Rick's 1/32 Revell Tornado

[Ian M]

Coming along nicely Rick

[papa 695]

Nice work Rick, and I thought it was just my kit with the poor panel lines. :sad: That's why mine is on hold at the moment I just don't feel like doing them, I need to be in the mood.

[Jim R]

Hi Rick
This kit appears to be fighting you all the way. Soft detail, ejector pin marks and poor fit. I am sure you will sort it.
Jim

[rickoshea52]

Hi Rick
This kit appears to be fighting you all the way. Soft detail, ejector pin marks and poor fit. I am sure you will sort it.
Jim

Some ejector pin marks even show through to the visible surface in this case the fin.

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[papa 695]

I best take a look at mine Rick.

[rickoshea52]

I best take a look at mine Rick.

The fin had quite a few but I checked all parts as I go Ian.

[rickoshea52]

The two fuselage sections are together complete with the wings and tailerons. The join is a bit ropey along the sides but the tailerons will hide most of it so not much effort required on hiding an unsightly seam. The join at the front on the nib fairings will be okay after filling.
The swing wing mechanism works but the pylons don't work in tandem with them, these will be glued in position later.

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[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Rick. My 1/72 Hasegawa had the same step on the rear fuselage fit, must be a Tornado thing, but as you say most of it will be hidden with the tailerons in a neutral position. Are you going to pose the airbrakes open?

[rickoshea52]

Coming along nicely Rick. My 1/72 Hasegawa had the same step on the rear fuselage fit, must be a Tornado thing, but as you say most of it will be hidden with the tailerons in a neutral position. Are you going to pose the airbrakes open?

No they’ll be closed along with the canopy.

[rickoshea52]

I managed to drop my Tonka on the floor tonight and bent the tips of a wing and taileron - a touch of filler solved that problem. A bit of a pain was the carefully glued, filled and sanded seam of the rear fuselage joins that pinged open, that took a bit longer to fix.

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[Steve Jones]

Rick

Nice save on the wing. I enjoyed having a read through of your build. Good luck with the rest

Steve

[flyjoe180]

I managed to drop my Tonka on the floor

Must be contagious I dropped both of mine yesterday... Nice fix so far.

[rickoshea52]

Plodding away.
Forward fuselage to main section has been joined with a little filler and similarly with the fin and exhausts. Fitting the intakes was fairly simple and were nice and snug. You can see a fair bit of filler on the underside of the nose. The instructions tell you to add 55 grams of weight to the nose; that has almost cleaned me out of liquid gravity.
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P.S. I just want to get this Tonka off my bench to get back on the Airborne Jeep sitting under the bench.

[papa 695]

Looking very good Rick

[Jim R]

Hi Rick
Sorry to hear about the drop - glad it is fixed. A neat bit of filling on the body. Really starting to look the part now.
Jim