bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 The rainbow colors on the windscreen and the canopy is intentional and only visible under certain light conditions and from certain angles, just as it was the case on the original. The effect might not be as strong as for instance on the Hornet canopy but is still there. I achieved this effect by mixing future with soap and another round of polishing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Fantastic effort!!! Would love to see in detail the manufacture of your wing seals if possible, Many thanks for the kind words! I'll see, what I can do. Let me finish this and then I'll look up the WIP pics for the Seal bags. During it's entire, albeit short, life as a Tiger 46+33 had a quite visible smudge on the starboard side of the nose cone. Well if it is on the original, it has to go to the model as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 The cockpit and the canopy received some additional wiring and further detailing. The hold open bar was weathered via the well known hair spray method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 As mentioned above I intenionally decided against using resin burners. Albeit being very nice I found them not necessary to add. The Revell kit parts are actually quite nice and only need minimal detailling on the turbine, the flame holder ring and the nozzles. Most of all the resin parts do not offer the direly necessary detailing for the reverse thrust mechanism at the tail root. Since I had to scratch that anyway I could do what little detailing was necessary for the engines just as well. Maybe one can see the detailed rails on the LAUs and also the enhanced optics on the IRIS-T missile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Making the Tiger stribes on the external loads meet with the ones on the pylons is somewhat challenging but after some tries it worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Here are the reworked and further detailed main and nose gear elements. Struds got shortened and replaced with metal rods, wiring and hydaulic tubes as well as data and mod plates added and the spring elements and the gear bays itself got further detailled as well. I have to admit that the Tornado has in my eyes one of the most complex gears I know in regards to modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Here are the reworked BOZ containers on the finished model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Eventually one can add some extra elements to make it a little more interesting. Possible are wheel stoppers for instance. Some RBF-Tags which can be further weathered as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 And most prominently a litany of FOD covers. SInce there are no resin pieces for the Luftwaffe style FOD covers for the Tonke I scratched these as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 For the show of the original the Lechfeld Tigers converted an old Volkswagen Scirocco into some sort of Back-to-the-Future-style Wanna-Be-Delorean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 A great idea as I think and something I definitely had to try and add to the dio. It's kind of ironic that the only base for that undertaking I found was a 1/32 DMC Delorean toy car from Japan. The original was a Scirocco trying to be a Delorean and I was faced with the task of downgrading a Delorean into a Scirocco. Well .... About 50 percent of the result is putty I must admit and there are some deiscrepancies to the original - it is somewhat .... uuuhhmmm ... sporty in comparison to the original but in the end it is better than nothing at all. As said the base was a toy car with rubber motor inside and black windows. hence all the interior and the windows are scratch work as well. The seats for instance are old GRU-7As from a 1/32 Revell Tomcat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 The finished Scirocco eventually received its Tiger suit in the same way as the Tonka, i.e. as a sort of full body suit. It even has the beer flux generator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Here is the finsihed rebuilt HGU-55G "Gustav" with the finsihed Tiger style visor. If one looks closely the call sign can be seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 O.k. Once the Tiger without all the covers and then again with all that stuff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Outstanding work! Well played Sir!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Well ... as I mentioned in the beginning I really wanted to have my own 3D photo just as I saw it before and a minor albeit rather crucial element is still missing, namely little "moi" ;-D For that I mangled the deck handler from the Tamiya F-14 kit. Those who know me might be able to tell if I successfully turned the guy into a proper mini me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 If I am on the photo somebody must have logically taken the shot. I can't remember the name of the gentleman anymore but I hope I have provided a proper rendition of him as well. Again another Tamiya F-14 deck handler got abused to do the deed. Another head from the Academy F-18 set was added along a scratched camera. If you look closely you might make out the name of the brand on the camera cord. Granted he might stand somewhat inconvenient but hey that darned ladder was quite shaky after all. The big Tiger patch on the back had to go there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 So after all .... say cheese, klick klick klick ..... weeeeellll .... at least it slightly resembles the shots at the beginning of the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Now we just put the puzzle pieces together one last time and off it goes into the display case and we are done. To all those that "persevered" until now: A big THANK YOU for the patience and for sticking along! I hope it was somewhat entertaining.Till the next model ... TIGER TIGER TIGER! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushande Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Outstanding work! Well played Sir!!!! Many thanks for the interest and the nice words! I apreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 This is excellent. We need more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Phenomenal build, she is truly magnificent!!! What a great diorama to have built too. You've captured that moment in time perfectly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZRGREN Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Absolutely stunning sir!!! Hats off!! Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 fantastic build, very nice job ion the decals and finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 A couple of stunning models, top, top work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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