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