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Tuesday, June 12, 2007 - 11:21 PM UTC
Dragon has released a 1/72 scale model of a P-38 Pathfinder containing all the special characteristics of this version of the Lightning.
It receives a clear nose thanks to a completely new mold that shows off the radar system installation.
Detail is finely rendered, and careful engineering ensures this model aircraft is easy to assemble.
Main Features:

-Newly tooled nose for Pathfinder
-Undercarriage comes with detail
-Left and right propeller blades created from different molds
-Fuselage and booms engraved with fine panel lines
-Photo-etched parts to upgrade details
-Clear canopy and cabin with crisp details
-Cartograf decals offer accurate markings

History

The Lightning was modified for other roles. In addition to the F-4 and F-5 reconnaissance variants, a number of P-38Js and P-38Ls were field-modified as formation bombing "pathfinders" or "droopsnoots", fitted with a glazed nose with a Norden bombsight, or a H2X radar "bombing through overcast" nose. A pathfinder would lead a formation of other P-38s, each overloaded with two 900 kg (2,000 pound) bombs; the entire formation releasing when the pathfinder did.

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