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I’m considering what to make for my next kit. Candidates include another Harrier, a 56 Sqn Hunter F5, or a Canberra TT18 from the Alley Cat conversion kit. But for a while now I’ve wondered if it’s possible for an average (at best!) modeller to produce an accurate Tornado F2. Who remembers these!? … How hard would it be to make one from the 1/48 Revell Tornado ADV kit? Would it also need a GR1/GR4 kit? No idea if those markings are available in 1/48 either, I may be biting off more than I can chew as the saying goes! What would the conversion entail, anyone attempted this?
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Well I've been dying to do this subject for years and slowly gathered everything together finally obtaining a kit for some £20 off eBay. I'd heard it's absolutely "challenging" which I can confirm it is. I must of used another £20 in filler. The real one was filled with blue circle where as my humble attempt was sponsored by squadron green stuff (it's all about scale you know!). It's taken me some 5 months to do on and off. Anyway my thanks go to John (Canberra kid), BritJet (Steve), DaveT, Alan P and Bill Clark without they're help it would have been even crappier. A colleague at work gave me some resin conversion for free but it was absolutely below par so only used the wiring casting where the 2 CRTs would be. This early representation had virtually no avionics fitted at this stage. The fin camera was added and the fin antennas relocated also adding the "thing" at the trailing edge of the fin tip. I've used the kit undercarriage which has been remarkably sturdy so far. The kit wheels are massively over scale compared to the new release. If you want the quarry lorry look then it can be achieved. Fuel tanks had the winglets replaced with plasticard and the mounting legs added. Ejection seats are from the current revell release. FOD covers are tissue paper, the Skyflash fins are plasticard. Xtracrylix paints were used which for the first time peeled off when masked, but I put that down to the cold conditions of the garage. The bad points - I haven't got the White Skyflash decals on the 4 missiles, I've yet to add the 2 missiles under the shoulder pylons. I think I've made the reprofiled wing fillets with too pointy a leading edge. I've got the fin flash and fin staining to apply yet but at this time I've had enough, hey ho the photos:
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