1/72 Revell Tornado "Eye of the Tiger"

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Just about to start work on this Revell Tornado. Its the German Tigermeet entry for 2009 called "Eye of the Tiger". As I have found with Revell the pieces seem nicely detailed with some crisp definition. The decal kit looks clean and fairly comprehensive. For the first time I shall be using some PE parts. These have been made by Eduard. I would welcome any pointers from anyone who has built this kit particularly any problems that you may have encountered.

I had also better point out chaps that this isnt going to happen overnight. I anticipate a build time of 6-8 weeks so please dont get to excited. Anyway looking forward to getting started and will up date this thread as I go along.

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[michaelm]

Good luck with this, its a cool looking plane. Just did my first PE, fiddly stuff but really added to the build and look of the finished kit. You got some tricky looking decals there too. M

[HAWKERHUNTER]

The decals do look challenging Mike but Ive just built Revells 2009 Belgium F16 Tigermeet entry and after that build I will never be afraid of a decal again.

[Ian M]

Oh A Tonka, always gets my attention! I will be keeping an eye on this one. An interesting scheme as well.

Ian M

[Guest]

i love these anyversary camos...

good luck in build

I have similar tornado at home

Roman

[colin m]

I built a 1:72 Revell Tornado a while back. During the normal research we all do, I discovered that this kit is considered the best 1:72 by the Tornado experts. So, good choice Steve.

Colin M..

[Swagman 070]

Hi Steve,

I have been looking at this kit for some time in my local model shop so will be watching this build with interest.

Swagman (Steve)

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Hi Steve,I have been looking at this kit for some time in my local model shop so will be watching this build with interest.

Swagman (Steve)

Just hope you have some patience Steve as Im not the fastest of builders. I have made a start on the cockpit and hope to post an update soon.

[Guest]

i made this kit when i first got back into modelling and made a balls of it(i thought it was great at the time),will enjoy seeing it done properly..may even get another one in the future and try again.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

i made this kit when i first got back into modelling and made a balls of it(i thought it was great at the time),will enjoy seeing it done properly..may even get another one in the future and try again.

What happened Andrew? Any information might help me so I dont make the same mistake.

[papa 695]

Looking forward to this Steve i love the Tornado i'm looking to get a 1/48 one

[Guest]

What happened Andrew? Any information might help me so I dont make the same mistake.

nothing happened really,think it was one of my first builds and i had glue everywhere,brush marks everywhere,cloudy canopy,basically i managed to do everything wrong,thats about the time i started getting tips on here so i wouldnt make all the same mistakes again

[yak face]

Looking forward to this Steve i love the Tornado i'm looking to get a 1/48 one

Quick heads up ian, dont get the airfix ones (f3 or Gr1/4) theyre a bit pants(very poor fit,mixture of raised and engraved lines , in fact the f3 i used to have had raised lines on the fuselage upper half and recessed on the bottom half!!!!!!)i think the italeri one is loads better cheers tony

[Ian M]

I second that for the Italeri one in 1/48. It builds up nice. The Hobby boss (I think) is also a good one costs a lot though.

I have built both and I think they are comparable.

Ian M

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Hi Guys..Just a quick update on this in case you thought I had gone to sleep on it. I have been working on the cockpit all week and in particular using photetched parts for the first time. Frustrating is an under statement. I bought the eduard prepainted set only to find that the seat belts are painted a dark grey and the ones I need should be a mixture of browns and blue. I had hoped to get away with the dark gray but when I came to fit them you could hardly see the things against the colours of the seat. So I have reluctantly decided to paint them.On top of that one half of the instrument panel that had been glued has dropped off. I wont waste your time with any pictures at this stage but at least hope to have made some better progress in the next few days.

Steve