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  1. bushande
    Here are the reworked BOZ containers on the finished model.
  2. bushande
    Here are the reworked and further detailed main and nose gear elements. Struds got shortened and replaced with metal rods, wiring and hydaulic tubes as well as data and mod plates added and the spring elements and the gear bays itself got further detailled as well. I have to admit that the Tornado has in my eyes one of the most complex gears I know in regards to modelling.
  3. bushande
    Making the Tiger stribes on the external loads meet with the ones on the pylons is somewhat challenging but after some tries it worked out.
  4. bushande
    As mentioned above I intenionally decided against using resin burners. Albeit being very nice I found them not necessary to add. The Revell kit parts are actually quite nice and only need minimal detailling on the turbine, the flame holder ring and the nozzles. Most of all the resin parts do not offer the direly necessary detailing for the reverse thrust mechanism at the tail root. Since I had to scratch that anyway I could do what little detailing was necessary for the engines just as well. Maybe one can see the detailed rails on the LAUs and also the enhanced optics on the IRIS-T missile.
  5. bushande
    The cockpit and the canopy received some additional wiring and further detailing. The hold open bar was weathered via the well known hair spray method.
  6. bushande
    Many thanks for the kind words! I'll see, what I can do. Let me finish this and then I'll look up the WIP pics for the Seal bags. During it's entire, albeit short, life as a Tiger 46+33 had a quite visible smudge on the starboard side of the nose cone. Well if it is on the original, it has to go to the model as well.
  7. bushande
    The rainbow colors on the windscreen and the canopy is intentional and only visible under certain light conditions and from certain angles, just as it was the case on the original. The effect might not be as strong as for instance on the Hornet canopy but is still there. I achieved this effect by mixing future with soap and another round of polishing.
  8. bushande
    Making the Tiger stribes fit between the external load and the pylons is a challenge but feasable. All panels and lines quite harmonize with the Tiger stribes just as with the original. I do like displaying little details such as the mod plates on the BOZ containers.
  9. bushande
    If you look closely you can maybe make out the electric connection between the canopy and the cockpit frame rightside behind the WSOs seat. This is achieved by using a movable rubber insulation from a thin wire. I also kept the little hinge joints behind the WSO that connect the canopy to the fuselage movable. Little holes with a tiny stopper keep the canopy able to be closed easily or stay open, even without the hold open bar. Here you might be able to make out the effect of the multicolored displays of the WSO. It would have been stupid to use a resin cockpit since I would have to do the rework to the ECR standard anyways.
  10. bushande
    Keeping the model flexible also means to keep the canopy movable as well as the refueling probe. Also the missiles can be displayed either attached or off the jet.
  11. bushande
    Here you might be able to make out another advantage of the full body decalling - next to no visible decal borders that screw up the overal impression. I inserted the stencils directly into the design of the Tiger stribes rather than adding these afterwards. You really have to wathc out to place them exactly where they were on the original and that also in regards to the slight discrepancies of the kit regarding panellines and the like but once that is about done the final result really seems wortrhwhile the extra effort.
  12. bushande
    So here we go: Here you can see the moving wings: As described above I formed the wing seal bags from old foam and bicycle hose. This way the wings stay flexible and i still don't need to bear thos ugly holes. In 1/32 that goes way easier than in 1/48. Maybe you can also make out the little differences between the left and right side of the tail fin.
  13. bushande
    Eventually all the parts of the puzzles were done and it was time for the final assembly: Well with all that being done the Tiger was almost ready for the roll out. There are some little extras later on though!
  14. bushande
    The CPU of the pilot was further detailed with scratch parts and also received a new HUF along with the board camera:
  15. bushande
    Regarding the aging and weathering such high gloss high viz special markings always represent a challenge for me. The original flew only a short time in that Tiger suit and was hence only little weathered. On the other hand unweathered modells in high viz colors quickly look like large toys. Thus it is at least for me always quite a challenge to find that golden middle between a weathering that is on the one hand enough to make it look real enough to not look like a toy and on the other hand is not too extreme in comparison to the original. I really hope I achieved that here by using rather dry particles instead of a washing.
  16. bushande
    After the polishing several details were added to the fuselage. Antennae had been placed and painted, panellines and screws highlighted, position lights received some life with silver paper, the APU opening was drilled up, the wing sweep zone was repainted and withered, the air stream diverters around the vortex were added with this metal parts and eventually painted according to the Tiger markings and the tail hook and its root for the field arrested landing was scratchbuilt and further detailled:
  17. bushande
    After that several layers of clear coat and future were applied and I additonally polished the whole thing several times. The original was shining like a fatty bacon rind and I really wanted to have that effect on the model as well.
  18. bushande
    I adjusted some of the markings for the fuselage but in the end I am quite happy how that went too. About everything seems to be exactly where it was on the original.
  19. bushande
    After all the rework on the kit itself I eventually went ahead and started the decalling orgy starting withe BOZ. After some fitting problems were solved I was actually quite happy with the first result. Even the less obvious panels and lines are exactly where they were on the original. Same applies to the drop tanks:
  20. bushande
    The BOZ of the kit are very nice, albeit the ejector end is some kind of strange mix of loaded and unloaded which doesnt make that much sense. Thus that had to be redone too:
  21. bushande
    The IRIS-T missiles received an optical sensor made of silver paper and clear varnish and the HARMS received some self medae decals and metal rails.
  22. bushande
    The typical Luftwaffe HGU-55G "Gustav" helmet was formed out of a drilled up helmet shell of a British Tornado pilot.
  23. bushande
    The seats albeit, are resin pieces though. But even these received some additional parts like belts and some tubes.
  24. bushande
    The air refueling probe received a metal rod and also the weapons pylons and LAUs were enhanced with some metal scratch rails:
  25. bushande
    The canopy definitely needed some rework around the frame and the rail received some further scratch detailing.
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