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Fixed Wing Tornado GR.1

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kitbasher

November 06, 2013, 12:13:51 PM
Built for last year's Cosford show (but never photographed unless on the SIG table) is this fixed wing Tornado. 
It's the old Airfix GR.1 more recently repopped as a GR.4 with inverted Airfix F-4 wings (wanted to get the turned down wingtip look as gesture to/vestige of the TSR.2).  Also Airfix F-4 tailplanes minus anhedral.   Otherwise straight from the box - decals from a Modeldecal sheet.

In Whifworld the variable geometry Panavia MRCA proved a major technical and fiscal development challenge, therefore the fixed-wing version was developed and put into production.  The type remains in service to this day.





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PR19_Kit

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November 06, 2013, 12:24:54 PM Last Edit: November 06, 2013, 01:27:45 PM by PR19_Kit
Cor, that's ruddy MARVELOUS Dave, to mis-quote a Carling Black Label advert, or was it Guinness?  :thumbsup: :bow:

Only too plausible too!
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#2
November 06, 2013, 12:48:03 PM
and in the last shot looks very brooding as well,   looks far more like a bird of prey mantling its kill.  ( the down turn on the tips adding to the effect)
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#3
November 06, 2013, 01:37:11 PM
Nice one ! Looks nice...but wrong ? I think it's the straightness of the trailing edge of the wing for me....it just looks so un-Tornado that my brain and my eyeballs are struggling to come to terms with it !

Still a very nice model tho.

And in my favourite camo scheme !

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#4
November 06, 2013, 01:43:14 PM
Looks brilliant!  Highly plausible  :thumbsup:

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#5
November 06, 2013, 02:39:47 PM
That is truly stunning!!!
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November 06, 2013, 05:46:20 PM
Good job  :bow:

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#7
November 06, 2013, 07:36:06 PM
Totally believeble! Nice job.
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eatthis

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November 07, 2013, 12:02:48 AM
thats ace  :ph34r:

also looks like it evolved from a javelin  :tornado:
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November 07, 2013, 02:53:47 AM
Quote from: eatthis on November 07, 2013, 12:02:48 AM
also looks like it evolved from a javelin 

I've had an on and off cunning plan for a Javelin.....enough said!
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PR19_Kit

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November 07, 2013, 03:19:20 AM
Quote from: kitbasher on November 07, 2013, 02:53:47 AM
I've had an on and off cunning plan for a Javelin.....enough said!

Hmmm, funny you should say that......... ;D ;)
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Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

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Librarian

#11
November 07, 2013, 03:52:37 AM
Love the tsr-2 homage. So believable I wonder if the Tornado would look good with swing wings ;D.

PR19_Kit

#12
November 07, 2013, 04:10:37 AM
Quote from: Librarian on November 07, 2013, 03:52:37 AM
Love the tsr-2 homage. So believable I wonder if the Tornado would look good with swing wings ;D.

Now you're just being silly!  ;D :lol:
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#13
November 07, 2013, 04:37:16 AM
It doesn't look balanced, somehow.  Perhaps a fuselage plug or the longer nose of the F3 would have improved it?
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November 07, 2013, 04:54:26 AM Last Edit: November 07, 2013, 05:06:06 AM by martinbayer
Quote from: The Wooksta! on November 07, 2013, 04:37:16 AM
It doesn't look balanced, somehow.  Perhaps a fuselage plug or the longer nose of the F3 would have improved it?

Shorten the wingspan a bit? The Phantom had almost twice the wing area than the Tornado. I love it though!

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