cathasatail Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 (edited) "Temptress of Tabuk" Foxy Killer Tornado GR.1 ZA465 Hi everyone! Me again, with yet another Tornado build, I'm afraid. I'll save the preamble as "Foxy Killer" is certainly one of the more eye-catching Tornado schemes, serving with 16 Sqn in the 1991 Gulf War from Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. Let's get on with it! Kit: Eduard "Desert Babes" 1:48 Tornado kit (Revell tooling- I'm sure people are familiar with this) (Eduard resin seats/wheels + PE cockpit bits and bobs- no complaints here, all very worthwhile additions). Sidewinders and 1000 lbs bombs were sourced from the stash, I wasn't convinced by the kit's AIM-9s. Also, the gear bays were somewhat sparse, so i populated them with an abundance of wire and plasticard. Decals: Now, I tried to use the Eduard decals, and for the most part succeeded, but they're unbelievably thin and fragile. After a few breakages I bought a Kits World sheet and finished it off with that. The Eduard decals are of a superior print quality but their fragility lets them down immensely. Paint: Vallejo Model Air as always, along with some Tamiya clear green for the various lights. Weathering: I couldn't resist weathering this one up fairly heavily! A base coat of "US Desert Sand", followed by patches of a custom darker brown mix were applied. I tried to clean up a few errors and accidentally created small splodges of excessively dark brown, but this worked to my advantage and they were worked into the scheme . Panel line wash was courtesy of UMP's Earth wash. Not satisfied there, I dry-brushed on various shades of brown all over, and used black to represent areas of heavy weathering. More pictures, I say! Well there we are then, another project draws to a close! Would I recommend this kit? Absolutely, but if you're using the kit decals then you'll want to soak them for longer and bathe them in your favourite decal solution, to prevent ripping. Thanks for dropping by again Best wishes, Sam Edited June 25, 2020 by cathasatail 60 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replicant Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Thats a really nice Tonka. The british DS 1991 are much more sexy than our german ones (looking all the same)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Oh to be able to construct and detail cockpits like that! Exceptional work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Hey Sam, this is stunning- both the detailed modeling and the paint finish. Love the shot of the nose wheel bay- would have liked to see inside the main gear bay as well. Congratulations on a first class model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Quite the stunner! Terrific Tornado! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dstream Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Gorgeous build. I like a lot the dark streaks of dirt all over the paint. Congrats, Daniele 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Absolutely outstanding, Sam. I don't usually comment on anything without propellers, but this really caught my eye.👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phone Phixer Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Fantastic, great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Fantastic work! Really great model, and you are a quick builder!! Aren't Eduard specials always Cartograf printed? Those should be close to perfect decals, no???? Never seen britte one as of yet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Outstanding Sam!!!!! This is a perfect rendition of the famed Tornado. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markmcguire25 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Fantastic job on the kit. Weathering is very believable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That’s very nice indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 IMPECCABLY STUNNING Tornado. Your detailed workmanship is EXQUISITE ...EXEMPLARY build Sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyg352 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Oh very nice indeed! Spot on build all round. Well done sir! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Very sharp looking, good effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Great job! Are the flaps and slats resin/PE or did you re-work them yourself? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathasatail Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Gosh, thank you everyone for the kind comments! it really means a lot! On 6/25/2020 at 7:29 PM, ColinChipmunkfan said: Hey Sam, this is stunning- both the detailed modeling and the paint finish. Love the shot of the nose wheel bay- would have liked to see inside the main gear bay as well. Congratulations on a first class model. Ask, and you shall receive (although because the lens of my DSLR is physically too big to get close enough, I've had to use a lower quality zoom camera. I hope these are ok!) : (-Apologies about the quality again) On 6/26/2020 at 8:15 PM, exdraken said: Fantastic work! Really great model, and you are a quick builder!! Aren't Eduard specials always Cartograf printed? Those should be close to perfect decals, no???? Never seen britte one as of yet Haha thanks, well for the past month and a bit I've been waiting to find out whether I'd graduated from university (I actually found out 2 days ago, and ended up getting a first). So I've been distracting myself by throwing myself into this build. I can't recall, but I suspect they probably were courtesy of Cartograf (EDIT: see post #22 below). It might be that I wasn't soaking them for long enough, but I found that upon placing on the surface of the model, the decals just wouldn't "slide" as most other decals I've worked with tend to. The quality is phenomenal, don't get me wrong, but after losing one "Foxy Killer" decal to ripping and folding/curling I was compelled to buy an aftermarket set to finish it off. If you look at the starboard and port views of the nose area, you can see that aftermarket decals were used on the starboard side (evidenced by the reduced intensity of the red lettering). It might have just been my technique, but I can't fault the quality! 15 hours ago, James G said: Great job! Are the flaps and slats resin/PE or did you re-work them yourself? The flaps and slats are all normal kit parts and I haven't changed them one little bit (I gather that the base kit is the Revell IDS one). There's a slight story to me and models with Tornado flaps.... When the Revell IDS kit first came out, I cobbled together one in a German green/black wraparound scheme, but ended up sticking the flaps on upside down.... Skip forward a few years and I repeated the same mistake with a 617Sqn rendition with the same Revell kit, and when I had a pop at the 1:72 Tornado I tried to scratchbuild the flaps with plasticard.... Guess what I did wrong... Yep... I scratchbuilt the flaps the wrong way around because I designed them off of the 1:48 kits I'd built. Whoops! Moral of the story- check your references! Best wishes, Sam Edited June 29, 2020 by cathasatail 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 That's really cool - who doesn't love a Granby Tonka? Congratulations on your first, by the way! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 YOWZER ! whoa! that detail is SO IMPRESSIVE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/26/2020 at 1:15 PM, exdraken said: Fantastic work! Really great model, and you are a quick builder!! Aren't Eduard specials always Cartograf printed? Those should be close to perfect decals, no???? Never seen britte one as of yet Not anymore, Eduard has decided to print their own decals. And they have had trouble with some of the Quality in some of the releases. Big mistake IMHO, one of the P-51 releases had a bad batch of decals. And now it sounds as though the Tornado may too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 That looks brilliant and you’ve nailed the colour and weathering👋 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Thanks for the extra pictures Sam, the amount of detail in those bays is stunning. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 That's a superb Tonka! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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