**** DONE: GB-51 1:48 Panavia Tornado GR.1 - No Propellers

[rochie]

Fin is nearly done, needs some grime adding as they were always dirty with soot form the thrust reversers !
man these close ups are brutal too

plan view showing some of the walkway lines added with the roundels, i had to move the two either side of the spine as i'd placed them too far aft yesterday

 

[Donivanp]

Yeah those thrust reversers really make a mess. Looking really good Karl

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking good Karl.

 

[fubar57]

Long walk lines are brutal; just finished the last of mine last night with only one rip

 

[rochie]

Long walk lines are brutal; just finished the last of mine last night with only one rip

Got 6 more to do !

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Karl!

 

[Wayne Little]

Doin' great Karl.

 

[rochie]

ok bit more done.

you might notice i have fitted and painted the air-brakes.
i had intended to pose these open but found the dotted walkway lines actually crossed over the air-brakes and i simply did not want to cut the remaining walkway line decals up and fiddle about putting them in place, i have fitted painted and glossed the air-brake parts and will put the walkway lines on a bit later today.

nose markings and stencils on the nose

fin dry fitted to see what it looks like

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice Karl. That fin always struck me as being out of place in terms of size but it does look cool.

 

[Donivanp]

Love it Karl.

 

[rochie]

thanks guys.

every time i see the fin i am more gutted with the paint work.

going to try and tidy up the grey a bit

 

[Airframes]

Looking good, and really shows why it was often referred to as "The Mighty Fin"!!!

 

[rochie]

thanks Dogsbody

rest of main decals on, fin attached properly and engines fitted, though the ends of these need to be darkened a fair bit yet,

tomorrow, lots of stencils, the defence pods, fuel tanks and fuselage bomb racks and bombs !

 

[Wurger]

 

[Donivanp]

Like ☺ ☺

Too many emojies

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Karl!

 

[Wayne Little]

Doing a good job on them decals Karl.

 

[rochie]

stencil decals are done but hard to see !

fitted the landing gear legs to check if the weighted nose cone i have prepped will be enough to prevent a tail sitter, happy to report it will keep the nose down nicely