WIP: 1/144 Minicraft Tempest Mk.V

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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-

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Looks much bigger

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Looking good. You running out of space or something??? [:D]

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TJ - thanks!

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

-BD-

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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.

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Now where did that left wing go…[proplr]

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

-BD-