Tornado GR.1 Desert Storm JP233
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My first time trying pre-shading!
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Dry fitting was inconclusive so I fit the tanks under the wing as soon as I glued the top fins on. They did not fit so I quickly removed them. Now to fill those holes a bit.
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For the different parts of the exhaust, I used gunmetal grey and aluminum from Ammo MiG. The thrust reverser on top is a base of gmg with a bit of burnt red mixed in (very dark mixture), and then a very thin layer / dry brush of aluminum on top.
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Love the way the exhaust is built in this kit!
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Painting pods and missiles is my favorite part of the build.
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High gloss coat sprayed and dried, ready for decals. Only found out during decal application that the bottom of the fuselage is not coated at all.
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The decal on the right side of the nose did not fit around the extrusion on the bottom at all. Not sure what went wrong here. I am using Revell Decal Soft for the first time, but I don't think that can solve this.
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Luckily, the important side is looking pretty good already. The light discoloration around the decals should disappear as the water from the decal slowly evaporates.
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I let the acrylic water wash dry for too long and it was not thin enough. I first washed the part of the wing I would later not be able to get to, then attached the stores. After one more high gloss layer, the decals will be sealed and I can wash everything else.
You can also see the uneven surface of the high-gloss on the horizontal tail. It's getting too cold, I'll have to do the second layer inside.
And I had to scrape the little intake thingy off to move it forward to make way for the armament rails.
You can also see the uneven surface of the high-gloss on the horizontal tail. It's getting too cold, I'll have to do the second layer inside.
And I had to scrape the little intake thingy off to move it forward to make way for the armament rails.
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I am using Ammo MiG acrylic neutral grey wash. The tail is done with wash, black dry brush and finally a thin touch of actual paint in the center.
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Ammo mig wash + black paint dry brush. Lots of it.
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The shoebox with attachments that vaguely resembles a Tornado. This is the "surprise" (Dutch December tradition) that I packed the model in. You can see a cardboard kitesurfing kite in the background, that one was made for me.
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24 25 September 2022, 08:29
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Planning to do a flying diorama. As you might guess from the dry fit picture, I am a bit worried that the fuel tank and horizontal tailplane may interfere with the wings fully swept. Thus I would like to keep the wings sweepable until the stores are mounted.
Any tips on assembling order for swing-wing fighters? I prefer doing as much as possible on the wings in terms of painting and varnish before assembly, but am not sure how much I should do to the fuselage until the upper and lower halves are glued.
25 September 2022, 08:35
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This is my second kit ever. Doing some experiments with pre-shading on the wings. It seems to work quite OK. In pic 13, one of the wings has had one layer less.
I pre-painted the wings before gluing both halves so that if I have to unsweep them later, I won't show an unpainted surface.
Photo 10 is a neodymium magnet inside the fuselage, for attaching it to a stand
15 October 2022, 19:17
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That magnet trick is something I might try with the ancient A-6A kit I have. I've been mulling similar magnet tricks for mounting stores too.
25 October 2022, 12:04
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It's neat to be able to remove the stand without any traces on the outside of the model.
For my A-6E I am still not sure how I want to build it. The Italeri kit allows for folding the wings but I like in-flight with those big wings spread out. On the other hand, the size of the Intruder will be clearer with people on the ground standing next to it
25 October 2022, 12:19
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Oops mine is an A-7A haha. Old Hasegawa with fixed wings and raised panel lining. I'm thinking of doing in-flight since the wheel details are pretty crap. My Kinetic A-6E I will definitely do wings folded purely so it will fit in my office shelf 😄
25 October 2022, 13:05
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I have used magnets to mount stores but never thought about using them to mount the plane to a stand, very interested to see it on your finished product.
25 October 2022, 14:40
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I'm interested to see how it pans out too. The "opposing" magnet fits between the cluster dispensers, I tested that. But not sure if it will stick to a stand on the thin end. Maybe I shoukd just use some iron for the stand, if that is strong enough. Not sure yet, but luckily I have a few layers of sand color to go before having to decide on that! 😄
Magnets to mount stores is genius! That would allow mounting stores that are "twistable" so you can have a 1:72 Tornado with sweepable wings. I might try that in my next Tornado, though wings in 1:72 are very thin, might not fit a magnet
25 October 2022, 14:44
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For stores, you only need the 1.5 or 2 mm thick mini magnets. It keeps my fuel drop tank on my F4U Corsair on, no problems.
25 October 2022, 14:49
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Nice! This is a diameter 5 mm, length 10 mm neodymium magnet. Small but very, very strong. Makes sense that a much smaller magnet would suffice for a fuel tank.
25 October 2022, 15:29
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Question: in pic #16, you see that besides the slot-in "pins", the fuel tank hard point also has two "wedges". Note that these are not the connection points to the sprue, I already sanded those down, they were further from the center.
Do these wedges serve any purpose? They are quite sturdy, it is definitely not flash. It seems like they keep the fuel tank at a distance from the hardpoint and also make it almost impossible to align the fuel tank properly.
Just had a thought while writing: are they to be used only if a missile is mounted instead of a fuel tank? Since a missile would have no holes for "pins"
26 October 2022, 21:29
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FYI: After this comment above, I started putting descriptipns on the pictures themselves.
I forgot to take pictures of the finished model at home. I gave it to my father as part of the "Sinterklaas" tradition. It was packed in a shoebox with cardboard attachments that vaguely resembled a Tornado.
Very happy at how it turned out, much better than my first model, mostly thanks to thinner layers of paint and a more thorough wash.
5 December 2022, 08:15