I managed to get it cheap off of Ebay, so the near completion was my justification. Finishing one is so rare for me anyways, I wish I had the will power just to buy when one is finished…
ok, I have an Academy P 40 and some Canadian decals for the British air, I have a Tamiya Revell Spit for American Air now to find some German Air power…is it December yet?
My son has informed me he does not really want to do airpower so he will be doing US/British/German armor I still plan on doing some armor too {probably in 1/48}[oops]
Okay I picked up a Revell P-38J but the kit is far from good. Are there any other better quality kits for a P-38 out there?
In 1/48, the best P-38 is by Hasegawa with the MRC/Academy second. In 1/72, the Academy is by far the best. All IMHO of course.
Regards, Rick
Thanks for the information… I will see if I can hunt one of those down. This one is silver plastic(ugh) with raised panel lines and flash as far as the eye can see.
The kit you have is a re-box of the ancient Monogram kit. Not a great kit even in it’s day. The Hasegawa tooling is much nicer.
Regards, Rick
That Revell/Monogram P-38 is one of the reasons I build armor [xx(]
That was one of the worst kits I’ve built so far, about like a Revell P-61…
Worst aircraft kit you mean. [:D]
I recently threw together a Maquette T-34 which certainly won the award for worst armor kit. [}:)]
That was the last aircraft kit I built, about 2 years ago. I further compounded the headache by doing the nightfighting version. I learned patience from that beast, and that was about it.
I Agree 100%, that is truely a bad kit.
I almost bought a Maquette kit until I realized it’s probably another small foreign brand that makes limited run kits. And yes, that RM P-38 is probably the worst A/C kit I’ve built, along with a few other Revell kits…
Ummmm… … … … is it Dec 9th yet?[:D]
That’s not going to get old fast. [:(!]
Couldn’t find a Has P-38 so I decided to jump sides and am going to do a Bf109E-4/7 instead.
Yeah! I was wondering what happened to this GB idea since it was presented in the Armor forum!! Didn’t see this thread until just now![X-)]
Hermes, put me down for a Dragon M4A1, American 1st Armored Division! I’ve had this kit for several months, all AM parts already bought and its ready to go!
I also want to do a PzKpfw III DAK version…does anyone know if the Ausf J version was used by the 5th or 21st Panzer divisions during the Sidi Bou Zid, Kasserine Pass or El Guettar engagements? I’d love to build Dragon’s new Ausf J Smart Kit OOB for this!
Thanks and I’m looking forward to getting started.
… that’s a tough question, even tougher to find photo evidence. I think it is safe to say yes, there was a few still kicking about in Tunisia, but not many. I know the panzer IIIJ, or mark III special as the British called it, was present at Gazala (May 26 to June 21, 1942) and a source stated the number of this type as being only 19. Production of this type had begun in March, 1941 while in June of 1942 the L version took over - which is more prevelant with the Tunisian campaign and the 10th panzer division. With regards to the battles you mention, the only hard evidence I could find was the OOB from a game, stating at Sidi Bou Zid that Kampfgruppe Stenkoff composition included four Pz IIIj.
1942 November 8 (that’s today, 65 years ago [;)])
“‘Operation Torch’ underway in North West Africa-Allied expeditonary force appears off ports of Algiers, Oran and Casablanca.”
Courtsey of my Ghosts calander…
Thanks jgeratic1! I totally forgot about the 10th Panzer Division being present during that timeframe. Turns out that Dragon kit does have markings for the 10th Panzer Div in Tunisia, 1943. I also read that the kit can be made into a very early Ausf L by deleting the turret side vision ports. I may go this route…OR…I may do a PzKpfw III Ausf H. The Dragon kit I have in my stash has markings for the 15th Panzer Div, also Tunisia 1943. I want to do a Pz III that was used during the early engagements with the Americans in Tunisia.
The Concord publications Armor At War Series, “Panzers in North Africa”, has several reference pics Panzer III Ausf.L’s. For the most part, they don’t identify the unit, but one is clearly referenced as the 15th Panzer-Division, Tunisia, 1943.
Regards, Rick
Thanks Rick! That’s great info! I’m going to pick that one up and also “The Panzerkampfwagen III at War” that they also publish!