Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1

[BarryW]

Well I have been spraying primer and now this lady is in her sexy black undies...



i have been getting organised for my first painting round, a dozen different colour needed.


Once this round is done i will put to one side the parts that just need weathering. Then any that need some hand painting and then those that need some masking for the second airbrushing round.

[BarryW]

Round 1 of airbrushing done. I will now sort everything into parts that are ready for weathering and those that need another airbrushed colour. I will then mask up for round 2 of airbrushing.


Desert Pink above

Bombs in bronze green and the undercarraige in a very light grey


Some metallic areas on the fuselage. I prefer to mask over the metallic areas before painting the camo as I treat and weather them very differently to the camo. This is because i want to retain that metallic look.

[BarryW]

Round 2 airbrushing done, getting masked and ready for round 3.

[BarryW]

Round three - the desert pink but before that Dark Sea Grey around the inner swing wing with the wings spread.


Then with the wings swept, the desert pink

Nice smooth finish as usual with MRP. Nose cone tomorrow and a few other odds and ends before removing masking.

[Jim R]

Looking good Barry. I hope all's well when you remove the masking.

[BarryW]

Next spraying phase done, 5 colours in all. All masked and ready



Spraying all done. Some minor touching up to do, just left the masks over the transparencies and most metalised areas. I don't want any varnish on most of the metal areas.

Detail spraying done

[Jim R]

Great result Barry. Masking went well.

[BarryW]

Touching up done and I decided to go ahead with decals before applying a semi-gloss coat.

Unfortunately the decals are a little over scale. Here is a page from the instructions, look at the fit of the tail decal.



Now look at the fit in practise. Make no mistake, this is exemplified by the tail, I made multiple adjustments and in the end this is where I got to



The sharks mouth is also a little too large, I just have to make the best of this.

[Jim R]

You've made a good job of adjusting the decal positions but really that's a bad c***-*p by Italeri.

[boatman]

As always, Barry, your work is very neat and well organised. The detail certainly looks nice and sharp. I hope the aftermarket stuff comes soon.

yes Barry very well done IF i get this kit im gonna go to town lightin it up
chrisb

[scottie3158]

Those decals are really not good. But your doing a good job of getting them to fit.

[BarryW]

You've made a good job of adjusting the decal positions but really that's a bad c***-*p by Italeri.

the kit decals are actually very good. It’s the aftermarket decals that are the problem.

[Jim R]

Sorry. I thought they were the kit decals. I'd forgotten you were using am decals.

[BarryW]

In trying to fit the over large tail decal into the best possible position I was not happy with how it looked and, on reflection, I concluded that the one I did fit on the other side just did not look right at all. I then decided not to use those decals at all so this is how the fin looks.



So beware of the XtraDecal brand and avoid if possible.

[BarryW]

Decals are on. I decided not to apply a panel line wash as the black basing, combined with the over sized panel lines have done the job. I also want this to be fairly lightly weathered as this was a celebratory scheme. I will spray the very distinctive exhaust stains on the fin though.

I therefore applied a semi-matt coat to seal and provide the finish I want. A couple of pics.



Tomorrow its time for the exhaust stains on the fin. Then some streaking and final fittings. I will remove the masking over the metal areas too.

[scottie3158]

looking great Barry