Dondy Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) Hi there After over 5 years of building this beast I finally finished it one week ago. It's the well known Revell 1:32 Tornado IDS Version with some "homemade" decals from Harald Hensel (www.Hahen.de) and my friend Jürgen who draw some of them :) Thank you guys very much! In this build I used a BlackBox resin cockpit, CAM avionic boxes and some scratchbuilding in the wheel wells,the refueling probe compartment and the airbrake. Colors are a mix of all kind of brands (Revell, Tamiya, XtraColor, Alclad, Vallejo ...) The Tornado you see here is 44+94 in the year of 1999. It was the Tornado of the former Kommodore colonel Harry H. Schnell of Fighter Bomber Wing 33 based at Büchel - Germany in which he took part as the first German delegation of 4 Tornados taking part in Polands "Ocelot" excercise held at the airbase in Powidz. The only patch which wasn't originally on the Tornado was the "Ocelot 99" patch but the receiver of this Tornado wanted it. And who would gainsay a colonel :lol: And now on with the pics! Sorry on some you can see some pollen of which we have a ton noe here in south of Germany .. Edited April 30, 2011 by Dondy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondy Posted April 30, 2011 Author Share Posted April 30, 2011 Thanks for looking B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Quijano Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Nice IDS, Dondy. Is always interesting to see some opened panels. Beautiful job. Q Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gonzalo Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Great looking Tonka! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Man Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 (edited) That has to be the best looking Tonka buildup I have ever scene. Edited May 6, 2011 by Iron Man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Love the details. Excellent build! Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondy Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Thank you all for your kind words Now on to finish the next one ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Love the details. Excellent build! Terry + ONE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
domi Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 very nice pictures Domi... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolaas Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Nice cockpit! Those screens looks just like the real deal! Inspirational work... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I've always wanted to build a Tonka but I've been too intimidated! Is there a good 1/48 kit out there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Regan Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I hate it! It's lovely :) I must try harder !! Cheers, Regan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondy Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 Again thank you all for your compliments Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondy Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) Is there a good 1/48 kit out there? The "crude" Airfix one aside there is the old Italeri and the new HobbyBoss tooling. There are numerous threads about this question here on the ARC jet section so my opinion in short: If you wish to have your Tornado displayed with flaps/slats down, thrust reversers engaged and with some nice decals all in one box --> HobbyBoss But bear in mind to have a tornado on the shelf with some shape issues especially in the cockpit session. The airbrakes should also be CLOSED as they represent the early prototypes! If you want to have a Tornado modell with a better shape but a bit light on the "bells and whistle" side and only want a nice cheap Tornado on your shelf --> Italeri It's easy to build and looks (in my opinion) very nice when finished! Sure the panels lines could be a bit finer engraved etc but thats not a really big problem. And if you wish you could also use some upgrade sets to enhace it like the Neomega cockpit set, or the stuff from Paragon (Flaps/Slats, burner cans, new finbase, ...) Just take a minute and do some searching here at ARC in the jet section and also in die build section as there are threads with both Tornados in the building and also pictures of the very nice finished ones Edited May 29, 2011 by Dondy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 ... The only patch which wasn't originally on the Tornado was the "Ocelot 99" patch but the receiver of this Tornado wanted it. And who would gainsay a colonel :lol: ... A Brigadier or any flavour of General :lol: In all seriousness, that is one excellent Tornado, very well done. @toadwbg and Dondy, I have a Revell 1:48 in my stash in a German ECR boxing - I heard good reports about this one, but I'll have to build it before I can comment further. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dondy Posted May 29, 2011 Author Share Posted May 29, 2011 @toadwbg and Dondy, I have a Revell 1:48 in my stash in a German ECR boxing - I heard good reports about this one, but I'll have to build it before I can comment further. Revell reissued the Italeri plastic :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 (edited) Revell reissued the Italeri plastic :) Thanks, sounds like the Italeri (Revell boxing) would be the one for me with an aftermarket pit. EDIT- cant find that boxing on EBay, Sprubru, or Squadron :( Edited May 29, 2011 by toadwbg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toniosky Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 Very nice work. I love your pics with the shelters behind, looks like the real thing :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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