Barry's Lockheed XP-58 'Chain Lightning'

[Barry]

Sliding in at the last minute with this resin kit from Planet Models





Parts..note metal gear legs. Also supplied are (In my box anyway) four sets of vac transparencies.

[BlohmWolf]

Never seen that before. Wow!

[giulio_gobbi]

You are a Gourmet!

[Jagewa]

They just couldn't turn down that upsize eh?

Cheers
JIm

[Sissel]

Never seen that kit or plane before.
It looks pretty cool in the angle at the box-art.
Resin kits scare me. Can't wait to see what you'll do with it.

[Titan]

A first for me too, this is going to be good.

Regards
Mark

[PaulBradley]

Interesting choice of subject and kit - this'll be well worth watching.

Also supplied are (In my box anyway) four sets of vac transparencies.

But you'll only need one, eh, Barry?

[Chris]

An X-P58, now that is a rare one!

Only three of these were made, they were designed with 4 37mm nose cannons!

[Barry]

Ever the optimist eh Paul?

Glad you're interested Chris. After my jet/props phopah in the "Previously Built" section, I was just about to ask if you also only wanted combat vet subjects here.

Actually, only one of these built and a 2nd one started but not finished. No armaments ever installed before the project was cancelled. Nicely written synopsis :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_X ... _Lightning;

[fearless frankie]

Pro resin do a couple of these in various guises, must admit I have been tempted as it is one stylish plane.

[JamesPerrin]

The parts look good, but are the tailbooms solid?

[Martin R]

Barry,

From the photos, it appears that if you needed instructions to describe the XP-58, they'd be something like:

Take bog-standard P-38, administer steroids, et voila!

I too am looking forward to seeing how you tackle this.

regards,

[Barry]

Hi James...sad to say, the booms are solid. Needless to day, they are also heavy. I drilled them out a bit (Removed 2-3 gr. each) but I don't know if it's going to be enough. There's not much room for lead in the nose.

[carlos]

Hi James...sad to say, the booms are solid. Needless to day, they are also heavy. I drilled them out a bit (Removed 2-3 gr. each) but I don't know if it's going to be enough. There's not much room for lead in the nose.

How about the engine bays - are they solid too...??
That would help with weight ahead of the mainwheels - Or if hollow, room for some more ballast...?

[Barry]

Right Carlos...the engine nacelles are solid too. That whole wing-engines piece in the 2nd photo is one solid lump of resin. I've drilled out the booms some more and reduced the weight now by 4-5 grams each.