Technical Notes

All major surfaces can be smooth modified for greater closeup capability. Renders shown are smoothed with one subdivision although the baseline model is shown in the grayscale and mesh images.

Textures

Detailed textures are provided including diffuse, bump, specular, reflective. Maximum dimension of textures are 4096 pixels. Photoshop template files are available for download with the product so you can modify the layered textures to your liking.

History

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to a United States Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a single, central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Named 'fork-tailed devil' by the Luftwaffe and 'two planes, one pilot' by the Japanese, this unique aircraft was used in a number of different roles including dive bombing, level bombing, ground strafing, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks under its wings.