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Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:34 pm
by BorgR3mc0
I have been very busy lately and building some very simple Revel mini kits to get back into the groove.
I recently bought a Hellcat and two Tempests for two euros. One of the Tempests is missing a canopy so I am going to heat smash two new ones. I will use the canopy of the complete kits as a mould.

Here are some progress pics of the builds. I added seats and thinned the thick wings. For the Tempests I also added a circle on the chin intake.


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Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:08 pm
by LyleW
Wow…tiny. I like what you are doing here.

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:52 pm
by BlackSheep214
Oy! That is tiny...

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:58 pm
by KSaarni
That’s smaller than tiny !!

:wow:

- Kari

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:16 am
by Stuart
my god, those are tiny - great progress though Borg and I look forward to seeing how your canopies come out.

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:34 am
by keavdog
Stuart wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:16 am my god, those are tiny - great progress though Borg and I look forward to seeing how your canopies come out.
:giggles: :giggles: :giggles:

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:38 am
by Medicman71
Stuart wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:16 am my god, those are tiny - great progress though Borg and I look forward to seeing how your canopies come out.
Dude! I have a hard enough time reading and you gotta type that small? :ballbat:

Nice work Borg!

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:47 pm
by Stuart
Medicman71 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 10:38 am
Stuart wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2024 4:16 am my god, those are tiny - great progress though Borg and I look forward to seeing how your canopies come out.
Dude! I have a hard enough time reading and you gotta type that small? :ballbat:
SORRY MIKE!!! DO YOU WANT TO BORROW MY READING GLASSES??? :giggles: :giggles: :giggles:

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:01 pm
by Medicman71
I had to use my opti-visor to read it. :giggles:

Re: Revell 1/144 Hellcat and Tempest

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:03 am
by BorgR3mc0
Yea, reading glasses, I am still getting used to mine

A little update. I have decals for only one Tempest (can’t complain for 1 euro). So one Tempest is going to be in RAF colours. And the other one in captured German markings. The so called Zirkus Rosarius used several captured allied planes for training luftwaffe pilots. Often they a yellow/green. But apparently the Tempest was yellow/violet grey.

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