charley420 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Right i've been working on this for the past few evenings. It's the Revell IDS kit from the black panther boxing, i've pinched the Gr4 bits from the otherwise crappy Airfix kit. Pretty much built as is but i jave added a few homemade aerials probably not 100% accurate but they look the part. so on with some photo's The canopy isn't affixed yet as im still deciding whether to stick some blokes inside. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojones Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 looking forward too seeing this build develop, have seen a lot of GR4s comming out of the Warton facility over the years and it is always nice to see a "special" tail. Keep up the good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Great work so far! I love 617 Sqn Tonka's and can't wait to see more of yours! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 And now with a blast of Halfords grey primer. Looking good if i may say so myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 and now pre shaded and a top mist of tamiya medium sea grey (RAF) this shade seems to suit the tonka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raguk Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Looking good so far, watching with interest Rick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 12, 2014 Author Share Posted January 12, 2014 now with the tail Painted black, and the first shade of grey on the radome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Lookin good, mate!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Good job so far. Very impressive work. . I think it will add to its stupendous overall look if you were to put pilots in the cockpit.. There are a few pilot figures on the ICM website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirfixAndy Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Great idea to put the good bits on the Revell kit Super fast work . Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Cheers guys, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastmcc Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 nice work mate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Thanks, now with the radome band painted. cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango 1 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Looking good! Like the pre-shading and the painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 ok so was at work today so i had a quick coat of vallejo gloss this morning, and started on the tail decals after tea this evening. obviously the decals are sized for the airfix tail so are slightly the wrong shape for the revell kit, but a bit of trimming and they fit ok. a bit of a touch in on the blue stripe, and another coat of gloss and the slight ghosting of the carrier film will hopefully vanish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Right time for an update on the Tonka, Got most of the decals on, I opted to give some of the tiny stencils a miss as they're pretty much invisible. Time for some photo's Another clear coat then a mild weathering to come, Anyone know if the wheel hubs are meant to be white, or light grey? excuse the fuzzyness of the photo's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smeds Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The whole undercarriage on Tornado's are a very light grey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 The whole undercarriage on Tornado's are a very light grey As well as the gear bays,the only parts that are white are the speed brake insides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPaul Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 very nice, grey looks very good already, with some weathering this s going to be excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Cheers chaps, best get the grey paint out then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Nice. Saw the real thing at Waddington. If only they did that decal sheet in 1/32. Good job mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Soon to appear in ready for inspection. thanks for looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Beautiful piece of work, it's nice to know this combo works. I'm looking to do the same but using a Model Alliance FLIR pod. One question or observation, did this jet have the dark markings at the front of the wing gloves? I don't recall having seen them on the jet at Leuchars but I could be wrong. Very nice build indeed. Rgds Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charley420 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Good point, id not noticed that one, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Sorry Charley, didn't mean to throw a spanner in the works at the last minute. I only picked it up as I'd been doing my homework on this bird for my own build at some point. If it's any consolation I think I've done the opposite, in that I've NOT put these markings on my 14 Sqn anniversary jet that probably should have them! Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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