loftycomfort Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Hi all, I present to you my latest build: Revell 1/32 Tornado IDS in Italian AF "25 Years of Tornado" special scheme. This is a good kit and I really enjoyed building it. Parts breakdown is straight forward with no major problems. As usual, I threw in a bunch of after market goodies (which caused some drama) and here they are: - Aires resin cockpit (one of their best) - Aires resin jet exhaust (again, one of their best) - CAM avionics bays (so-so quality) - TwoMikes wing glove seal - SAC metal landing gears - Hobby Decal metal pitot tube - Phoenix decals (nicely printed, but carrier film way too thin) - an extra BOZ pod from another Revell donor kit - Sidewinder missiles from an Academy Hornet kit I suspect this jet in this particular scheme only did airshows and thus was never armed. But it feels very lacking to have a Tonka completely unarmed, so I threw in the AIM-9's and the kit's LGB. Probably accurate but they look good on the jet. Paint was almost all Gunze acrylics. Metallic areas were painted with Alclad. Here are the pics, I hope you like. more to come.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 Thanks for looking. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bangem82 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Simply awsome my friend!! Really digging the scheme on this. Kept up with your build thread, great to see the finished product!! Well Done!!! T. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twobobs Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Hi all, I present to you my latest build: Revell 1/32 Tornado IDS in Italian AF "25 Years of Tornado" special scheme. This is a good kit and I really enjoyed building it. Parts breakdown is straight forward with no major problems. As usual, I threw in a bunch of after market goodies (which caused some drama) and here they are: - Aires resin cockpit (one of their best) - Aires resin jet exhaust (again, one of their best) - CAM avionics bays (so-so quality) - TwoMikes wing glove seal - SAC metal landing gears - Hobby Decal metal pitot tube - Phoenix decals (nicely printed, but carrier film way too thin) - an extra BOZ pod from another Revell donor kit - Sidewinder missiles from an Academy Hornet kit I suspect this jet in this particular scheme only did airshows and thus was never armed. But it feels very lacking to have a Tonka completely unarmed, so I threw in the AIM-9's and the kit's LGB. Probably accurate but they look good on the jet. Paint was almost all Gunze acrylics. Metallic areas were painted with Alclad. Here are the pics, I hope you like. more to come.... Man, great job on the weathering! Weathering black is always kinda dicey but you pulled it off excellently! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Terry, Your Tornado with the Italian scheme is just OUTSTANDING and BEAUTIFUL. :wub: :wub: :wub: You did a FANTASTIC MAGNIFICENT job...LOVE IT !!! BRAVO... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnS Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex.B Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Usually I don't like special or commemorative markings.. but this is awesome! A really nice build also... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ensafrirpo Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Simply brilliant, especially the cockpit. Congratulations Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chuck540z3 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 (edited) FANTASTIC work Terry!! I'm not a big Tornado fan, but this gem looks really good and your usual top notch modeling skills have really brought out the best of this kit. Really, really nice- I especially like the weathering and pre-shading. Congrat's Man! If I may offer my $0.02 (I know this isn't Critique Corner, but what the heck), I think a bit of pastel work right now to show the usual stains on the wings, etc. could make it even better. Edited August 14, 2011 by chuck540z3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I had fun building this kit and I'm glad you enjoyed the pics. FANTASTIC work Terry!! I'm not a big Tornado fan, but this gem looks really good and your usual top notch modeling skills have really brought out the best of this kit. Really, really nice- I especially the weathering and pre-shading. Congrat's Man! If I may offer my $0.02 (I know this isn't Critique Corner, but what the heck), I think a bit of pastel work right now to show the usual stains on the wings, etc. could make it even better. Thank you, Chuck. Yes I agree it's time to break out the pastel sticks and grind up some powders. Those pivot points at the wings can really use some dirt now. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
g4gator Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Turned out amazing, congratulations! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Gorgeous Tonka! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalashnikov-47 Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Congrats on a stunning build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Fantastic build! Great to see Italian Tornadoes getting some love! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Diego Quijano Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Nice job with this Tornado, Terry. Looks great. Cheers. Q Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paddington Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Simply brilliant !!! Cheers Patrick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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