Tornado IDS "Wangerooge Logo"

Holger Kranich
Some cockpit pix are added. I recommend everyone to try a dry brush with white enamels. In this case i used Revell 5. I think the result is speaking for itself...

Zimmermaniac
looks nice already

Holger Kranich
Its already not finished but i´m on my way!

Holger Kranich
Some "framework " is done... 🙂

Holger Kranich
THX Guido!

Wilfried Bogaerts
'd mornin' Holger !

Wilfried Bogaerts
I'm very curious about the Wangerooge logo. Is it the stylished "a" or the "o" with the sunrays ? Are you going to print it with an ink-jet printer ? What decal paper are you going to use ?

Holger Kranich
Mornin too, Wilfried! You know the Wangerooge logo? I´m surprised! 🙂 I´m going to make the whole word wangerooge with the A as a wave and the O as the sun. I dont know the brand of the decalpaper but its with a clear film. As printer, i use a laserprinter. The decalpaper is especially for this kind of printers. I buyed a bottle of "liquid decal" from Microscale to save the colour after printig. Thats a nice stuff. Even very old decals are ready for use after applying the stuff!

Holger Kranich
After lunch, i can give you the name of the brand of the used decalpaper.

Wilfried Bogaerts
Thx Holger ! Oh my, I can see another project at the horizon, and my project-agenda is already filled to the rim 🙁

Wilfried Bogaerts
Can you ride (rent) a horse in Wangerooge ?

Holger Kranich
Thanks Guido, yes this stuff is amazing! And "Wangerooge" in english makes really no sense🙂 🙂!

Wilfried, i forgot to say that there is special decalpaper even for ink-printers. And yes, you can ride here, not only horses🙂
especially for familys its perfect here. You dont need to look after the children cause they cant get away. And they can play at the beach, in the dunes, in the mudflats, nearly everywhere.

Wilfried Bogaerts
Great! My dear wife always looks for holiday destinations where she can ride horses and she likes the Wadden-eilanden so this is a perfect combo!. We have no children (2 cats and 1 horse, they're our children ..)

Holger Kranich
Cats and horses are not a problem, here! If you need an accomodation, i can help you, i fortunately work at the touristinfo. Would you like to have a prospect? But its just in german...

Holger Kranich
Zimmermaniac is interested, too! Would be great to have you all here!🙂

Wilfried Bogaerts
That would be nice, can I download it somewhere ? We would not bring our cats and horse as they need a holiday as well (I always bulley them 🙂 )

Holger Kranich
Hihi, a download is not possible but i can send you one or you may have a look here: westturm.de/

Zimmermaniac
Holger, with just that little more promotion, you'll get the entire scalemates community overthere 🙂🙂

Zimmermaniac
ontopic, Tornado looks great so far, anxious for progression pics

Holger Kranich
Haha, yes, scalemates union at Wooge! Nice thought! This evening, i´m going to begin with the paintjob, will see how it works...🙂

Holger Kranich
Ok, i had no time for the paintjob, yesterday and my progress is not in time. But i dare to say that i take my time and here are some new pix! 🙂

Holger Kranich
Some sanding is now to do , painting the figures and masking the canopy. Dammit, i need more time!

Holger Kranich
Seems that you´re one of the more relaxed people. Normally i´m in the same mood but i have so much on my to-do-list and that makes pressure on me!😢

Zimmermaniac
Under pressure..🙂🙂 awfull song- awfull band - f..ing eighties

Holger Kranich
Zimmi, i totally agree!

Holger Kranich
Here is my attempt in painting figures in 1:72... They are not finished at all but i like the qaulity of this PJ-Production-figures! Try them, they are very nice detailed...😢

Holger Kranich
Thanks Guido, its a difficult work but the result is what counts!😉 The Revellfigures are nice but not that good as this ones😢

Holger Kranich
Yes, thats the best you can do, Guido!😉😉

Holger Kranich
In the next days, i´m ready to start the paintjob!

Holger Kranich
I think i´ll need some glasses after painting them...

Aghis Barberopoulos
I see some nice surface detail on this kit.

stefan natus
Nice pilots,and pit.

Burkhard D
Hmm...now I'm curious about that He177 visible in the background on the last two images 🙂

babak chalangi
very nice progress holger looking forward for some more !

Aghis Barberopoulos
I just saw it, a sneaky Heinkel in the background ?!

Wilfried Bogaerts
great looking pilots Holger, and they will be very visible in the Tor-office so no lost work

bob the builder
Holger looking great, nice pilots too

Holger Kranich
Thank you guys, what a push for my motivation!About the He-177, i had to do some maintenance-work because my son got his hands on it and swooosh, all the mashineguns where away...
The pilots where easyer to paint, then i thought! Some spraying, some drybrush and after a small wash, they where good to go, äh, fly!

Zimmermaniac
show us some pics of the He 177 please, I'm curious, got this one on the shelf too

Holger Kranich
Hi Zimmi, i´m a little bit shy to show the He-177 A6, because its my very first model, i used a airbrush on. Its not bad but can never compete with the models shown here!

Burkhard D
Why, looks good from the distance. I'll take a few shots of the 'survivors' of my early 1980s pre-airbrush works and put up an album 🙂

Wilfried Bogaerts
Please show it Holger, don't be shy. I promise I will upload some pictures of my Hs129 in North African colours by the end of this week. This was my first airbrush experiment, compared to this your "Luftwaffenfeuerzeug" will be a masterpiece! The airbrushing was good but I made a mess of the colours...

Holger Kranich
Ok, dear fellow modelers, in the next days i´ll present you my 177. But be advised, i took the wrong coloures for that babe. I used RLM 02 and RLM 71 for the camo but when i´m right it had to be 70 & 71...😉

Wilfried Bogaerts
Post the pics in Black & White... this will solve the colour problem and adds some interest 😉

Holger Kranich
Haha, good idea! Maybe i should always do it in this manner!😢

Holger Kranich
Good idea, too! 🙂
Or i take the pix in darkness and tell you its a nightattack-aircraft!

Holger Kranich
The Heinkel-pix are added in a new Album!

Wilfried Bogaerts
and I'm glad you did! The He177 is an impressive aircraft and is not much seen on contest tables 🙁

Holger Kranich
Indeed, Wilfried! And i think its a very beautiful aircraft!

Holger Kranich
Hi Michael, the riveting comes with the kit, its fabulous and the fit, too!

Holger Kranich
Till weekend i´ll like to finish the preshading!

Holger Kranich
Preshading is done but a lil bit prominent. I think thats will change after the paintjob...😉

Holger Kranich
Well i hope so, Michael!😢 Today i´m gonna try to add some paint!

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hi Holger, first project of 2012 gets along well! I especially like the huge air intake 😉 Good luck with the paint job, can't wait to see the homemade tail decals...

Holger Kranich
Hi Wilfried! I´m looking forward to make and apply the decals, too! And by the way, its not the airintake, its the cannonmuzzle!😉😢😢

Holger Kranich
Paintjob is mainly done. Just a few corrections and the decaling can start! I´m not totally satisfied how the preshading comes along, but after the washing it should look fine, i think. I used Tamiya´s "Neutral Grey (XF-22?)" with a little highlighting. The nose got Tamiya "Flat Black" (XF-1).

Holger Kranich
Hello Michael! Thanks for your comment!😢 Slowly all comes together... 🙂

Holger Kranich
I applied a coat of future now and its time to make some custom-decals! I added some pix of the stuff i´m using and the instructions for everyone interested. The decalsheet is pretty thick and i hope my printer will "swallow" it! 🙂

Holger Kranich
Last pic showes the result of my "Office-Made" decals. I like the result very much and when i´m home, i immediately apply them! I´m gonna tell you how it worked and looks like! Ah, i´m sooo happy!😢

Wilfried Bogaerts
Thx for the info on the blanc decal sheets Holger! Surely a very unique Tornado on your desk. Must come and see this one with my own eyes... 😉
I like it allready

Holger Kranich
Hi Wilfried! Yes come over and have a look😢! I had a lil struggle with the sheet, cause its not DIN A4. The size is called LTR. I never heard about that. But at the end, everything works good and i´m glad to hold my very first custommade-decals in my hands😢

Zimmermaniac
woow looks good, if I ever want custom made decals I'll cal ya 🙂

Holger Kranich
Hey Zimmi, yes i´m even able to make decals from the image of your a..😢 Feel free to call me🙂!

Holger Kranich
Me too, Guido! At 17:00 i stop working and at 17:15 it will be attached😢!

Wilfried Bogaerts
and at 17:30 the first pics will appear on Scalemates ... 😉

Holger Kranich
I hope so! Unfortunately i have temporarily no net at home, so i try to load up the images per iphone.

Holger Kranich
I'm in the middle of a hard fight with the decals. Its very important to first print the decals, then apply the microscale stuff and when it is dry, THEN Cut the decal from the sheet!!! If you do not, its possible to rip the decals apart! And have a huge amount of decalfluid handy to have a proper result!

Holger Kranich
Pix will follow!😢

Aghis Barberopoulos
Good Luck! Do not drink before you finish😉

Holger Kranich
Absolutely! I have to stay focussed on this work! But when i finish i do get me a plomari!😢

Holger Kranich
Yesterday, i finished this project and i´m pleased with the result. If you like to take a look, i created a new album wit a lot of pix. I think it was worth the work... 😉 Panavia Tornado IDS "Wangerooge Logo" | Album by Booze

stefan natus
Great result,nice weathering not overdone just right.

Philip De Keyser
Great waethering Holger, that's the way I like them, great result, greetings Phil

Holger Kranich
Hey guys, thanks for your kind comments! I´m too, satisfied with the weathering! I hope i can hold and carry out that standard...😉

Holger Kranich
Thank you, Michael!🙂

Malte D
Holger, wie war denn das Aufbringen der selbstgedruckten Decals? War das Problemlos?

Holger Kranich
Tach Malte!
Im Endeffekt ist der genaue Ablauf wichtig! Man sollte nach dem erfolgten Druck, das Decalfluid auf das gedruckte Motiv, mit z.B. nem alten Pinsel auftragen. Kann ruhig ordentlich drauf, dass meiste verflüchtigt sich dann. Nachdem das getrocknet ist (geht recht schnell) schneidet man nah an den Rändern das Decal ab und ab da geht alles wie man es kennt! In diesem, meinem Fall, ist die Trägerfolie recht d*ck, da nehme ich beim nächsten mal ne andere Stärke aber ansich hat es ziemlich Spaß gemacht sowas mal selbst zu machen und es funktioniert auch noch!😢 Ach so zum Weichmachen hab ich das Revellzeug genommen. Verträgt sich prächtig miteinander obwohl Set&Sol vielleicht noch besser wäre... Ich bleib auf jeden Fall dran denn so ergiebt sich für mich die Möglichkeit auch mal etwas "personalisiertes" zu machen. Z.B meinen oder den Namen eines Freundes als "Pilotenschriftzüge" oder so.
Ich hoffe das Du Dir mit meinen Ausführungen ein Bild machen kannst und wünsch noch nen schönen Tag!🙂
Gruß Holger

Malte D
Vielen Dank für die Ausfühliche "Anleitung" 🙂
Jetzt ist es soweit, ich werd mir mal ein paar Bögen bestellen und gucken, wie das so klappt!

Holger Kranich
Mußt eben drauf achten was für einen Drucker Du hast. Gibt für jeden (Tintenstrahl/Laser) spezielles Papier. Auch wenn Du weiß drucken möchtest, solltest Du weiße und nicht transparente Decalfolie nehmen!

Malte D
Das ist glaube ich das "Hauptproblem" - weiße Schriftzüge zu haben, die man darstellen möchte, da ist dann Umdenken angesagt! Zum Glück fehlen mir hauptsächlich schwarze Schriftzüge. 😉 Du hast es jedenfalls geschafft, ich werd das mal probieren.

Holger Kranich
Halt mich auf dem Laufenden wenn es hier zu einem Modell kommen sollte!
Vergiss bei der Bestellung das Microscale´s "Liquid Decal Fluid"! Das Zeug rockt!

Malte D
Das mache ich! Danke!

Aghis Barberopoulos
Love the last photo Holger!

Holger Kranich
Thank you Aghis! I appreciate your comments! I have a Album with some more pix of the finished Tornado😢

Holger Kranich
By the way, thank you all for participating in the diskussion about the buildingprocess of this model! All your comments helped me to improve my skills! You are great, thx!🙂

Sören Mårtensson
OMG! Really nice!

Holger Kranich
Många tack, Sören!😢

Sören Mårtensson
Nice! You learned some Swedish?

Holger Kranich
Not really, i used a translator but love the scandinavian language!

Dirk Heyer
Hey Harald,
I`m surprised! Your name is Tausendsassa????
Tanks, Ships, Aircrafts, SciFi, what will be the next one?
Really pretty Tornado, Well done and that`s important:
in unique markings!
Greetz
Dirk

Roland
Revell Tornado in 72 scale is the best model kit, excellent details, good fittings & nice decals. I wish to released that in RAF Desert Storm.

Vorya hidaryan
that s nice job on 1/72 specially Cockpit and poilt.viva Luftwaffe.

Holger Kranich
Thank you guys! Very kind of you all!🙂

Bill Gilman
Well done, Holger!

Holger Kranich
Thx Bill! I have it in my
office and i love to look at it, whilst surfing on SCM😢!

CE GR
großartig!

Holger Kranich
Dankeschön!

Christian Bruer
Klasse 👍

Thomas Mayer
Saucool! 🙂