In 1983 when I married my second wife, a fellow Army Aircraft Maintenance soldier...I used to give here a bunch of crap about being a professional screwer

She was initially a Army Women's Corps (WAC) soldier before around 1972~1974 they folded the women into general population for most military occupational skills (MOS)

When she left her back water West Virginia town to seek a career in the Army, the recruiter conned her into being an "like a airline stewardess" in Army aviation as a 67N crew member for UH-1 helicopters...

Surprise..at Fort Rucker for Advanced Individual Training (AIT) they issued her a Aircraft General Mechanics tool box and proceeded to teach her how to preform services and maintenance on the aircraft

When I met Sergeant E-5 Renie, she was already a Quality Control Inspector and laughed about her "awakening" .... she readily jokes about the sheet metal classes where she had to prove the skill of unscrewing and screwing on a panel 25 times in some amount of time... so I piped up (in a NCO club environment) about my professional screwing wife....I still get THAT LOOK...occasionally

Sorry to have to tell you this: The pretty assistant does not come with the kit!!

Pat

Oh what a let down for this old man.  I already have a P-38 kit I got from some one that is larger than the Sterling kit.

So not to totally hijack Pat's thread...

I like this  P38 1/2a kit...it is interesting... And I have seen several of pat's kits...very well done stuff
I would love to build one and Might just order one for a "some day project"...But the bugger would be years away for building I have so many right now

Mark that community was real small and I probably met her at some point if she stayed into the 90s

I remember a Jenny Scarborough

I re-enlisted out of Field Artillery into Aircraft Fire Control as I went from E-5 to E-6. Eventually spending a bit of time at the school house at Ft Eustis VA  teaching Non-commissioned Officers Basic (BNCOC) and Advanced courses (ANCOC) in the late 80s

Will an electric powered option be available?

I find the biggest challenge with the electric power is not mounting the motors but where to put the batteries. You either have to find a place in the wing or on the nacelle to mount them. The batteries come in so many different sizes depending upon how many Mah you want it's never the same from person to person.

Fred

". . . I haven't had a lot of success in selling electric powered kits."
Pat

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No surprise there!  The ugly collection of batteries & 'spaghetti' wires detract from overall appearance.  UGH!