This is an Eduard Models 1/48 Scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, a World War II era U.S. Army Air Force twin-engine fighter aircraft and one of the fastest piston-engine fighters ever produced. Model kit features: Deep-chinned "J or L" variant as assigned to the PTO. Kit has engraved panel lines, highly detailed multi-media cockpit, well rendered landing gear and enhanced wheel bays, choice of drop tanks or bombs, separately molded propeller blades and segmented canopy. Also features die-cut canopy and wheel masks, ample photo-etch parts (interior and exterior upgrades, including color instrument panel, seatbelts) and extensive resin parts (including all major cockpit elements, wheels, tires, superchargers). Plastic is ex-Academy mold. Decals and color painting guide for (6) USAAF aircraft: P-38L-5 s/n 44-25863, pilot Capt Ken Hart, 431st FS, 475th FG, Lingayen, Philippines, June 1945; P-38L-5, pilot Capt Bob DeHaven, 7th FS, 49th FG, Tacloban, October 1944; P-38L, flown by Lt M. M. Jarboe, 36th FS, 8th FG, Ie Shima, Okinawa, May 1945; P-38J-15 s/n 42-103921, pilot Lt Richard West, 35th FS, 8th FG, Owi, July 1944; P-38J-10 s/n 42-67590, flown by Capt Jay Robbins, CO, 80th FS, 8th FG, Finschhafen, December 1943; P-38L, flown by CO 70th FS, 18th F FG, Moret Field, Zamboanga, the Philippines, 1945 - includes stencil data. Model length: 230 mm. Wingspan: 328 mm. Plastic parts: 162. Photo-Etched parts, Eduard mask.