speedy Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) Hi folks I’ve finished this tonight and have taken photo’s in the garage under LED lighting as it’s way too gusty outside. The story of this started for me as a kid spotting at Boscombe Down during any holiday. I vividly remember the Tornado there and it flying locally and over the ranges at Larkhill. Fast forward to modern times and information becomes available that the aircraft I was watching was XZ630. This was the 12th pre-production aircraft so wasn’t the final build standard. These aircraft were given “P” numbers and thus was known as P.12. The kit - I really only build 1/32 kits so when Revell re-released the kit, the spark happened. I gathered the Airies pit, Airbrake housing and Paragon flaps and slats, finally Paragons access ladder. I started this kit just under a year ago with a 4 month break to do a commission build of a 212. The cockpit was constructed but back dated by removing some switches and putting blank panels in. The ejection seat straps on the front seat were placed over the headbox waiting for an engineer to dive in and start her up. The resin airbrake housing was fitted by cutting out the kit part and fitting the resin replacement. A weather seal was added around the airbrake housing as I noticed it in reference photo’s. The resin exhaust were constructed and fitted but it looks like Airies didn’t plan on you using both as there is interference and the cans needs cut down and moved aft of the airbrake housing. The fin was modified as you’ll notice the lack of fillet below the rudder. The vortex generators were removed as it was clean but later they were retrofitted. I did learn that the RWR housing are different shapes for each country. The kit ones are flared outwards at the extreme tips which are for German aircraft, so these were thinned down for an RAF version. The tailplane leading edges were straightened removing the kink and reprofiling the leading edge. The intakes were modified in that there is a hump profile on the upper surface which was removed on production aircraft. There are also 3 visible vertical struts on the rear of the intake outlet. I scratch built the open panels for the ground power and comms on the lower side, down near the gun ports which you’ll notice have been flushed as this aircraft at the time didn’t have them fitted. The wing glove was a poor fit and the Paragon wasn’t brilliant, so I put backing plastic and on the inside, filled it with Plasto filler and pressed the kit part onto the wet filler. Once it was tacky I used a scalpel and created the groove and let it set. The nose leg was cut down as it’s way to high, giving a distinctly nose up attitude. I wanted something different so I wanted to try Engine ground run guards. So through help on here I managed to get a couple of photo’s and ordered some mesh from “the mesh company”. With my bending tool and purely by eye I knocked up these, which look ok. I then added the strengthening ribs and sprayed then red. The period of the aircraft dictated wrap around camo with the tri-country roundels on the fin. The Antenna colours on the fin are a mottled brown colour which was actually quite easy to replicate. The Fin staining was Tamiya weathering pastels, the Green/Grey is Xtracrylix which was Windsor and Newton gloss varnished then decals applied and then Matt W&N varnished. The artistic license bit is the refuelling probe. This can be fitted with the guards but I couldn’t find a photo of it extended, but I wanted to add that key bit of detail. The access ladder wasn’t used as it was from the wrong period. Photography is not my thing and there’s not much more to be said!. C65C9732-232F-4C09-824F-5F2DD69EF3F4 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 07A2E7B2-7E3F-4959-BA7E-E437194D5C05 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D71BFE01-ED62-4B60-A5F4-BED2580249B2 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D957F858-FCC5-4536-94CB-F4EF74AD2915 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr BC196558-7E01-4A0A-97C1-CE2E61D21B8C by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 1A87F4B5-1FF1-4B69-9F04-9FE6CFE70B78 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D6330E9C-DBB8-46E6-87F5-72DC24FB40FB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 46F17DB6-85E6-424F-B5A7-60A02E455FA9 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 8947E4B8-7DF6-47E7-94E2-2B1622143BD5 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr B57C25D2-1685-4EB3-8242-55B6D1528EFB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr F4345F25-BB41-42F7-A355-107049E56782 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 34EF27F8-221D-49D7-BBDF-F379E5923D18 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 70D0A82E-928E-4E7D-A6AE-A35773B37C2D by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr AFDCB954-6B56-44E7-AF7F-39E9CB21CA5D by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 7F6598C3-BBA6-4B22-8963-9834923A6009 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr F5EDCE22-EF2F-4266-9192-56C40188FD5A by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 28D4A7DC-0280-41FB-888E-4163154CA787 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr ABC9C2AD-0FB0-4285-8060-936C6989DE94 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Any questions please get in touch. The kit is going to the Boscombe Down Museum in a couple of weeks. my thanks go to, Canberra kid (John), MickE, 71chally, Pete in lincs, Julien. Steve. Edited August 21, 2019 by speedy Further info 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Awesome build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Outstanding, one heck of an accomplishment. Very thorough and great attention to detail. Great pics as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petetasker Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Absolutely tremendous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Bravo Zulu 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinback Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Nice one - That sticker is a blast from the past too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Stunning Tonka with extra all! A truly impressive accomplishment. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 That is a stunner! 👌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Step Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 19/08/2019 at 23:36, junglierating said: Bravo Zulu 👏 Aaaah - Navy guy? Really great looking model!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Wow. That is a stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApaininSpain Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Fantastic build.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Beautifully done Steve, that's a hard kit to bring up to such an amazing standard. So many great details and nice touches, one of the best big scale Tornados I've seen. Alan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Outstanding build. Perhaps I should do mine rather than trying to move it on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted August 25, 2019 Author Share Posted August 25, 2019 5 hours ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Outstanding build. Perhaps I should do mine rather than trying to move it on. As a certain advert says at the moment - “do it”👍 Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Very smart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobo Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Very impressive. The detail is amazing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/25/2019 at 7:12 AM, 2Step said: Aaaah - Navy guy? Really great looking model!! 👍affirm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 As far as I've just been able to affirm XZ630 lives on at RAF Halton, masquerading as a 31 ,Squadron GR. 4. She was flown in "convertible" form with the canopy off and rear seat removed as part of the trials programme. Lovely model of a significant survivor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwitrogg Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Blinkin marvelous. Obviously a labour of love, so to speak. Cheers Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriskany Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Really well done Steve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtkrl92 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Absolute beauty ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 That is a superb build, first class work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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