Panavia Tornado ECR - 50° Stormo *WIP*
1June 9, 2020Planning and studying
2June 9, 2020Pitot probe and AOA vanes
3June 9, 2020The kit with its extras (missing the BOZ EC pods)
4June 9, 2020First fit test, used some old guitar strings and copper wire to create the oxygen tubes (I think they are)
5June 9, 2020Nose wheel well
6June 9, 2020Nose gear with some added details (plus guitar string for the springs)
7June 9, 2020Fit test
8June 9, 2020Fit test
9June 9, 2020Fit test
10June 9, 2020Primed with some added wiring, tubing and PEs
11June 9, 2020Top view
12June 9, 2020Primed, unfortunately some glue ruined a spring
13June 9, 2020The PE sheet before detailing
14June 9, 2020Painted NWW
15June 9, 2020Original seat (L), resin seat (R) (missing the custom oxygen tubes)
16June 9, 2020MLG, added PE details plus some extra wiring
17June 9, 2020MLG wheel well (PE plus custom wiring)
18June 9, 2020Completed seats
19June 9, 2020Another angle
20June 9, 2020Little gap between cockpit and fuselage pieces to fix
21June 9, 2020Fixing
22June 9, 2020Refuelling probe (PE plus some more wiring)
23June 9, 2020Cockpit painted
24June 9, 2020Nav station detailing
25June 9, 2020Completed pilot instruments (0.4mm wire to compare, used to paint the dots)
26June 9, 2020Nav (L) and pilot (R) instrument panels
27June 9, 2020Nav station detailed
28June 9, 2020And cockpit glued together
29June 9, 2020
30June 9, 2020NLG well
31June 9, 2020Cockpit
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34June 9, 2020Painted the aluminum parts
35June 9, 2020HUD mount
36June 9, 2020Fit test (I realized when glueing the MLG that I forgot to add weights in there...)
37June 9, 2020Wheels
38June 9, 2020Sanding the gaps between the two parts of the fuselage, changed some avionics on the front
39June 9, 2020Canopy interior details from an old guitar string
40June 9, 2020Painting the inner canopy base
41June 9, 2020Added the strings plus some extra details
42June 9, 2020
43June 9, 2020mirrors added
44June 9, 2020Completed inner canopy
45June 9, 2020
46June 9, 2020Speedbrake vanes to be reworked from scratch
47June 9, 2020Much better now
48June 9, 2020Difference
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50June 9, 2020Some filling and sanding here and there...
51June 9, 2020Adding some (more) details to the MLG wells
52June 9, 2020Engine assembly glued
53June 9, 2020Modified and detailed engine assembly
54June 9, 2020Another look at the canopy with the HUD
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58June 9, 2020Painted all the lights
59June 9, 2020Added top antenna (from wooden toothpick)
60June 9, 2020Completed MLG wells
61June 9, 2020MLG wells plus doors
62June 9, 2020Adding some more details to the speed brake vanes
63June 9, 2020Ready for the black paint
64June 9, 2020Nose antennas and probes installed
65June 9, 2020Checking the fit
66June 9, 2020Fixing
67June 9, 2020Much better now, although I lost some panel lines
68June 9, 2020Fixing the top
69June 9, 2020Finished result
70June 9, 2020Last look before final priming
71June 9, 2020Primed
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74June 9, 2020AGM-88C HARM missiles ready to rock
75June 9, 2020Shading
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78June 9, 2020First hand of base color
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81June 9, 2020Weathering the fuel tanks with the salt technique
82June 9, 2020MLG well details
83June 9, 2020Checking the wing rotation marks
84June 9, 2020
85June 9, 2020Canopy holder
86June 9, 2020Differences
87June 9, 2020Base color done after 4 layers
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92June 9, 2020Adding some black details
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96June 9, 2020Pointy thingy ready to sting
97June 9, 2020Added chrome leading edges
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101June 9, 2020Shading the engines
102June 9, 2020Masked
103June 9, 2020Colours used:
- Metallic Blue (X-13 Tamiya)
- Red brown (XF-64)
- Gun metal (X-10)
104June 9, 2020
105June 9, 2020And first step done, already looking good. Painted with X-56
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110June 9, 2020Added some light silver weathering
111June 9, 2020
112June 9, 2020Wingtips details
113June 9, 2020
114June 9, 2020Completed canopy
115June 9, 2020
116June 9, 2020Ready for decals
117June 9, 2020
118June 9, 2020Decals ready on the rudder
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121June 9, 2020Getting ready to weather the rudder
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124June 9, 2020Looking dirty...
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127June 9, 2020Almost there and already biting
128June 9, 2020Finally got the BOZ EC pod (the other one wasn't shipped 🙁 )
129June 9, 2020Let's move to the panel liner
130June 9, 2020"Wash me"
131June 9, 2020Weathered and completed engine
132June 9, 2020A nice and used Tornado beginning to take the final shape
133June 9, 2020Weathering the fuel tanks with some dry brushing only
134June 9, 2020
135June 9, 2020Looking goooood
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140June 9, 2020Final engine look
141June 9, 2020Masking for weathering
142June 9, 2020Canopy weathered and ready
143June 9, 2020Added some more engine weathering with Tamiya pigments and brushes (the ones looking like makeup...)
144June 9, 2020Canopy with its mount
145June 9, 2020Speedbrakes ready
146June 9, 2020AGM-88's weathered
147June 9, 2020Finally received the second pod 😉
148June 9, 2020Final details and glueing. Had to shorten the NLG to balance the model (always remember weights...)
149June 9, 2020Nose section
150June 9, 2020A look from the tail
151June 15, 2020
152July 26, 2020EC pods with decals and a light coat of grey paint to soften the black details
Comments
14 October 2019, 22:06
Konrad -Very nice and detailed work 👍!
I believe your friends dad will love it too!
10 June 2020, 20:57
Tommaso SThank you very much Konrad! I am about to complete the BOZ EC pods and then I will post the completed subject😉
10 June 2020, 21:04
