papa 695's 1/48 Tornado

[Dave W]

We called them Tonkas because they are built like Tonka toys. Tough as old boots and twice as heavy. Loved working on them

They were certainly tough.When I was at Dhahran a Saudi pilot landed one of our F3's wheels up on the runway (gear wouldn't come down).It wasn't that badly damaged and a British Aerospace working party had it repaired and flying again within a year.The crew were told to eject rather than risk a landing.The Nav ejected but the pilot decided to land (Minus canopy).

[papa 695]

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Then put the cockpit into place [ATTACH]54459.vB[/ATTACH] and at this point found out that this kit WILL have fit issues [ATTACH]54460.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54461.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54462.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54463.vB[/ATTACH] I think plenty of filler will be needed [ATTACH]54464.vB[/ATTACH] Right hand side hole lines up and no gap [ATTACH]54465.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54465.vB[/ATTACH] Lefthand side

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[mossiepilot]

Thanks for the info guys, didn't know that.

The office looks great, nicely done, and I'm sure the fit problems will not get the better of you.

Tony.

[yak face]

Great cockpit Ian, looks like youll have a bit of filling on the fuselage joints though! It looks very similar in breakdown to the awful airfix 1/48 that i got shut of on e-bay , the only difference being the airfix having raised panel lines on the top part of the fuselage (only the top, the bottom was recessed!!!!) Have you decided what scheme youre doing it in yet? cheers tony

[Ian M]

@Ian, where does "Tonka" come from, not heard this one before.Tony.

This Ian thinks it's from the Tonka toy's very strong and indistructable but i'm sure Ian M will put me right if i'm wrong

Nope, thats about the size of it. Big tough toys for big tough boys. Tonka!

I believe that some called them The Fin. But not to sure about that one.

Ian M

[yak face]

Ive heard that one too Ian , 'the mighty fin' and another one ive heard was the 'norfolk land shark' reputedly gained from when stationed at air bases in the flat norfolk area , the big fin could be seen sticking up like Jaws!!! tony

[Dave W]

The Saudis called it the 'Breetish Arse space Tor-nah-doh'.

[yak face]

:emo::emo:

[papa 695]

This one's building up to be a ARSE space tor-nah-doh

[papa 695]

Have you decided what scheme youre doing it in yet? cheers tony

Got these Tony [ATTACH]54489.vB[/ATTACH]

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[papa 695]

Filled some gaps [ATTACH]54608.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54609.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54610.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54611.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54612.vB[/ATTACH] still some work to do on it And got these seats from a recomondation from Ian M [ATTACH]54613.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54614.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54615.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54616.vB[/ATTACH] From NeOmega

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[Dave W]

I like those seats.Some nice detail on them.

[yak face]

Those seats look amazing Ian , with some careful painting theyre going to be stunning , a real worthwhile addition in an aircraft with such a big ,prominent canopy, cheers tony

[Guest]

those seats look to scary to paint,although the detail is awesome lol

mobear

[papa 695]

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