AndyC Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 My entry for this worthy GB is one of Revell's little 1/72 multi-schemed Tornados - this one is the ECR Tigermeet 2011/12 version Box shot And the contents with a very nice looking decal set Love these kits - I've already built 2 and have another 3 in the stash 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Got to love those 321 Tiger schemes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 I've had a major PC "outage" for the last 2 weeks and have not had any means of posting which has driven me mad! However here is a massive update of where I have been busy on this GB now that the sick computer has been mended! Primed some of the parts before taking them off the sprues Cockpit interior sprayed Medium Sea Grey and kit decals applied. Seat also in the process of painting Cockpit almost ready and seats done All buttoned up with the coamings in place and painted The rear fuselage all dry-fitted together with the the nose structure The wings are glued and are being readied for fitting inside the rear fuselage. The pylons will be CA'd in place at the end rather than glued within the wings. This will ease painting. All glued together and clamped to dry That great big fin glued and fixed and along with the nose structure...starting to look like a Tornado now! The dangly things are worked on now...DT's and HARM missiles Filler applied although to be fair the fit isn't that bad All rubbed down and ready for a final check before the canopy is in place (this will be closed). The tailpanes will be fitted after painting...again for ease of decals and paint. Canopy masked and glued with Gator glue Into the booth for a prime with Vallejo Black Primer...wonderful stuff...next will be the u/c doors and legs and all the underwing stores Apologies for the compressed build and thanks for looking. All comments welcomed! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 8, 2015 Author Share Posted August 8, 2015 A quick update as everything has been primed now. The usual confusing Revell colour call-outs "30% this + 70% that"...fortunately there was a reference to FS36320...which is Dark Compass Grey so that was sprayed on using Xtracrylix Took the masking off the canopy - looks OK. Next job is to mask and paint the nose cone and then a thin sprayed line of white at the forward bottom of the fuselage edges. Mask off the wheel wells and paint them light grey. A bit of masking to the drop tanks and then I can probably start decalling...there are 'undreds of 'em. Ta for looking 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemk1 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Looks great! Good luck with all of those decals! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 Finally getting round toward decals... The instructions call for some white sprayed at the bottom edges of the fuselage, so a small strip of Tamiya White was sprayed. The nose cone was also sprayed NATO Black Started on the decals - lots and lots of them on that huge decal sheet. I did the 1/32 Tiger Tornado a few years ago for the last GB. It's best to find a datum decal in this case the decal immediately behind the cockpit. Get that set and everything flows from that... Pretty much completed the main decals on one side - they are Cartograf and are very thin but strong. I've used some Micro Set on them and they've settled down nicely. Will finish these during the week. I've got some painting to do on the D/T's and then once they are all done I can get the wheels on and should be finished fairly soon,barring disasters. All comments welcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Looks fantastic already! Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 26, 2015 Author Share Posted August 26, 2015 A quick update... This is taking a long time I can only do the decals in short bursts because I'm having problems pickking up the model to apply new ones without disturbing the ones already down, so I have to give the Micro Set time to work...Anyway, after4 days of decal sessions, she is finally looking something like the box lid! Tricky areas are the IFR probe (and I should have learnt from previous builds to have left that off) and round the nose, where I've had to touch up some gaps. Also the fin will need some touch ups where the decals don't quite meet - Tamiya Black and Purple should do the trick there Definitley my most colourful Tornado yet! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyC Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Yee-hah! Sneaked in just before the witching hour. Thanks for the comments. I'll put the final pics on the Gallery and may also do a general RFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Awesome work on that one. Stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Lovely job Andy, looks incredible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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