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Panavia Tornado double build

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20 20 June 2020, 19:09
Skyhiker
Tornados in progress... Cockpits almost finished. More photos soon.
20 June 2020, 21:03
Maciej Bellos
Following!
21 June 2020, 06:50
Sergej I
Following 🙂 👍
21 June 2020, 07:01
Cuajete
Me 3!
21 June 2020, 10:54
Matthew A
Is the blue tonka the spirit boxing
22 June 2020, 10:14
Andy Ball
Tonka-squared.....the Revell 72'r is the best in this scale?...watching with interest, twice!
22 June 2020, 10:55
Łukasz Gliński
Following
22 June 2020, 11:31
Skyhiker
Matthew the blue model is the spirit IDS. The plastic is a bit softer than the ECR.
22 June 2020, 17:05
Skyhiker
Underpainting completed. Now on to the fun stuff 🙂
27 June 2020, 17:26
Cuajete
Well done so far.
Andy, I consider Revell's latest mold as the best Tornado IDS for 1/72. And the Hasegawa mold for the ADV version. For the IDS version, I miss some decals for the RSAF's camouflage scheme 🙁
27 June 2020, 17:55
Daniel
Nice preshading 👍 I'll take a seat
27 June 2020, 19:13
Skyhiker
Working on the paint job today.
11 December 2020, 10:18
Cuajete
Looking so good 👍
11 December 2020, 13:00
Daniel
really does! 👍
13 December 2020, 21:44
Skyhiker
A bit more detail painting today including the engines and nose.
16 December 2020, 17:56
Agustin Prellezo
Following
16 December 2020, 18:06
Donald Dickson II
Love a Tonka build. 🙂
16 December 2020, 18:27
Skyhiker
A bit of clean up today.
17 December 2020, 21:11
Skyhiker
I'm still not happy with the color of the glare shield. I think I may lighten it a bit. I think it is too dark now.
18 December 2020, 03:02
Skyhiker
Ready to be gloss varnished for the decals
20 December 2020, 16:41
Skyhiker
Beginning to lay down the super brittle decals.
22 December 2020, 14:26
Daniel
Uh, sounds like a lot of extra work with the decals. But so far this looks awesome 👍
22 December 2020, 15:41
Cuajete
I agree with Daniel 👍
22 December 2020, 19:13
Skyhiker
Thanks guys. Cutting out each stripe individually is a lot of work and time but the end result is much better.
I also discovered that some of the stripes were oversized compared to the original aircraft's livery. I am able to make the necessary adjustments this way.
22 December 2020, 23:14
Skyhiker
Decals on the port Stabilator complete.
23 December 2020, 13:37
Skyhiker
Ok, I am completely frustrated with the terrible instructions for the decals for the Tornado ECR. They get a zero in accuracy. I have been forced to waste time searching the internet for photos that don't exist. Shame on you Revell!
23 December 2020, 15:45
Skyhiker
Decals on the starboard Stabilator complete.
23 December 2020, 18:50
Donald Dickson II
Interesting. The decals on the 1/32 I did were fantastic. The instructions were correct, just not laid out the best. These are not Cartograf I take it
23 December 2020, 23:20
Skyhiker
The drawing for the decals doesn't match the decals provided. The drawing is completely wrong. But after beginning to apply the decals I realized that not all of the stripes match the plane. Had I known this from the beginning I would have made a stencil and painted them. But alas there aren't enough reference photos on the web. But I was pretty irritated when I discovered the photos of the original plane on the side of the box showing some of the stripes having completely different shapes and placement than the decals provided.
23 December 2020, 23:47
Skyhiker
I think the Revell decals are more accurate for the Tornado "Tiger Meet 2014" on 46+28. But there are a lot less stripes on that plane.
23 December 2020, 23:55
Donald Dickson II
Wow, that sucks. Interesting how it can vary so widely from one scale to the next from the same company.
But yes, there are a good number more stripes on yours than were on the one I did.

Revell Tornado ECR | Album by smokeriderdon (1:32)
24 December 2020, 22:40
Skyhiker
Your model of 46+28 came out well. Congratulations on getting 3rd place.
27 December 2020, 13:34
Donald Dickson II
Thank you sir. Looking forward to seeing your pair completed. 🙂
27 December 2020, 20:51
Skyhiker
Ok, after spending days trying to make the decals provided for this kit look even remotely like the original I have decided that the guy who designed these decals was completely high when he did it. Some areas are close, but other areas are totally made up. I'm sure the photos he had were missing areas of the plane. And whoever drew the instructions was probably on acid because they are simply wrong.
30 December 2020, 17:40
Skyhiker
I got the stripe decals on the model but several of them are not like the original livery. Now starts the fine tuning of the ones that are close, the removal of the ones that are off and then I will begin painting new stripes on to correctly match the original livery of the plane.
5 January 2021, 14:32
Skyhiker
Hand painting the stripes on the model.
10 January 2021, 22:07
Donald Dickson II
You are doing WAY more than I would on this. LOL
10 January 2021, 23:36
Łukasz Gliński
I see the grey tiger stripes by Revell didn't improve almost a decade after my CF-18 was issued (1993 vs 2000). I had to correct mine too. Keep it up 👍
11 January 2021, 08:52
Cuajete
I hope the same does not happen with the decals on a pair of Revell MLUs that I have.
You are doing a good job 👍.
11 January 2021, 09:45
Skyhiker
More corrections today.
11 January 2021, 23:03
Skyhiker
On to the IDS for a while.
14 January 2021, 17:42
Matthew A
Blue on blue
14 January 2021, 20:13

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