Andy Ball
sehr schön

Marius
Thank you Andy!

James C
Thats another gorgeous looking Tornado Marius! 👍

Murad ÖZER
heello gorgeous 🙂

Pero Susinger
Nicely done!

Cuajete
Fantastic result. Congrats!

Skyhiker
Grand

Marius
Thank you so much James, Murad, Cuajete and Skywalker. There are still 3 Tornados to post 🙂, so your annoying weekly Tornado post is not over yet.

Charles-Henri Titelion
Really impressed by your tornados! Amazing work!

Hajo Lippke
Do I see cat paws on the front landing gear door?

Neuling
I agree with Charles-Henri! I also want to mention that I read your information with great interest. 👍

Marius
Thank you Charles-Henri, Hajo and Neuling!

@Hajo: yes, there are panther paws indeed on the landing gear door (as mentioned in my description above). Unfortuntately the only picture showing this detail is found only in the "Panavia Tornado - Colours and Markings". For the book (with decals) you can see a review here:

originalundmodell.de..s/4plus-wkd48011.htm

while the detail picture (in bad resolution) can be seen here:

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The symbol of the air wing is a black panther (as seen on the vertical tail). Since the logo has a feline in it, the AG51 (nowadays named TaktLwG 51„I") is part of the "Tiger Association" and takes part in the anual NATO Tiger Meet events. This is basically the source of all those kitschy temporary feline-related painting schemes and horrible (if you're asking me) tiger stripes. These events are having the purpose of gathering and bonding similar air units (with feline in their logos) from different NATO countries.

Marius
And thank you Pero too, somehow I foegot to mention it, sorry.