It's a Tornado (Jim) but not as we know it.

[Pete in a shed]

Hello all

Built in parallel with the An-2 here is my latest out of the shed, the Valom B-45A Tornado made completely OOB. I grew up in a small village a few miles from RAF Sculthorpe so have always fancied making one of these. My dad talked about often seeing them in the circuit, including those with RAF markings.

The plastic and resin mouldings are crisp and nicely detailed and there’s a nice little fret of etch for the finer detailed parts. I chose to finish it in the markings of the 84th BS (47th BG) circa 1952. (According to the kit instructions)

Everything is fine until you try to put it together as pretty well all the parts need reshaping to make them fit. There’s also quite a mis mould between the wing attachment points on the fuselage halves resulting in one wing appearing lower than the other. The internals are highly detailed but disappear when the fuselage is closed up which is a shame. The resin engine parts are smaller than the points they attach to resulting in big steps.

In short, a bit of a fight to get it together, but hey, that’s what short run modelling is all about. Lots of adjustment, filling and sanding. The end result doesn’t look too bad I think. Maybe the darker panels are a bit too dark.

So here it is.

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

 

 

 

                                                   

 

 

 

Thanks for looking

Pete

 

 

 

 

[russ c]

Wow! that`s nice, fantastic job there Pete

[Gary Brantley]

Brilliant work Pete!   That's a great looking scale model sir! 

[Toryu]

This is superb! A wonderful jet bomber of the early period that produced so many bizarre aircraft. The natural metal and the canopy frames are fantastic.

[swralph]

Great looking build Pete.😀

[Team Aer Lingus]

Beautiful looking model very well done

 

thanks for sharing

 

Eamonn

[Rich1730]

Got the same kit and you've done a great job on it, cockpit looks v good 

[Vultures1]

Superb work Pete, well done!

[Abandoned Project]

Ooh, shiineey! Very nice.

Excellent work.

Last 2 times I had to go to Tatterset business park I got to see the ospreys practicing at Sculthorpe.

[Ruskin Air Services]

Great result from a difficult kit, I know as I gave up on mine. 

[Lightningboy2000]

Fantastic end result with that kit! 

Had similar problems with their Voodoo attaching the wings.

Nice aluminium paint quality. Which paint did you use?

 

Martin

[Navy Bird]

7 hours ago, Pete in a shed said:

Everything is fine until you try to put it together...

 

With that said, you certainly tamed the beast! Wow, that's the best B-45 I've ever seen. Beautiful work.    👍

 

Cheers,

Bill

[Pete in a shed]

11 hours ago, Abandoned Project said:

Last 2 times I had to go to Tatterset business park I got to see the ospreys practicing at Sculthorpe

Hi, yes on the way home I've seen them there too, and a Herc on one occasion 😀

Cheers

Pete

 

10 hours ago, Lightningboy2000 said:

Fantastic end result with that kit! 

Had similar problems with their Voodoo attaching the wings.

Nice aluminium paint quality. Which paint did you use?

Thanks very much. I only use enamels and for metal finishes I use Humbrol 27002 as the base colour. If I want different shades of Aluminium I add Humbrol 27003 or Xtra colour greys. The whole lot is sealed in a mix of Xtra colour Matt and gloss varnishes to create a sheen.

Cheers

Pete

[Mig88]

Beautifully finished indeed!

 

Miguel

[Lord Riot]

Looking good! Sculthorpe still seems to get a few visitors occasionally, I’ve seen Hercs and Ospreys doing circuits there. There’s an excellent Hawk & Owl Trust nature reserve just down the road too, well worth a visit! 
 

 

[Spitfire31]

Beautiful model and all the more impressive considering your having to wrestle the kit to submission.

 

Impressive modelling!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Farmerboy]

Love what you have achieved with this model, outstanding!

[jarkmodels]

WOW such a good job with those metallics! if you don't mind asking what paints did you used?

 

Beautiful work 👏

[Pete in a shed]

2 hours ago, JrivasK said:

WOW such a good job with those metallics! if you don't mind asking what paints did you used?

Thanks very much. I only use enamels and for metal finishes I use Humbrol 27002 as the base colour. If I want different shades of Aluminium I add Humbrol 27003 or Xtra colour greys. The whole lot is sealed in a mix of Xtra colour Matt and gloss varnishes to create a sheen. All of it airbrushed.

Cheers

Pete

[exdraken]

Definitely not as we know it

 but we probably should!

as we are missing out obviously

 

 

great work

 

[sammy da fish]

Well done Pete another excellent build. You pulled a below average kit right up to a superb rendition of the RB -45. 
sammy the Fish

[TheyJammedKenny!]

On 2/19/2021 at 11:07 AM, Pete in a shed said:

Everything is fine until you try to put it together

LOL.  This is the best B-45 I've seen yet.  Really!  It's a master act on your part.

 

BTW: the Valetta fits together quite well, aside from the wing-to-body join, so I'd say Valom is trying to clean up its act a bit...

[Mike N]

From my own experience with their RB-45C, I know how much effort you've put in to get such a fantastic result. I didn't have the guts to go for the metallic finish either, so top marks to you!

 

Mike 

[Pete in a shed]

 

41 minutes ago, Mike N said:

From my own experience with their RB-45C, I know how much effort you've put in to get such a fantastic result. I didn't have the guts to go for the metallic finish either, so top marks to you!

Thanks very much Mike. It became a bit of a labour of love to get it finished, although not enough love to do another one😄. But seriously, thank goodness for the smaller firms that produce models of aircraft we would otherwise not get to play with.

Cheers

Pete

[stevej60]

That's a stunning finish Pete great to see such a rare aircraft too!