Cookenbacher Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 1/72 Revell 50 Stormo Tornado ECR The purpose of this build was to get some experience with acrylics and weathered/faded schemes, and because Tornadoes are very cool of course. I hope I've done it justice. The base 'primer' coat is Model Master enamel Light Grey to give the acrylic something to 'bite'. The main coat is Lifecolor acrylic FS 36280 lightened with Lifecolor white. I then applied a 'wash' made up of an acrylic matt medium with a further lightened FS 36280. Weathering was done with ink pens and tempera paints. Decals are from an Italeri kit. I hope you enjoy and any advice is always welcome. Building a model of a subject gives you a great 'feel' for its design and shape. I know that the Tornado is known as the 'Big Fin' and now I completely understand why: the thing has a gigantic vertical fin. Thanks for looking. 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Thanks for looking. Thanks for sharing. Great work on a scheme I've seldom seen modelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) It is sad that the Italians, always so flamboyant, are now flying such drab-looking aircraft! Having said that, your build looks a no-nonsense job, well put together and weathered. Shame about the lack of colours, but very well done!!! Congrats. JR Edited September 22, 2014 by jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 nice looking tornado, great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrritableRabbit Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Sometimes I think these low-vis single colour schemes are the hardest to make look good and interesting on any model. But! That looks real good for a bit of practice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Very nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nice to see an Italian Tornado. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhizhou Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I agree with Paul J above, very nice to see something different. Thanks for sharing your great build. Zhizhou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Great looking Tornado! Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Cool! Something you don't see very often, at least on English language sites. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 nice work the colour looks spot on just how much white did you add ? Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks for the comments everyone. Hi Glenn - Unfortunately, I just added white a few drops at a time until it 'looked right'. I know that method probably (and rightly) drives more advanced modellers mad. But it was quite a bit - I'd say approximately 1/3 white to 2/3 grey. An interesting thing about FS 36280 is that it seems to have a slight brown hue to it, but as it fades it takes on a bluer hue. Look at new Italian Typhoons versus weathered Tornadoes on the net to see what I mean. I couldn't believe that they are the same paint, and trolled many a forum to confirm that both Italian Eurofighters and Tornadoes are 36280. To Lifecolor's great credit, its FS 36280 has a brown hue out of the bottle, but lightened to a bluer hue when I added the white - it also airbrushed great thinned with distilled water and a couple drops of W&N flow improver. I'm now tempted to one day build an AMI Typhoon with the less faded scheme, just to see the difference on my shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abat Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Excellent work and a lovely finish, subtle and very convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Thanks for the comments everyone. I'm now tempted to one day build an AMI Typhoon with the less faded scheme, just to see the difference on my shelf. Yeah, keep more Italian fighters coming Your model is actually inspiring me, I'll have to search for a good 1 72 Tornado and 1 72 Typhoon ... Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 BRAVISSIMO ! E COMPLIMENTI ! E FANTASTICO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Great work a fantastic build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saddler Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 As has been said low-viz grey schemes are hard to make appealing, but you have done a great job here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Very nice work cooken, its looking realy great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Again, thanks for the comments everybody - I know boring grey schemes do not have wide appeal, and I appreciate that you have taken time to look at my humble effort. I'll have to search for a good 1 72 Tornado and 1 72 Typhoon Giemme, from what I've learned, I think the consensus is that the best 1/72 Tornado is the Revell followed by the Hasegawa. I can say that the Revell kit went together great - I just had trouble with the functioning swing-wing and pylons. I ended up fixing everything in place, and if I did it again I'd add a plasticard 'shim' under each wing to keep them level - mine droop too much. I have a Hasegawa F3, but haven't built it yet (hope to find decals for 1435 Flight in the Falklands). It seems the best 1/72 Typhoon is the Hasegawa followed by Revell. You can probably buy 3 Revell kits for the price of the Hasegawa, which is exactly what I've done. I have one Hase kit and 3 Revell. I've only built the Hasegawa (in RAF 3 sqn scheme) and it is a very nice kit. And I've seen your 1/48 F3 and your in progress 1/72 F-4 - awesome work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Giemme, from what I've learned, I think the consensus is that the best 1/72 Tornado is the Revell followed by the Hasegawa. I can say that the Revell kit went together great - I just had trouble with the functioning swing-wing and pylons. I ended up fixing everything in place, and if I did it again I'd add a plasticard 'shim' under each wing to keep them level - mine droop too much. I have a Hasegawa F3, but haven't built it yet (hope to find decals for 1435 Flight in the Falklands). It seems the best 1/72 Typhoon is the Hasegawa followed by Revell. You can probably buy 3 Revell kits for the price of the Hasegawa, which is exactly what I've done. I have one Hase kit and 3 Revell. I've only built the Hasegawa (in RAF 3 sqn scheme) and it is a very nice kit. And I've seen your 1/48 F3 and your in progress 1/72 F-4 - awesome work. Cooken, thank you for your advice, and I'm glad you like my builds . I'm trying to improve my skills, but building jets in 1/48 (my favorite scale) raises space issues - hence my try at 1/72 with the F-4. As for the kits you mention: I ordered today the Revell Typhoon, which really seems a lot of value for the money. I found it at around 20€, shipped to my door. I might as well have a look at Revell's Tornado; as I said, yours is very inspirational. Thanks again Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaP Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Simply stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Excellent Tornado!! I really like the finish on that! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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