spike7451

This has all you need bar the MACE fairings & LRMTS glass for a GR4.

My two have just arrived,great service seeing as they were only sent yesterday... Anyhow,looking at the instructions closely,it's a complicated kit,maybe a tad over complicated.They have included pivot links so you can not only move the wings,but also the wing pylons too.Something that is a waste of time seeing as you need to trim the wing glove box covers down to swing the wings. The instructions although precise,are in my opinion,too cluttered per page,I wouldv'e liked them a bit larger & spread over a couple more pages (especially for us blind as a bat older farts!) Parts are well laid out with little flash & unobtrusive sink marks on the back of the parts,And they've also included the APU exhaust as well...Decals are well printed & in register. All the parts are there for an RAF/RSAF mount apart from the glass for the LRMTS & the shoulder pylon MACE fairings,you'll need to cut off the sway braces on all the pylons if you want to do one of those machines. Ejection seats look like they may be a good representation built straight out of the box Now I've done a quick comparison with the Flightpath update set & it does look like it will be comparable with this kit,I'll be doing a more thorough check as I progress with the build. All in all,well worth waiting for & it'll be a fun build....

It'll be given a designation such as "BAe-Lockheed Lightning FGR-1" or something along those lines

Yes,as I've got some in the stash box from that kit.

Been invoiced for my 2 from Wonderland...Rubs hands together in aticipation....

Nice to see that have included decals for the instrument panels,I have the Flightpath set,the Airwaves IP set for the Italeri & also the Airfix kits,so I'll be doing a compare to see which set works well with the kit & get back to you all....Should be sent out to us on Tuesday so I'm hoping a weekend pressie or two....

Not good news for us if it is,but I've always maintained it's a white elephant & we'd have been better off buying an existing platform & upgrading that. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/10838453/RAFs-70-million-F-35-fighter-may-be-cancelled-because-of-poor-performance.html

And speaking to a few mates who were Armourers on 4 sqn,SNEB pods were never carried on TSC's (Twin Store Carriers) on the timeframe depicted by the decals,they were carried on the outer pylons with either drops or BL755's inbourd,

Arriving at Wonderland Models on Tuesday

RSAF Tornado's are basically the same as the RAF GR4 & used the same weapons that we use.(they are maintained by ex Armourers & other techies employed by BAe as well) as far as I'm aware,they don't use any US weapons.

With regards to the 540lb British bombs,remove the locating pins as they don't line up with the holes in the other part!

Looking good so far,dont worry about the PSP (Personal Survival Pack) being a bit rough,they're made of fibreglass or rigid hard plastic anyway iirc back to my seat course..

Well my German consists of ordering beir & Currywurst!

Looking at the pictures of the sprue's in the link below,looks to be a lot of flash & sink marks as well as the cockpit looks odd,for example the pilots IP looks like a mish mash of GR1/IDS & GR4,as it's got the square TAB in the center as opposed to the old wet film MMD. & the throttle box looks wrong... Hopefully they are pre-production shots & not indicative of the released kit. http://www.airwingmodels.de/t654f44-Revell-Panavia-Tornado-IDS.html

Basically 1 Landy,2 trailers & a couple fat wrafs!

Just been speaking to the chap in Wonderland Models,he said the kits are in the Revell distribution warehouse in Germany & should be in the shops in the next few days....(I'd double ordered so canceled one of them hence why I was calling them) They have already been released & sold out in Poland,where the Revell factory is.

I have plan drawings but they dont show the chin pods nor the pylon positions...

Got this photo of a thread on Z-5...HTH. http://i57.tinypic.com/kdrdcx.jpg

If you mean the 'horns' on each side of the head rest,they're not canopy breakers,they're sensors that basically feed data such as air pressure.velocity ect & tell the seat what to do & when to do it on ejection at certain heights/speeds, If they were canopy breakers they'd be useless as the pilots head would be partly thru the canopy by the time they touched it...

Aerobonues,I've got one for my Crusader..

I have the full video & recently got it transcribed onto disc, a mate uploaded it to You Tube as I did'nt have fiber at the time so here you go,thanks to Steff for the upload... Apologies about the quality,it was taken from a 20+ year old video cassette......

Wonderland models now have it put back AGAIN until May 16th.....

Also here in the UK. http://scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboom/index.php/all-things-aviation/132-135-scale/132-aftermarket-items/1505-148-a-132-aim-9-lmn-seeker-head-cover-from-aero-bonus http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/QAB480025

Sprue brothers sell noddy caps made by Aeries... http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/arsab480026.htm

Get it direct from Flightpath & save a few bob.