Hi P38 fans,
There are a couple of scale P 38s around, one with Menasco Pirate engines and the other with Walter LOM engines. I think one was featured in Kitplanes. For the record the DeHavelland Hornet had left and right turning Merlins. There was a LH Merlin for sale here in Australia a few months back for $15000, still in the packing crate. The RAAF had 12 Hornets, but never flew them operationally. I once met the test pilot who flew them to the graveyard; he said he held the record between Sydney and Brisbane in a Hornet until B727s came into service in the early 60s
Just for interest, Dave McC
On 27/07/2005, at 3:04 PM, Todd Bartrim wrote:

Yeah, I've thought of this too. How cool would that project be? The garage that I'm building will have a 27' door and will be the home of many future projects, but I've got a long list of possible projects and this one just got added to the list.
Todd (if there is no rest for the wicked, then I must have been a real bad teenager)

 To make this a more "on-topic" discussion, wouldn't the rotary make a perfect engine for a P-38 replica! PP rotaries will run in either direction as well so you could even do the counter rotating props! Spur gear PSRU (Mistral or Powersport) would work fine backward. Just dreaming.
Bill Jepson