Sea-going Tupolev: Brengun 1/144 G-5 XIII torpedo boat
Brengun's resin Tupolev torpedo boat is a superb little kit, with flawless castings and a nice photo-etch fret for some of the finer details. It was built pretty much out of the box, painted with Tamiya acrylics then weathered with oils and pastels. In this scale it's easy to over-do the weathering so I kept it fairly restrained.
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Stellan Schroeder Englund said on April 20, 2019
Stunning model. What a creature. Only the Russians...
david leigh-smith said on April 20, 2019
THAT is special. A lovely piece of craftsmanship.
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Csaba said on April 20, 2019
I love these new 1/144 scale kits! When I started scale modeling three decades ago, these were only toy like simple kits. And now... better and more detailed than many larger scale kits.
Your build is amazing, I really like the paint job.
Craig Abrahamson said on April 20, 2019
Good lookin' little build right there.
bob mack said on April 20, 2019
awesome mike
Robert Royes said on April 20, 2019
A great build !
Tom Cleaver said on April 21, 2019
Beautiful work, Mike.
DE4EVER said on April 21, 2019
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Nice work Mike, the model is small β¦ but your skills make it look a lot bigger. Very good modeling.
Tom Bebout said on April 21, 2019
Wow, and 1/144 at that! Nicely done Mike.
Greg Kittinger said on April 22, 2019
Wonderful Mike - perfectly done paint & weathering, and a great choice of an obscure subject - AND done so well for such a small-scale critter!
Nikos Kosmadakis said on May 8, 2019
Sweet! I'm gonna have to get me one of those.
Dragan Mandic said on May 25, 2019
Wonderful, paint job especially!
Jeff Bailey said on May 25, 2019
TOO small ... for me personally, BUT ...
It looks outstanding, Mike. It looks MUCH larger than the scale would suggest.
Absolutely well done, Mike! Thanks for sharing.
(PS - I've never seen one of these boats, so that is also another factor regarding my admiration for this build.)