Academy 12282(2215) 1/48 P-38 Lightning "Multi-version" (P-38J, P-38J Droopsnoot, P-38L Pathfinder & F-5E Photo-recon)

World War Two
United States Army Air Forces (USAAF)
P-38J - improved chin radiators, flat bullet proof windscreens, power-boosted ailerons and increased fuel capacity, 2970 built.
P-38J/L "Droopsnoot" / "Pathfinder" - fitted with a Norden bombsight or an H2X radar system, leading a formation of medium and heavy bombers or other P-38s, each loaded with two 2,000 lb (907 kg) bombs; the entire formation releasing their ordinance when the pathfinder did.
F-5E - reconnaissance variant converted from the P-38J and P-38L, 705 converted.