jonf45 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Hi, Despite reading how bad the Tamiya F3 is, i still found myself picking one up due to stupidity/pig-headedness/nothing else on offer! I should have listened!! It starts off quite nicely, the cockpit goes together well, the wings, tail and other bits all do likewise. Then It came to putting the 2 fuselage halves together......UGH. There was about a millimetre overlapping on the top half either side, which meant tonnes of filling and sanding, which, in the end i just got fed up of and decided to leave it before i put into "flight mode" Then comes the decals. "Basic" would probably be building them up a bit too much, no RAF tail flash, very very pale colours on the roundels, and the most awkward ones i've ever dealt with trying to put on the aircraft so again a lot never made it! So in the end, i found some old xtradecal and very old airfix ones to finish it as i saw as "Maple 19" at RAF Coningsby in 1990. I was going to panel wash etc, but as there aren't really any panels of note to use, i just went for a bit of weathering on the tail!!!! I really do hope Revell/Airfix etc produce a new tooled Flickknife soon Anyway, enough of my troubles: Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-9 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-10 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-11 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Im sure you guys could probably get some good results with it, but it certainly tested my patience!!!!! Jon 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley John Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Good work, but you've made me a worried man- I've one of these in the stash! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Looks great. The dirty fin is especially effective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Would never have guessed if you hadn't said- it looks great! really nice finish and good photog too. Cheers, Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 7, 2017 Share Posted March 7, 2017 Nice F-3 in classic markings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Looks nice and tidy, is it Italeri plastic? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Looks well tidy to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I'd say you won the battle to build it. Great job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 I applaud and appreciate your fortitude, it's a great looking F.3 ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonf45 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 Thank you all for your comments 21 hours ago, Harley John said: Good work, but you've made me a worried man- I've one of these in the stash! They're probably not as bad as i make out, but i would suggest getting some different decals if nothing else!!! 11 hours ago, Tony C said: Looks nice and tidy, is it Italeri plastic? I think it is, its the same as the mould as Revell one ive done before, and i get the feeling they all used the same parts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Nice work, Jon I believe that Revell will be launching a new 1/48 F3 this year (featured at the 2017 Nuremberg Toy Fair) Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ththtttu7 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 On Tuesday, March 07, 2017 at 2:23 PM, jonf45 said: Hi, Despite reading how bad the Tamiya F3 is, i still found myself picking one up due to stupidity/pig-headedness/nothing else on offer! I should have listened!! It starts off quite nicely, the cockpit goes together well, the wings, tail and other bits all do likewise. Then It came to putting the 2 fuselage halves together......UGH. There was about a millimetre overlapping on the top half either side, which meant tonnes of filling and sanding, which, in the end i just got fed up of and decided to leave it before i put into "flight mode" Then comes the decals. "Basic" would probably be building them up a bit too much, no RAF tail flash, very very pale colours on the roundels, and the most awkward ones i've ever dealt with trying to put on the aircraft so again a lot never made it! So in the end, i found some old xtradecal and very old airfix ones to finish it as i saw as "Maple 19" at RAF Coningsby in 1990. I was going to panel wash etc, but as there aren't really any panels of note to use, i just went for a bit of weathering on the tail!!!! I really do hope Revell/Airfix etc produce a new tooled Flickknife soon Anyway, enough of my troubles: Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-9 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-10 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-11 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Tamiya 1.72 Tornado F3 ZE292-4 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr Im sure you guys could probably get some good results with it, but it certainly tested my patience!!!!! Jon Thats a good looking Tornado. By sheer coincidence, I have the pilots control stick from this very aircraft ZE292 in my collection! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonf45 Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 That's cool, would love something like that! Yeah I hope revell decide to do it as a 1:72 model too. May be tempted to do a 48 but really don't have the room for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Nice Tornado, i like this pointed look of F3 Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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