the P-38 series. The P-38J had a new cooling system.
With the new cooling system, the P-38J could produce 1600 hp (8077 mm altitude) of emergency power from the same V-1710-89/91 engines as the P-38H.
To eliminate buffeting (airframe vibration caused by turbulent airflow hitting the tail) affecting the tail, electric dive flaps were employed from the P-38J-25 onward, and were used during dive recovery to redirect the airflow from the wings and prevent this airflow from hitting the tail.
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