Wow..... I have no words!!! Thank you for doing this. I do have some other photos of his to go through and I am hoping to find a more suitable side angle to get numbers. He was kind enough to date and lable the photos on the back of who was in the photos but neglected to mention names don’t know if that was on purpose or not due to wartime strictures? Thank you again for the great rendition Sky9pilot!!!

Already have found several fit discrepancies between the parts and the major one being B-5 not fitting either the plan or model meaning I am going to have to adjust the part by cut and fit. At least the side keel seems to fit straight without waves. Slots for the keels and other parts leave something to be desired but will soldier on. Using shims on the keel slots.

Thank you Sky Pilot for rotating the photos don’t know how I botched it up. I have been trying to research the nose art to find out who the pilot was but haven’t had any luck yet. I would like to also be able to get the colors and insignia tail numbers and color scheme since this is all black and white photos. If anyone has any ideas on this please let me know! I could almost guess that it would be green with black on top but there were also some that were tan as well and so hard to tell from photos from 1944. I have also been told that I need to pay more attention to my wife’s side of the family since I erred previously in my new member post and referred to him as my Mother-in-law’s uncle. 

I took the liberty of rotating the pics and labeling them, GF is Grandfather...I think the captured aircraft is a JU-88 and not a JU-87 Stuka...
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Thanks for the link got some good ideas to go on. Finished the inventory/kid in a candy store perusal of the contents and I was pleasantly surprised to find the kit was complete with only minor issues with the die-cutting. First decision has been made to go ahead and use the kit wood for the build. Plastic parts are in excellent shape and was happy to find no issues with the canopy at all! This is my first static build so forgive me if ask a lot of questions. So thankful I won’t have to purchase new wood and do the tedious job of tracing all those parts!!! So for my first question I need some input on whether it is better to sheet or to fill in between the formers and longerons and would sheeting change the fit to much of the plastic parts? ....So nice to know I am not the only one out here on the road sitting in a dock door and using the time to scratch the building itch!

This is a really big project!

Look in the forum 'Forgotten Projects' for the XP-38 Kit Bash thread. Disregard the changes made to convert to the XP version, the pics may give you some info on what the basic model looks like.