Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Down Beat" Richard Bong - USAAC - 1/72 Scale Diecast Metal Model by Atlas

1:72 Scale Diecast Metal  - Lockheed P-38 Lightning – Length: 6.25"  Wingspan: 8.5”

The Lightning  model is single seat plane. The cockpit is glue shut. It has no pilot/crew figures included. Minor assembly is needed, landing gear and propellers need to be put in place. No glue or paints are needed. The landing gear is optional and can be attached or omitted to display the model in in-flight configuration. A display stand is included.

This is really a "no-play" model or a "display-only" model. It is mostly metal and very heavy. It also has a number of antennas which look great but are very fragile. If you have small kids that like to play with your models, save yourself some frustration (and money) and wait till later to get a model like this one. The box is labeled as not suitable for children under 14. 

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is a World War II American fighter aircraft. Developed to a United States Army Air Corpsrequirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named "fork-tailed devil" (der Gabelschwanz-Teufel) by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" (2飛行機、1パイロット Ni hikōki, ippairotto?) by the Japanese, the P-38 was used in a number of roles, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, night fighting, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped withdrop tanks under its wings.