Fintastic

[nev]

In the words of the Lord Jesus Christ,



"IT IS FINISHED!"




Yep, put the last dab of paint on this arvo and just figured how to take piccies with my new digicam, so I figured it was only fair that I give you guys a quick look at how she turned out.

So without further ado, here she is in all her glory  

[nev]

Hehe, SUCKERS!  

That is a Revell 1/72 Tornado ECR that I taped together for a size comparison between the 2 kits.

Like here with little 72nd boy hiding under the wing of Big Bruv

[nev]

Here we have Pee Wee compared to Mr Big

[nev]

I remember Baz asking for closeups of the undercarriage bays, so here we go.

The black wash was achieved using JHMs patented "black acrylic in future" wash, and I reckon has the desired effect.  Thanks for the tip Baz!  

The Desert Pink 1500lt tank was painted a base coat of Tamiya flash over Halfords grey primer which had blobs of Maskol on it - Maskol was removed following painting to reveal "original" camo underneath.  The brown wash was done using Tamiya Flat Brown in Future.  I probly overdid this a little ( I forgot to wipe away the excess  :dum:  ).  Still it has that heavily weathered Desert Pink effect I reckon

[nev]

Close-up of that nosegear.  I think that decal on the front bay doors might actually belong in front of the gear bay.  Ah well  :dum:

[nev]

Other side

[nev]

Last one.

Tom/Ollie should receive the article in the next week or so, once I've figured out how to use my camera better & written the article

[Ollie]

Super neat Nev!!

Good show!!!

     

[Mike Wren]

looks ace Nev  

the decal on the nose door is a doppler navigation antenna (or something like that)

[NARSES2]

Looks great Nev - to big for me though, I'll stick to my 1/72's

[F-32]

Lovely job Nev.

Where the hell are you going to put it!  

[nev]

In the (converted) loft    

[John Howling Mouse]

[ speechless ]

[John Howling Mouse]

Okay, now that I've caught my breath:

Wow, Nev---fantastic work!  Would be an admirable accomplishment just finishing such a monster kit (I mean, really,  how many of us tackle such subjects in 1:32 and actually get them done?) but you've done much more than that.

From what I can see from your rather teasing "marketing" style shots, you've really pulled this off!  And your washes are far better/more realistic than mine.

Realizing how big this bird must be, I'm still holding out that you'll be able to step back far enough to get the whole Tornado in camera view for your article.  

Can't wait for more pics and, for Fin's sake: keep the kid, wife, pets, etc. away from your masterpiece!!!!  No more broken parts, eh?

Way to go, Nev!

         

[nev]

Thanks Baz.  Are those gear bay piccies OK for what you wanted to see?

With my nice new, very intelligent, digicam taking piccies of the beast should be no problem.

And I am pleased that I finished it

a)  Cos I proud that I stuck with it through the 4 months it took to build it - 4 months when I worked on no other kit

B)  Cos I can now finally build something else!