James V Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) I started an Italeri Tornado GR4 "Shiny Two" back in September complete with paragon aftermarket parts and the Tornado extras from Flightpath. I orginally started on the flightpath kit and got a bit disheartened, resulting in me stepping away from this for a few months. and building an A-10 (1/48th Italeri) and the TSR2 (1/72 Airfix), I decided to pick it up and with fresh eyes have made a lot of progress! I have put a few pictures below for progress. Please note that my desk is an tip and it needs to be tidied! I have mainly concentrated on the Flightpath extenals kit for the moment: Progress to date (Pre Primed): Note the flightpath etchings above the intakes Post Primed (and a cleaner desk!) View of the flaps and also photo etched wing seals - I really think these look good on the model External Hindenburger Tanker - The final stabilisation fins are currently being soldered together and then will be fitted Shadow ECM Pod I am currently waiting for a few parts and paint from hannants to finish this off including resin seats; the Flightpath etched seats are way too fiddly! If anyone is thinking about buying this set, it is pricey but well worth the money in my experience and would possibly buy one again. More progress soon James Edited January 26, 2009 by spike7451 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) Good start James, good work with the Flightpath set, I haven't seen the 1/48 one built before. Edited January 14, 2009 by PHaTNesS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 James... good choice of aircraft to start your BM career with It's often the way that you come back to a model you were sick of & make good progress... my whole 2008 output fall under that heading! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 nice progress can't wait to see it finnished.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Forgot to mention... I saw Shiny Two at Fairford one year & fell in love with the scheme. One of mine will be built up in those colors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 my whole 2008 output fall under that heading! "My whole output" is a bit of a grand title for TWO* models.... (*But they were good'uns!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 (edited) James, good to see you posting over here Great work so far on the tonka, looking forward to seeing her progress Edited January 14, 2009 by Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hello and James, nice work on the Tornado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 "My whole output" is a bit of a grand title for TWO* models.... (*But they were good'uns!) THREE! Bumhead... and thank you Scimitar Valiant Gnat Sorry for hijacking your thread James... he just needed telling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James V Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Blimey!!! Firstly thank you to everyone for the welcome to the forum and the comments. This one has been slow as I got annoyed with the cockpit detailing! My next step is to wait for the paint to arrive from Hannants to complete the external colours adn then drop back on to the pit once this is completed. Its no way going to be a work of art but it might be more deatiled than the original kit! I hopefully should get some more pics on here soon, and hopefully a cleaner desk! My next build (sitting next to the desk) is a tamiya 1/32 F-16 CJ - Has anyone had any experience with this kit? It looks a BEAST!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spike7451 Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Very nice James,welcome to BM too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sorry for jacking your thread, and for forgetting 1/3 of Mike's 2008 output! My next build (sitting next to the desk) is a tamiya 1/32 F-16 CJ - Has anyone had any experience with this kit? It looks a BEAST!! All I can say is - you are in for a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James V Posted January 14, 2009 Author Share Posted January 14, 2009 Sorry for jacking your thread, and for forgetting 1/3 of Mike's 2008 output!All I can say is - you are in for a treat! Can I ask why???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 The Tamiya 1/32 F-16 is probably the best plastic injection kit ever produced. It will bring a warm glow to your heart as it just falls together in the most pleasing way, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing you are building the most technically accomplished, accurate and intelligently-designed model ever. But don't just take my word for it - have a search around the forums for a few nice examples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jussie202 Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Very nice work!! I'm making the same model but without the Flightpath kit (using the paragon slats and flaps and neomega cockpit). How did you find the Paragon parts? Hopefully I'll be posting my first pics of my build later. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James V Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi all, Been a while since I have last posted on here - A quick update to the progress so far. I have now decided after finding out that Shiny Two is actually a wrap around Medium Sea Grey and not two tone grey with a black spine and fin (as per Model Alliance - thanks to everyone on here for the advice) so I have opted to change and finish the scheme off in 31sq. "Goldstars" scheme. More to follow soon James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergrunt Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Stellar work looks great.!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Looks good. Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolvoWill Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 James - can u email me your address please so i know where to post your decals for this build? Sadly i am again unable to use the forums on my home pc (DNS issue.... Mike?) and i am using my phone to type here - v, v slow, not much fun as i cant see most pictures, and it wont let me use the PM function on here either! My email is [email protected]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) Looks flippin superb to me - I take it its this scheme? One of my fave on a Tonka. Eng Edited January 27, 2009 by eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James V Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the comments guys, eng that certainly is the scheme I will be doing. I still have an airfix tornado GR4 in the stash and might make that one a Shiny Two I think. Will, I will e-mail you in a moment. Thanks again Edited January 27, 2009 by James V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jussie202 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Mate that looks awesome. Hope mine goes together just as well. What paint have you used for the greys, I notice your black is from Tamiya. I was thinking of using XF 24 and XF 53 but not sure (Might be X 24 or X 53 I can't remember). Keep the pics coming. I'll be updating mine on friday all going well. Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 That is really nice work m8 looking forward to the final result. Does anyone know if these (or the shiny two ) markings are available in 1/32? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James V Posted January 28, 2009 Author Share Posted January 28, 2009 Not sure about the 1/32 scale decals, i'm pretty sure if they brought them out in 1/48th they would be available in a larger size. Might be worth checking on the Hannants site. Jussie, Regarding the black, it is actually an Xtracrlyic colour of XA1012 (Night Black) - I am sure you could use the Tamiya Semi Gloss Black to the same effect mind! Thank you for the kind comments, I hope it looks as good when I have finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 That is really nice work m8 looking forward to the final result.Does anyone know if these (or the shiny two ) markings are available in 1/32? NOPE!! We are bereft of any decent decal options post-1995, with the exception of EuroDecals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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