chameleon2009 1,525 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (previously British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. Due to its multirole design, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations. A tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international co-operation beyond the production stage. The Tornado was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Italian Air Force, and RSAF during the Gulf War of 1991, in which the Tornado conducted many low-altitude penetrating strike missions. The Tornados of various services were also used in The Bosnian War, Kosovo War, Iraq War, in Libya during the 2011 Libyan civil war, as well as smaller roles in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. Including all variants, 990[2] aircraft were built. This is the GR4 “Danger Mouse” ZA452 Operation Teic Iraq 2003 the only additional items used are the Aires ejector seats and seat belts. All painted with Tamyia acrylics Enjoy Mike 64 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Paulaero 736 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 That is just absolutely awesome. A perfect rendition of a late service Tonka, could certainly pass for the real thing with that background. Obviously the kit is worth its price ? Link to post Share on other sites
swralph 1,956 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Absolutely stunning modelling Mike. Link to post Share on other sites
Ruskin Air Services 940 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Fantastic tonka, do miss them in the Marham circuit Link to post Share on other sites
woody37 11,444 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Gorgeous finish Link to post Share on other sites
SAT69 2,491 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Most assuredly excellent work. What was the kit like to build? Link to post Share on other sites
Graham T 1,548 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 By God that's BEAUTIFUL!! Link to post Share on other sites
Dansk 5,220 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Superb, you’re really talented that is so good! Link to post Share on other sites
dashellis 203 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Another stunning Tonka Mike, you must have a nice collection of them now. The paint and weathering on this is amazing, so realistic and great touch with the photography with that background, making me drool well done sir, fantastic work Darren. Link to post Share on other sites
chameleon2009 1,525 Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 24 minutes ago, dashellis said: Another stunning Tonka Mike, you must have a nice collection of them now. The paint and weathering on this is amazing, so realistic and great touch with the photography with that background, making me drool well done sir, fantastic work Darren. Hi Darron thanks for your comments , sadly no I don’t have any all commission builds Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Harry Callahan 2,030 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 What a stunner. You archived the used look in perfect manner, so many shades of grey.......i really love it. Link to post Share on other sites
ForestFan 2,038 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 50 shades of grey! Superb job Link to post Share on other sites
Stramash 28 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I'm giving up. That's magnificent. Link to post Share on other sites
chameleon2009 1,525 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 19 hours ago, Paulaero said: That is just absolutely awesome. A perfect rendition of a late service Tonka, could certainly pass for the real thing with that background. Obviously the kit is worth its price ? it depends on what your after, if you take the Revell kit you need to throw a lot of money at it to get it to this standard, so you have to weight it up, with this kit you don't need to. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
F-32 4,865 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Museum quality build, first class Link to post Share on other sites
Buzby061 2,560 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Crumbs! What a fantastic build, got to be one of the best Tonkas I've seen. Pete Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Riot 5,762 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Unbelievable. I wish I could make kits look like that. Link to post Share on other sites
IGKent 940 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Great! Exceptional result! As alive Link to post Share on other sites
James G 1,070 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Like it! Very nice rendition of a Telic Tonka. Link to post Share on other sites
exdraken 10,845 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 wow, what a great model! I just noticed the fins of the external tanks. are they supposed to be only 2? looks like larhe 2250l Hindenburger tanks to me that usually have 4 of them. If small tank, then the fins would be at the very end of the tank! cheers, Werner Link to post Share on other sites
Modelling Padre 64 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 From time to time you come across a build that reminds you why you started scale model building. This is certainly one of those. Stunning. Link to post Share on other sites
cngaero 1,644 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 That's a fine looking Javelin you've got there. It's a stunning colour scheme and you've applied it beautifully. Thank you for sharing it. Link to post Share on other sites
chameleon2009 1,525 Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 15 hours ago, exdraken said: wow, what a great model! I just noticed the fins of the external tanks. are they supposed to be only 2? looks like larhe 2250l Hindenburger tanks to me that usually have 4 of them. If small tank, then the fins would be at the very end of the tank! cheers, Werner that's been rectified thanks for the spot Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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