Quote from: Vostoc7 on July 12, 2023, 07:39:41 AMthat engine does look like a stage from a Saturn V rocket       

yes, and the rocket engine hypothesis matches better the Moon goal, but there would be quite a range issue  

Keep the mind working Tophe- it does wonders!  All the best for you.

I made my jet P-38 with bifurcated jet pipes (Sea Hawk style) 

Shyly?!
I'd say that was a grand entrance! Some scalorama will be needed.

Thanks kerick for these words!
and thanks sandiego89 for this inspiring model!

With thanks again, according to my angles and "colors":

And of course with a Tophe's touch:  

Quote from: Tophe on July 12, 2023, 06:49:26 AMThanks for the support my friends,

Quote from: Tophe on July 11, 2023, 07:35:46 AMto be drawn later better with computer:

Back home, I am trying shyly...

Replacing the two pistons by a huge turbofan was like the maximum engine change. A witch doctor interrogated Kelly Johnson-s spirit about it, 1999, and he answered this will propel her to the Moon!

No relation with the Stipa-Caproni?

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hehehe!

This version was more asymmetric:

Quote from: Tophe on July 11, 2023, 07:35:46 AMReplacing the two pistons by a huge turbofan was like the maximum engine change.

Ahem, less change (and even more power) could come saying a P-38 must be twin-engined, so double turbofan if turbofan!
Another aspect is twin-boom classification: the P-38 has no pusher propeller, no rear door or post or jet, it had long-engine booms, this is much increased on this version:

The same was possible without crazy turbofan, of course.
And it is still different from sandiego89's for the undercarriage, booms, nose...

Of course, making a double-turbofan Lightning was also possible by a zwilling process from the single-turbofan one. I imagine several possible tails.

Opposite to the huge turbofans were the microjets by MicroTurbo or else (used for take-off then retracted for glider flight): 

  
Kits first rule Tophe mate..needs longer wings 🪽 😋

Quote from: Wardukw on July 14, 2023, 12:57:05 PM 
Kits first rule Tophe mate..needs longer wings 🪽 😋

Absolutely!