Lord Riot Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 ZA613 was the 152nd Tornado delivered to the RAF, entering service in August 1982. It was one of the initial batch to serve with 27 squadron at Marham and remained with the unit until it relinquished Tornados in 1993. The aircraft was later converted to a GR4, and survives to this day at RAF Honington as a ground instructional airframe. This model depicts the Tornado in its heyday of the mid 1980s, as flown from Marham by 27 squadron. WIP here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235096658-old-school-tornado/ 56 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Beautifully done and great pictures. And since you put it in the pictures I want to see more of that Canberra! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 What a great model that is. I really wish they’d do those Sqn decals in 1/32. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Harold55 said: Beautifully done and great pictures. And since you put it in the pictures I want to see more of that Canberra! Thank you Harold! And here is the Canberra: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235085461-ee-canberra-t17a-wh902ek-no-360-squadron-raf-wyton-1987/&tab=comments#comment-3931505 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Monday Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Very nice Tornado! BM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Delta Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Nice work. Love those early scheme Tonkas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Very good👍 Proper colours too.👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 That's an excellent Tornado. What was it like to build? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasper dog Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Really, really nice. I do like some cold war aviation and what could be more iconic than GR.1? Great work! Being armour oriented I'm not current with "wingy things" but if I wanted to do a GR.1 would you recommend the revell kit as an oob build? (As opposed to the hobbyboss, italeri, airfix ...) Thanks Darryl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Ahh. I visited Marham in 85 as an air cadet. I remember the elephants on the 27 Sqn tails clearly. Great model. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 @SAT69 it generally fitted together pretty well, just watch out for the intake areas. I found that I didn’t really follow the instructions in order as there are quite a few parts you can build at any stage before attaching them to the main airframe. The flaps and slats diagrams in the instructions aren’t that clear, so do a bit of dry fitting first to check. I’d also recommend aftermarket seats, which I’ll be getting for my next one. Having said that, I built this from the older boxing ‘Tornado IDS’, not the GR4 Farewell kit, so the latter may be better. Generally though, a very nice kit. @Jasper dog having built the Revell, Airfix and Italeri, in my opinion the Revell kit is by far the best. For this model I used the IDS boxing, and apart from the aftermarket decals it’s oob; the kit has all the aerials, stores, etc for a GR1. I’m not sure about the GR4 Farewell kit, but I’m guessing it’s at least as good. The Airfix kit is pretty old now, and the fit is clunky, but it’s still a decent shape, whereas I just felt the Italeri one didn’t quite look right. Definitely Revell is best in my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 @Lord Riot that is a good looking Tornado. I attended the 1984 Mildenhall air show and, for me, one of the stars of the static park was 27 Squadron's nearly new ZA494, wearing the fin code 15 IIRC. Less than 3 weeks later she was written off in a non-fatal crash. I'm given to understand that the pilot was sampling the pitch attitude on the approach and the FBW computers got stuck in a loop and getting out of phase with the pilot's inputs. At low-level he didn't have much leeway so thankfully Martin Baker were there to provide the get-out clause. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 What a great British camo Tornado! Rarely seen nowadays in model form unfortunately... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 A superb build and finish. Great workmanship and proper colours! Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruskin Air Services Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Top notch tonka there🇬🇧👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Thanks for the comments and likes chaps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Looks great! Some lovely angles for the shots as well, really shows off her fast jet lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomLover Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Very nice Tornado! Brings back good memories from the times when this was the RAF's strike backbone.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumboops Posted September 21, 2021 Share Posted September 21, 2021 Lovely job Lord Riot. Particularly liked the image of the T17 and Tornado. JFYI My first posting was Wyton. The Canberras were just turning hemp when I left in March 83 to join 27 at Marham. @stever219 Your right about ZA494, it crashed at Goose Bay on approach. The pilot was the Boss who broke his collar bone. I had to drive him back from the medical centre in the crew bus avoiding all the potholes. Great to see a green/grey 27 Sqn Tornado with tail numbers rather than letters. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 You just can't beat a Tonka in green and grey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Absolutely brilliant and easily the best scheme a Tornado was ever painted in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 That's very impressive work, reminds me of all the pictures of Tornados in Take Off magazine that I collected in the early 90s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Roy Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Superb skill Lord Riot. I have the Revell GR4 Farewell one in my stash. Birthday pressie from my daughter ( send me a link for your birthday dad ). Seeing your build makes me think I need to push it up the pecking order. I also have a Canberra PR9 to do and wonder which hemp you used on your Canberra ? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 Thanks @Red Roy! It was a rattle can I used for the hemp Canberra but I can’t remember exactly. We’re away at the moment so I’ll have a look at the weekend and let you know. I do remember I was trying to find a suitable hemp spray for a while! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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