Sergej I
Bravo Pero, welcome back, I have the same life story and been modeling now for two years after the comeback. Word of advice, enjoy spending on stuff. What you need next is a stash😉
Tornado progressing beautifully, I can't spot the decades missed. Taking a seat on this one with interest.

Denis Stenko
Welcome back, Pero! I have the same life story😉😢 I'm 38 years old, but my love for modeling still live deep in me 🙂 Last plastic model was made 30 years ago (without any paint works)... Right now - I created work place and got a lot of different tools! 🙂 next week I will try to use Paintbrush first time in my life! 🙂

Michael Phillips
Welcome back mate! You really picked a challenging kit to come back to. When I built this kit I had all sorts of trouble LOL, but if you conquer this kit it really turns into a nice model. You are off to a fantastic start, that cockpit and those seats look fantastic!

Denis Stenko
Hi, Michael! LOL!! But I love complexity 🙂) will start modeling it soon😉

Pero Susinger
Michael, I already have all sorts of trouble with this kit. 😄 The fit is not the best, I'm afraid. There is plenty of sand-papering, then graving and riveting. Right now I'm stuck with the wings. I want to build the wings with the flaps down, but I misjudged the changeover from part to the sprue and cut it too short. Now the struts are too short. I'm chewing over this problem since days. And finally I got to a solution. Give me some few more days and I will post new pictures to my album.

As if this wasn't enough the next challenge is on its way. I did some dry-fitting and it is already apparent that the back of the fuselage will not fit at all. It will not fit at the intakes and it will not fit at the point in the inner where the wings are fixed with the T-shaped part.

Yes, you are right, I picked quite a challenging kit to come back to. This wasn't the plan. I watched a sprue-review video on youtube and it seemed all OK. Well, I should have done better research. But it is how it is. I definitely will finish this kit; hopefully with a decent outcome. The good thing is that there is much to learn with this kit.

David Taylor
As always never the master always the apprentice.Always learning.Still looks good.

Spanjaard
We do not do things because they are easy, de do them because they are hardy... (JFK)
Wellcome back to the hobby. Cockpit is looking really good. Keep ar it, it will be a model you can be proud of. But above all, hace fun!!

Slavo Hazucha
Pretty much the situation I found myself in something more than a year ago... 🙂 I think you´ll find it really nice here, hardly ever saw a more positive & motivating environment than on this site...

The Tornado is looking pretty good and expect things to go much easier with every work-loop & build completed. When I finished my "comeback to the hobby" kit, I pretty much wanted to start over and redo all the things I did at the beginning... Check your next kits here for their history, protects you from finding out that a fancy new box contains some obscure molds from tools sold over 3-4 times over different brands... 😄

Looking forward to the progress and more coming from you! 👍

Konrad -
Nice pit Pero 👍! I'm building the IDS Version of this kit. You can find some pics in my album maybe it is helpful for you to find out some problem areas! Looking forward to your progress anyhow!

Clifford Keesler
Cockpit looks great. If you check You Tube, there is a gentelman who did a whole series of videos on building this monster. Just type in Building Revell Tornado part one, and it should take you there and I think there are 5 or 6 videos. I used them when I built mine, and they really helped. Welcome back to the hobby.

Pero Susinger
Thanks mates. Clifford: That's a great hint. This gentleman exactly points out the two major difficulties, I also have with this kit.

Clifford Keesler
Glad to help.

Arif Saeed
Good job Pero, like Clifford mentioned check out the YouTube builds, will definitely make things easier