The Shearwater Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) (Yes, this one’s the 1/72 model too! 👇) Here's my attempt at ZA560, a late-model GR.4 in the special livery of 41 Sqn. Not up to the incredible standard of some builds on here, but looks convincing enough from a distance. (Especially in that first diorama shot, where it's partially in shadow!). Kit: Revell 1/72 GR.1 Tornado Paint: Hataka Red Line acrylics, mostly airbrushed but some brush painted bits. Mr Color gloss clear, then oil weathered, decals added, and a coat of Winsor & Newton matt varnish to seal. Decals: Xtradecal Tornado GR4 specials (plus some from the kit and some from Eduard's Tornado stencil sheet) Aftermarket mods: plenty! Wings with dropped flaps, wing gloves, replacement nose, Paveway IVs, BOL rails and the "Aircraft armed" sign decal all from Air-Graphic models. Aires resin cockpit set. The Sky Shadow, BOZ and Litening pods were Eduard Brassin. Eduard "Remove before flight" tags. Landing lights were some crystal gem-type decorative kids things from Hobbycraft, only because I dropped one of the kit ones on the carpet and never found it! These are a little bigger and better-looking anyway. Scratchbuilt various antenna from plasticard, and those intake covers from tissue paper and PVA glue - not perfect but they're removable! Thanks for looking. Edited February 12, 2022 by The Shearwater 65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shearwater Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 28 minutes ago, billn53 said: Lovely! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Quite superb, that first night time photo looks absolutely lifelike, as do the rest tbh. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canberraman Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Astonishing! I had to look hard at the photos to determine whether they were the actual machine or not! First class modelling skills combined with top notch photography. Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 That is a superb build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The first photo. It is the model, isn't it? The photography is so clever that it actually distracted me from looking properly at the model! And on close examination the model is very fine work too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, The Shearwater said: Not up to the incredible standard of some builds on here Yes, yes it is. Beautiful work, and excellent photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersonic Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Wonderful! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The west wing Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Precision work combined with superb photograpy👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shearwater Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Agent K said: Quite superb, that first night time photo looks absolutely lifelike, as do the rest tbh. Thanks very much 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 nice finish.well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shearwater Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, canberraman said: Astonishing! I had to look hard at the photos to determine whether they were the actual machine or not! First class modelling skills combined with top notch photography. Mark Thank you, nice overlap of two hobbies for when the weather’s rubbish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shearwater Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bertie Psmith said: The first photo. It is the model, isn't it? The photography is so clever that it actually distracted me from looking properly at the model! And on close examination the model is very fine work too. Thanks, yes I’d planned a ‘night apron’ photo but had assumed it would require at least two light sources. While setting up focus etc, just a single torch lying on the table gave this really good effect... so much simpler than I’d feared! Image is focus stacked too, to increase the DoF and sense of distance. Little extras like the ladder and GPU power cable really add atmosphere 👍 Edited February 9, 2022 by The Shearwater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike c Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Super, thanks for sharing your model with us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echen Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 3 hours ago, The Shearwater said: Especially in that first diorama shot, where it's partially in shadow! I thought that was a reference pic of a real one! Excellent work - model and photography. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramtin Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The pictures are really nice!! Especially the dark one. Looks very real. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Excellent piece of art. I had to look twice at the first picture, if it is the reference. Absolute stunning, exactly my taste of photography. You can be very proud of your work and your photography. All in all a masterpiece! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx77 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 That is looking great!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF-E Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Beautiful !...Seems to be a real one ! 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Smashing job ,nice opening photograph 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Epic build! Defo the best 1/72 Tornado I've seen in a long time. Superb work. Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Wow! you can really feel the activity in those photo's despite a lack of ground crew. Beautiful modelling and that first photo is amazing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 It looks perfect to me. I like it and I like it a lot!!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Absolutely superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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