Italeri 1/48th Tornado GR1

[Ozzie21]

This will be the first model aircraft I come close to completing. It's a terrible kit when you compare it to a Hobby Boss Tornado, I now have both Hobby Boss kits. The parts fit is shocking and the moulding is woeful. So this is my first effort which will go to my grandson as he doesn't know how bad a modeller grandad is







It really is a shocker. About the only thing that went well was using the Alclad paints on the exhausts. Most the pins for the stores pylons broke off so it will have to stay in in swept back mode. I still have to apply a semi glass coat hence the canopy mask is till in place. It's been another learning experience as applying all those decals took nearly all day and half the night mainly because they kept breaking, or curling up and I thought Cartograph decals were supposed to be good. Oh and ignore the bubbly bit at the base of the fin. It seams a certain thinner, not Ultimate, reacted with some cheap CA glue I was using a s filler and I missed it.

[1001kjk]

Well Ozzie it may have been a poor kit but I for one am impressed with the build I hope to get to that standard soon. Every kit is a learning experience.

[EagleOnyx]

Crap, that kit sucks? I bought that kit a long time ago and thought it looked good in the box... I WAS looking forward to building it someday. You have done an outstanding job with it. It looks really great!

I love Tornados. Oddly enough, a British Tornado was the first fighter jet I ever sat in! I was in the U.S. Army at the time and I was the Ammo guy for my Apache Helicopter Battalion. We were storing our missiles with the Tornado squadron at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Those guys were awesome to hang out with and they brought us out to see one of their Aircraft.

[Nige201980]

You done a cracking build on it mate really cracking

[JayCub]

I bet your grandson will be real chuffed with this, build looks superb, shame about the kit itself
Tom