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Point of interest about Skii's pic is the funny shaped red 'square' by the stab is a cover for the APU exhaust.The RAF dont use them.I cut that out & back it with plastic card,paint gunmetal & drybrush black.
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The right hand pod is a laser marked target seeker, I'm not sure quite how it works but it picks up a target that is being marked by laser designator either on the ground or on another aircraft. The left hand pod is the Forward Looking Infra Red night vision pod.
Tornado uses the TIALD or Litening pod on the forward left hand fuselage as a laser designator.
Richard
Surely that would defeat the purpose of the TIALD pod? I think it's more to do with marking the target on the bomb run for dumb bombs although you would'nt use it when toss bombing
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Can i use these for the GR4?.
Cheers Clive.
You should be able to although they're not used on all jets.
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Thanks Merv
I take it you served with the RAF on Tornados,these pic's will be of great use.Am i write in thinking that the Laser pod was for highlighting targets for the Laser bombs and the other pod is for night vision missions?.
Thanks for your help cheers Clive.
No,The pod on the Gulf jet is a LRMTS (Laser Ranger/Marked Target Seeker) made by Ferranti & is used to co-ordinate the dropping of dumb bombs by various means & the other one is a FLIR (Forward Looking Infra-Red).
Tornado's use a TIALD pod to designate for the LGB's.
If you are converting a IDS to a RAF jet,you'll need to modify the weapon pylons as the are fairings for the crutching pads not found on other nations jets.
I have a sticky here with plenty of pictures on there.An you are correct,I was a Armourer on Tornado's at RAF Bruggen.
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Oy!
Dont cheek your elders...
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Cool - I was born in 1967
ME TOO!!!
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Here you go,from my collection from various sources with thanks.
Merv
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On it as we speak...
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AND???
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Not sure about the Hellfires but for the AIM 9L;
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Nice Tonka
<runs for cover>Why you.........
"Taxi for Mike!!"
(ps,
Thanks!")
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This is a work in progress,Started about 3 months ago & nearly finished.All I need to do is add the landing gear,Re-decal the drop tanks,make & put the intake guards on,fit the canopy & voila! (Because I'm fitting a tarpaulin over the canopy I'm not too fussed about the insides!)
Hope you like them so far....
(Pics taken with camera phone)
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Having fun painting the 2 missiles on my Hawk right now... It's taking me almost as long as it did to paint the main airframe! 5 colors of paint so far, 2 washes, and I haven't even started the decals... There's a shedload on the Airfix decal sheet
I always think a few whisky's take the edge off decalling...
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Mike,
I have the Star Wars fact file in the loft.I'll dig it out & see whats in it.
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Speaking of which, are they only on RAF Tornados? The sprue-breakdown on RoGs 1/72 kit seem to suggest they're only included with the RAF version. I've only ever had the RAF version tho'.
Yeh,
They are only found on RAF & Saudi Tornado's.The bomb lugs & ERU's that we use are different from Italian & German jets.
You can see what I mean below.
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The main fit problems I had were with the intakes & the triangular pieces on the wing root where the Kruger flaps are.If this is'nt put together carefully,you'll have a 'step' in front of the wings.The fin does'nt look too bad to me.
oh,and.....
It's not called a bl**dy TONKA!!!!!The fin maybe but NOT a TONKA!!!!!!!
And breath...
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The cheek of the fellow! I'll have you know that I'm a very posh person... I drink my coffee with my pinky out, and have servants & everything
Apparently he even has one to wipe his.. :shithappens:
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Aye, but you only aired the same opinion as most of us feel
Dunno what it is with ARC lately but find I'm less inclined to visit it after certain 'incidents' in the recent past, some of the crap Brian had to put up with was only the start of it.
Me too,I go on it every now & again to puruse the boards but I'm finding less & less content to interest me.And most of the topics are re-runs of a old question. IE, What is the colour of the cockpit of the F18 E?
The's not enough British interest to hold my attention I'm afraid!
Britmodeler on the other hand is permanently on my monitor!
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The RAF Typhoon programme has reached another milestone with the largest overseas deployment of UK Typhoons and the first full overseas deployment for its first frontline operational squadron.
There are now just five weeks to go before RAF Typhoons take up the Quick Reaction Alert role, where they become responsible for protecting southern UK airspace from possible terrorist attack.
In order to make sure they are fully prepared seven aircraft and 120 personnel from 3(F) Squadron, normally based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, deployed to the Moron Air Force Base in southern Spain to participate in Exercise Lone Eider, a week long exercise aimed at conducting air defence tactics and collective training with personnel from the Spanish Air Force.
"This is the first time any of the Typhoon nations have actually integrated together and worked at this level to really develop the plans and tactics for how we use Typhoon day to day," explained Detachment Commander Sqn Ldr Jez Attridge.
"The fascinating thing about this particular deployment is that we are doing this at three different levels. Firstly the operational level with the Spanish pilots, secondly the supply level to make sure that we get the right equipment here and we can utilise the Spanish supply system, but also at the engineering level so we have the chance in three key areas to find out how to do business and better learn from each other."
Throughout the duration of the exercise, aircrew experienced both one-on-one dogfights with Spanish typhoons as well as more complicated missions with Spanish F18's playing the opposing 'red force'.
The Squadron also flew alongside the Spanish Air Force in support of Exercise Tapon 07, an air and maritime exercise designed to train staff and maritime units in the conduct of crisis response operations. The focus was on co-operation with naval forces in the Gibraltar Strait, Gulf of Cadiz and Alboran Sea.
Being such a high profile first for the Typhoon programme, there was intense pressure to see if the detailed plans to deploy and logistically support the detachment succeeded:
"It's gone very well," added Sqn Ldr Attridge, "if you think that the aeroplane has only really been on 3 Squadron for a year and in that year we have gone from having an aeroplane and just starting rudimentary flying with it, to now 12 months later deploying seven Typhoons all the way down in southern Spain, is just a tremendous leap."
The exercise was preceded by a visit by the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy to the Moron base where he was able to meet his Spanish counterpart, General Rancisco Jose Garcia De La Vega and witness at first hand how the two Typhoon partner nations are introducing the aircraft into service and training for future operations.
Summing up the importance of exercises with Typhoon partners such as the Spanish, RAF Coningsby Station Commander Group Captain Stu Atha said:
"We need to understand each other. We share the same language and we share the same vocabulary as pilots so it's actually very easy as military to military to sit here to train together. When it comes to going on operations, it makes it so much easier when the guy you are flying with is the guy you trained with."
Gp Capt Atha's comments were echoed by his counterpart at the Moron base, Colonel Leon Machés:
"We have the same intentions, we have designed the aircraft together, we have discussed it together, now we want to fly in combat together."
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I fully understand. Except mine was caused by downloading some weird virus.
I had a similar thing happen to me, but my friend was able to retrieve all my files...
Debby does....???
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Only joking
I bet you have to change your pants after dropping a nuke! :shithappens:
Julien
Nah,Id put me head between my legs & kiss my bottom goodbye!
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Martin,
this is also a good read http://john-dillon.co.uk/V-Force/weapon.html
Interestingly the pics there show a live bomb which is white not green.
Also see here http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,,1061755,00.html about accident with nukes, RAF loaders dropped on on loading
Spike, did you drop one? :shithappens:
Julien
No I bloody didnt!!
Cheeky git!
Live bombs were green. as well.
Althought I do know the Armourer who 'dropped one' :shithappens:
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Thanks Julien!
From Juliens pic (Cheers mate) you can see the warning triangles I was on about.Yje ones at the rear are for the parachute & those towards the middle are for the probes.On the left hand side about mid way down the body is a access panel,about 4X6 inch.This is where we connected the diagnostic test kit to on the loading.
Merv
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Clive, having learnt the hard way myself I would recommend you get yourself an external hard drive and back up all those files that are most important to you on a regular basis. They are pretty cheap now, I have a 250g's drive, cost less than seventy quid, in fact for that money you should be able to get 350g'g now.
SHAR build looks neat BTW.
peebeep
Heartily agree! I got a 250Gig from PC World for £59.00!
Disc's may be cheaper but not as secure in my opinion.
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Airfix 1/72 Tornado GR4/4A
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Airfix Tornado....Any good?????
Does that answer your question??
Merv