B-17engineer
Colonel
Wonderful wonderful! 
Duel 1/48 Airfix (Sows Ear) F.3 Tornado
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Heinz
Captain
Looks great so far!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Very nice work Vic. The kit seats are really a poor representation, don't know where Airfix got the shape from! On my kit's instruction sheet, there's a 'Thank You' note to RAF Leeming for their help in the production of the kit. I presume Airfix can only mean with the Squadron markings, as the entire cockpit is inaccurate!!
parsifal
Colonel
All i can say vic is ...wow. i wish i could get my cockpit seats looking that good. i am gobsmacked
109ROAMING
2nd Lieutenant
Beaut work Vic! detail painting like that makes me envious
Crimea_River
Marshal
Seats are A1 man.
B-17engineer
Colonel
Airfix looks , oh who am I kidding, that's a piece of s***
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Wow guys, thanks you've kind of got me all of a.....
lesofprimus
Brigadier General
Hot sh!t so far Vic, the seats look tits....
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Time for an update on the Tornados, things slowed down a bit while working on the GB, but now with time on my hands the kits were pulled out and dusted off.
Pic 1: This is the tail fin provided for the ADV/F.3 Tornado and if you look closely, it has a distinctive twist working it's way up to the fin tip. At first I thought it was me and that I had glued the two halves together badly. So I checked the second kits fin and found the same problem. Luckily the kit also comes with the tail fin for the F.2 version of the Tornado which I believe was never produced by Airfix and with a little modification (cutting, grinding and filing) these were made to fit.
Pic 2 to 6: Show the problems with the air intakes and the huge gap created by the Airfix conversion of this kit from an F.2 version to an F.3. The remoulded upper half is an abortion that hardly fits in an place over the bottom half. As you can see much padding was required, later in the day I used a little filler and sanded this back to smooth the padding.
Pic 7 8: This is the second F.3 Tornado which I decided to venture into new ground and add the forward and rear flaps. Made up of resin parts it can be a bit fiddly and I must confess that initially the instruction sheet was somewhat confusing, but we got there in the end.
Pic 9 to 11: Here we have the two F.3 almost ready for the initial undercoat spray, just a bit of masking and adding of a few external airframe bits then we will see how good the joins and re-scribed panel lines are.
Pic 1: This is the tail fin provided for the ADV/F.3 Tornado and if you look closely, it has a distinctive twist working it's way up to the fin tip. At first I thought it was me and that I had glued the two halves together badly. So I checked the second kits fin and found the same problem. Luckily the kit also comes with the tail fin for the F.2 version of the Tornado which I believe was never produced by Airfix and with a little modification (cutting, grinding and filing) these were made to fit.
Pic 2 to 6: Show the problems with the air intakes and the huge gap created by the Airfix conversion of this kit from an F.2 version to an F.3. The remoulded upper half is an abortion that hardly fits in an place over the bottom half. As you can see much padding was required, later in the day I used a little filler and sanded this back to smooth the padding.
Pic 7 8: This is the second F.3 Tornado which I decided to venture into new ground and add the forward and rear flaps. Made up of resin parts it can be a bit fiddly and I must confess that initially the instruction sheet was somewhat confusing, but we got there in the end.
Pic 9 to 11: Here we have the two F.3 almost ready for the initial undercoat spray, just a bit of masking and adding of a few external airframe bits then we will see how good the joins and re-scribed panel lines are.
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Tornado Construct o-3.JPG
parsifal
Colonel
great to see you back at it Vic, this kit really is a sow. Inspires me to get back onto my Wessex and finish it as well
Great work
Great work
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Jeez Vic! That's not a gap, it's a chasm! Great job on the corrections mate, they're looking good, especially the drooped slats and flaps. And thanks, it'll be very useful info for when I tackle my example of this dog!
BTW, I've had a hint that the Hobby Boss 1/48th kit will be around the £38 mark, when released.
BTW, I've had a hint that the Hobby Boss 1/48th kit will be around the £38 mark, when released.
B-17engineer
Colonel
I've never seen a gap that big 
Nice work Vic !
Nice work Vic !
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Oh, I have! Normally between my cash and the end of the month !!!
B-17engineer
Colonel
Ha ha ha
Crimea_River
Marshal
Doing great Vic!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Thanks guys, hope to get more done today
Go for it matey, go for it
You mean they are ACTUALLY going to release it……………..at long last
Go for it matey, go for it
You mean they are ACTUALLY going to release it……………..at long last
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Ah, don't know when though ! Apparently later this year, that's all I've discovered so far!
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Vic Balshaw
Major General
Did a bit more on the two Tornadoes today, also made up the port and starboard navigation lights that fit on the side of the air intakes. I've been battling with this 'how to make' problem for some time now, and in the end decided to stick coloured plastic (bits of old Tic Tac containers) onto lengths of evergreen plastic and grind them down to a rough shape with the Dermal, then file to shape with a coarse sanding stick and finally polish with the four grades on a nail polishing emery board. Now they look like matches. When needed, hopefully I will be able to flick them of the stick with a knife blade, failing that, saw them with a fine razor saw.
