1/48 Airfix Tornado F-3

[Karl]

Here are some pictures of my completed 1/48 Airfix Tornado F-3.

The cockpit has been replaced with one I've scratch-built and the seats and landing gear struts are white metal replacement items from Aeroclub.

Cheers

Karl

[entlim]

Whoopeee!

Ed

[Gary West]

Isn't there a lot of "walk ways" on the Tornado. Nice top see the Phimat added to the stores Karl -

[GrahamEM]

Lovely job Karl

[palacefan]

very tidy

[Smiffy]

That looks t'riffic.

I really like the look of the F.3 and you just don't see that many built.

You've done a grand job there.

[Ratch]

Come out rather nice, hasn't it

[Mike]

Is it a 'nado?

That's a very clean F.3 Not one you see modelled often (or at least I've not seen it modelled often). Is Airfix the only option for a "long-nose" in 1:48?

S'very good btw

[AnonymousA667]

Is Airfix the only option for a "long-nose" in 1:48?

Italeri did an F3 although it seems to be increasingly hard to find.

Outstanding work Karl, you seem to have disproved the usually held theory that the Airfix is a crap kit not worth bothering with. It may be crap but it looks like it is worth the bother.

peebeep

[hatchet]

Looking good Karl

[markc]

Very nice, I like it a lot.

How did you find he build, are the horror stories justified. I ask as I have one in the pending pile but it never quite gets onto the bench as I think its going to be lots of bother and could do with a couple of "fun" builds.

Cheers

MarkC

[Takamota]

Very nice. Clean build there.. Tough kit but worth it in the end.

I had a go at it a while back. was my first go at rescribing. overdid it a wee bit. could have used a little bit lighter panel wash too!

Tom

[Karl]

thanks for all of the positive feed back guys

How did you find he build, are the horror stories justified. I ask as I have one in the pending pile but it never quite gets onto the bench as I think its going to be lots of bother and could do with a couple of "fun" builds.

MarkC

There are a few issues with this kit, mainly that the cockpit interior is wrong (it's for a GR-1, not an F-3) and that the fuselage has engraved and raised panel lines on the upper and lower parts and this looks pretty odd, leaving you with no other option but to re-scribe the whole model or at least the sides of the fuselage.

If you can get past this and you don't mind doing a bit of butchering to get the intakes on then you should find that the rest of it goes together just like any other model kit.

Karl

[mikeew]

Lovely Tornado Karl

but what really impressed me is the fact you managed to build it so the wings move as well as the pylons....exceptional!!!

[Karl]

Lovely Tornado Karl

but what really impressed me is the fact you managed to build it so the wings move as well as the pylons....exceptional!!!

The mounting pins on the pylons were replaced with short lengths brass rod, I cut off the existing pin and drilled out the top of the pylon to take the largest diameter brass rod that would fit.

I then matched it up to a re-drilled hole in the wing.

This gave me a nice tight fit for the pylon that was movable yet sturdy and durable.

Cheers

Karl

[Skii]

Fantastic job Karl, I've never seen the Airfix kit look so good !

[Stephen]

Lemonade from a lemon there Karl!

Stephen

[Phil @ Flory Models]

As all of the above.

Top job Karl

[Ian]

Excellent model from a 'difficult' kit. Well done Karl.

Ian