Panavia Tornado

Es-haq Khosravi Excellent!

Jovan Petrovic it's just background for photographing, nothing else, but thank you it will be better for next time

Gerald Willing

Kerry COX The fact that they can operate from any surface might explain why it is not on a 'runway' type surface maybe ????

Predrag Ivanovic još jednom sve pohvale, odlična maketa

Choppa Nutta Nice

Volmir Batista Great work ! Congratulations !!

Neuling Volmir is right!

Daniel nice&grimy

Matthew Stec Great build!!

Scott Dutton Nice scheme

Mark Cheers. Hope I can do it justice.

Konrad Limmer Watching this one. Done one in 1:48. Good luck with yours. Looking forward to it !

Dead Area Sounds good. At the moment I try to collect some items for this build. I will let you know, when start this build.

Donald Dickson II I did this same kit in the markings on the box. Im in on this.

Dead Area Does someone has an idea where I can get the Eduard photo etched parts for the Tornado?

Carl Faxon looking to try and get this photo edge does any one have a better picture

Roland Gunslinger Following with interest

Han Henderikse Hi Roland, sorry to disappoint you. Just adding matching objects in my stash together. Start of project is not in sight for near future.

Laurent "HELLER-forever" to follow

Holger Kranich Haha, erster!

Oliver Peissl

Andy Ball Oh my word! Such detail...let me know how the Hase'Tonka builds?

Adam Barber Sorry Andy didnt see your comment till now.
The kit is a great kit, no were near the easiest kit like Revell's offering but a great kit to work with!

Andy Ball So the Revell kit better than Hasegawa, (and all better than Airfix?), have you built them all?, thanks in anticipation, A

Adam Barber Yes I've built 1 of each, Airfix is an ok kit, much the same as the Italeri kit, they both have a very large seemline down both side of the fuselage, the Hasegawa kit I'm currently building is also a good kit but certain parts dont fit as good as that on the Revell kit, I'd personally say the Revell Tornado is the best Tornado currently available!

Lee Fogel Has Almark sheet S11

Chris Greathouse I like the color scheme of pink and blues.

Dave Burgess I picked the decals up as part of a job lot from the local hobby shop, which is closing down. I got a total of 350 items, including 120 vacuform kits 50-60 decal sheets, and a whole bunch of resin and PE aftermarket parts. I paid $250; the retail value was over $2700, so well worth the money. However, I saw this decal sheet, plus the Greek Mirage F.1C decal sheet and I HAD to build them, so I've ordered up the kits (+ cockpit PE) from Hannants. Can hardly wait to get started! If just these two kits turn out, it will be well worth my investment.

Chris Greathouse What a steal! Too bad your hobby shop is closing though.

Dave Burgess Owner retired after 40+ years. He sold the shop to another buyer, who's opening a shop in one of the local malls. Just hoping the new place will be as good as the old one. I've been shopping there since the early 1960's when his dad ran it.

Chris Greathouse Oh, an old school hobby shop. Those are the best places to find goodies. I hope the new owners keep it a legit hobby shop. Years ago one of my hobby shops sold out, the owners turned it into a card and board game hobby shop but all the old knick-knacks were gone... The only cool thing about that place is it had a wall of games you could rent and play in-house on their 8 tournament sized tables. There was also a lot of tournaments for Magic the gathering, Pokemon card game, and Dungeons and dragons, so that was a cool plus. But the shop that I shopped for RC and rocket supplies faded into the past...

Dave Burgess For me the shop (BC Shaver Shop - Victoria, BC Canada) represented the LAST (model) hobby shop in town. We have a Michaels in town, but unlike the States, Michaels up here has virtually nothing in the way of models and modelling supplies. If the new venture fails, I'll have to travel 90 miles to find the nearest hobby shop on Vancouver Island, or pay $150 to BC Ferries to go to the hobby shops in Vancouver. If the new store fails, it will mean online shopping most of the time, meaning a LOT more time planning projects to ensure I have the right paint colours, supplies etc. before I start; that or BIG delays in construction while I wait for supplies to arrive!

Chris Greathouse I hear ya! I've started studying the next model I want to do next while I'm halfway/finishing the current model. That gives me time to order any supplies needed and have them shipped before I need them. *fingers crossed for your new shop*

Donald Dickson II I have this decal set as well. What made you go with dark blue vs purple?

Dave Burgess That's not my model - I haven't built it yet. I just downloaded the image off the internet. I think the pic is one of the cheap die-cast metal models.My kit is on order and I'll be doing it in pink, purple, and light blue. Then I'll replace the current image with one of my completed model.

Donald Dickson II Aha! That explains it! LOL Well, I look forward to seeing your work.

Nigel After abortive attempts to obtain the decals for Revell kit 04718 from Revell and through SCM, a total hero from the Tornado SIG gifted them to me

Konrad Limmer Very nice Chris! Great work on this one.
Building currently the same kit. How is your opinion on this kit?

Chris H. Hi Konrad, thanks. It was my first model after about 20 years of abstinence from plastic models. I had some issues with the air intakes, they were awful. If you decide to build the flaps in lowered position like me, they need to be shortened - otherwise they can't be installed. The canopy cannot be closed (see pictures) - I haven't figured out yet why. For painting it was closed - after this I installed the locking mechanism - maybe thats the problem and there is a clash somewhere... The wheels are terrible - I recommend aftermarket wheels. And the decals at the horizontal stabilisier are a bit tricky. They are a bit too large to the front. The left one got markings for cutouts for those little thingies - the right one does not have them. Transfer them from the left one.
But in the end you got a nice looking Tornado from JaBoG 33 in Büchel (now TaktLwG 33). Have fun, Chris

Konrad Limmer Thanks for your explanations. Yeah there are some fit issues !
I'll show the flaps also in lowered position. But I've choose a common three tone camo with complete weapons load. At the moment I'm on the priming process.
By the way you've done a great job on a not so easy kit after 20 years of modelling abstinente !

Patrick Hagelstein Hi Selman, do you have pictures of this build?

Selman Yarar I have to shoot some.

Clifford Keesler I bet that is going to be a nice kit. Is it the Revell F.3 plastic?

Augie Its is apparently the Revell F.3 plastic. I want it for the decals hehe

Clifford Keesler I have the Tornado IDS but I am going to convert it to a GR. 1 and do it in the Operation Granby Gulf war Scheme,

Augie I have IDS and GR.4... One going german, the other RAF slate an slime wrap around.

Clifford Keesler I do not like the German IDS color scheme that comes in the kit. I like the normal German color scheme, but I can't figure out what colors to use. The British one is Desert Pink which I have 3 bottles of. LOL. I do not think the GR.4 is in production any more, I looked on Revell Germany's website and it is not in their catougle any more, and most of the shops I use list it as out of stock. So beats me. Am going to grab a F.3 before it disappears also.

Augie I'm surprised its gone out of production so soon, its only 2 yrs old.. I think I know where I can get my hands on one for about £17

Clifford Keesler Wow that is cheap. LOL.

Augie Correction, could.. they are out of stock.. but some at fair prices on evil bay

Konrad Limmer Take a seat here. I'm currently building the IDS Version. Looking forward to yours!

scalemates

Konrad Limmer It is time to start a new project an in this particular case it will be a TORNADO IDS!
Album with pics will be issued shortly.

Jos Jansen Oh yeah...I am definitely taking a seat! Great plane...good luck with it!

Konrad Limmer Thanks Jos.
Yeah I`m really excited how it will turn out. This one will be really time consuming I think !

Jos Jansen I have a kit of hobbyboss in my stash. I hope you post many pictures of your progress

Konrad Limmer Jos I try to document as much as possible. It is not always easy to make pics during the progress !

Hans you're very welcome here!

Adam Gudynowski Following

Nigel Well I thought I had the decals for 04718 on order, but it seems that confirming with Revell customer service no less than three times isn't good enough. They sent the wrong decals.

To add insult to injury, Revell will only refund me after I've returned the decals that I never wanted in the first place! So much for 'customer service'!

Christian Ristits Dear Mates, anyone who knows a decal-set in 1:48 for this beauty? Cheers, Christian