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WIP: 1/144 Minicraft Tempest Mk.V

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    January 2015
WIP: 1/144 Minicraft Tempest Mk.V
Posted by BrandonD on Monday, August 13, 2018 11:15 AM

So this was an impulse buy as part of a group build I was messing around with, and it has been a bit of a chore with some misaligned parts, but it's fun nontheless.

The kit offered two schemes - a 1944 bird with invasion stripes and a postwar plane that just had the normal camo. For some reason I decided I wanted to mask incvasion stripes in 1/144. It took some math, but nothing that my memories of 10th grade algebra couldn't handle.

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I painted it with Tamiya paints, masking off the stripes but freehanding the rest. Then I masked and shot the leading edges of the wings before adding the decals. Next up is to airbrush the exhaust stains and add the prop and gear.

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-BD-

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Monday, August 13, 2018 1:47 PM
Looks much bigger

 

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    January 2004
  • From: Brisbane Australia
Posted by ChrisJH666 on Monday, August 13, 2018 2:26 PM

Looking good. You running out of space or something??? Big Smile

In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)

 

Chris

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 5:03 PM

TJ - thanks!

Chris - haha, no. This was just an impulse buy.

-BD-

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 10:21 PM

Very nice, especially at that scale.  Not going there with my shaky hands.  I wouldn't lose parts to the carpet monster, I'd probably lose the whole airplane.

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 10:25 AM

jeaton01

Very nice, especially at that scale.  Not going there with my shaky hands.  I wouldn't lose parts to the carpet monster, I'd probably lose the whole airplane.

 

Now where did that left wing go.......Propeller

 

  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by BrandonD on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 11:14 AM

tempestjohnny

 

 
jeaton01

Very nice, especially at that scale.  Not going there with my shaky hands.  I wouldn't lose parts to the carpet monster, I'd probably lose the whole airplane.

 

 

 

Now where did that left wing go.......Propeller

 

 

I can vouch for it being pretty resiliant as I've dropped it twice.

-BD-

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