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My poor eyes...its so small forgive the blur, its only my phones camera Just need to find the ejector handles, then I can get on with the rest of the jet Thanks for looking Twig

Right, so after a long delay (week off, yay!!) Finally got onto the cockpit and some other stuff around the fuselage: I know its not the greatest pit in the world (failed spectacularly here) but its the best I can do... some innard work thankfully when in the nose the surrounding wall covers up most of the worst of it!! Thanks for looking Twig

So. I'm back, and not without my bruises. Small update, there's not much I can do while waiting for the aftermarket to come, except built a couple of small things and test fitting: Any update I post from here shouldn't be too regular. If they do seem too common then I am not studying hard enough Thanks for looking Twig

Last update for today, (sorry to be spamming anyone's notifications!!) Made the sidewinders, hindenbergers and ECM pods, but can't decide between the LGB or 4x 1000lbs, I'll choose closer to finishing time methinks. The BOZ101 and one of the hindenbergers need some filler though. See you next week, up at half 4 tomorrow to go skiing, so much for the Christmas holidays In regards to the decals, I'm hoping that the desert storm decals from Hannants are better than the kit ones, and the nose cone is being replaced by the flightpath offering, thanks for looking out though :-) Final Merry Christmas for this year!! (Where's the snow??) Twig

I'll do the best I can Houston, I know EXACTLY how you feel, I love Tornados second only to Warthogs. Saw a pair do a take off and roll demo at Farnborough air show last year, and the sound of their engines was a bless (don't forget loud!!) I'll need that luck thanks :-) Twig

Haha thanks, Merry Christmas to you both too :-) turns out there wasn't as much flash as I originally said, so it's on with the under wing explodey stuff while waiting for the flight path cockpit. Twig

Hello!! So, Christmas Day and I can start on something I've been meaning to start for the last few months As in title, this is a GR1 Tornado in a combat setting, I have a 60x60cm board which is hopefully enough to place everything on (I can't go any larger, as the cadet competition I'm hoping to enter it in won't take any larger than that!!). Revell Tornado with a bit of aftermarket for the extra detail and nose replacement (*especially* the nose). Today hopefully I'll get all the flash removal done as there's quite a bit all over the shop. P.S. this is my first WIP, constructive criticism welcome (encouraged actually, I want this to be a good model!!) Good old bit of flash!! Merry Christmas everyone Thanks for looking Twig

I have one word for you sir: Amazing!! :goodjob: Seriously that's a brilliant diorama you have there, best of luck at Telford this weekend! Twig

Very nice Hun you have there especially like the weathering you have round the base of the tail Twig

DanSAR95, I'm afraid my hand isn't quite steady enough to do freehand quite like that (yet!) though it sounds interesting it will be something that I'll have to try some time Royster, while my rotors aren't glued down, I have never been able to pull them off once they've been placed on for the first time. Thankfully they still spin, however it half kills me whenever I have to transport the Merlin anywhere because of the rotors!! Many thanks Twig

Thanks for the tip Jessica, I think I now know what I'm going to do with it (the other option was as a friend suggested, to take a hammer to it and turn it into a Vietnam diorama. Heck no!! ) my dad didn't have any that small so I didn't pursue it, though now I can breath a new lease of life into it Many thanks Twig

Haha thank you very much I am planning on using tape next time, I only found out about painting canopies after finding this site a few months back, but feel free to suggest anything, I certainly didn't think of clear acrylic to hold it up

Righty, so my first topic here are the pictures of most of my models which i have living on my shelf, a James Bond Skyfall Merlin, BAe Sea Harrier FRS.2, BAe Hawk Mk.1 and a (broken) ACH-47A attack Chinook. Everything is hand painted and primed black first. Look closely to the Merlin and you'll see a slightly bent tail rotor blade, that was because a bus driver practically threw its carrying box at me when it got left on there returning from a cadet competition but it could have been much worse Along with those I have a wooden Apache (slatted wood), an A6M-Zero (packed away, moving house, otherwise I'd show you some pics :-/ ) and a little A-10. Enough chatter, on forth! (forgive the bumf, the only free space I have is a tiny corner of my desk!!) My 3 children Start off with the Merlin, she won me my first competition! Close up of the cockpit Gunners door, he moves too My hawk, I wanted it to be different so have fun with the colour scheme Adjusted landing gear to make it appear like its landing or taking off (rather crude) Now same again from the belly Harrier, she's an old birdie, and unlikely to be finished somewhere in the foreseeable, maybe once my next few models are done... Poor ACH-47A...all I did was drop a fingerless glove on her and the entire rear rotor fell apart Thanks for looking Twig

Had a flight in one of these a couple of months back, this is a brilliant model well done (glad you remembered the yellow rotor blade ;-) )