Dave W's Revell 1/48 Tornado ADV Saudi Air Force

[Dave W]

Fuselage top section on. Fit is so,so. Some filler needed in r/h intake
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[Dave W]

Rear fuselage section isnt a great fit

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[papa 695]

Looks like you still have plenty of work ahead of you Dave, but it's coming along nicely.

[Dave W]

Some nice afterburner detail.

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[Guest]

Im ashamed to say i dont look in the planes section much (mainly as i cant seem to build a decent plane to save my life) im ashamed as i realise i miss amazing builds like this. I must try and push my envy aside and look in here more often. Keep up the amazing work dave.

[papa 695]

They do look good Dave nice work on them.

[Dave W]

Ive got one intake together. The fit isnt very good. When i got this kit i was really excited. I thought a modern tooling would be really good. But it isnt. And now im starting to hate this kit.I feel like bining it and getting the Hobbyboss ADV.


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[Dave W]

Ive managed to get both intakes together. Lots of sanding to do. So i will lose some nice detail[ATTACH]293607[/ATTACH]

[Guest]

That's a shame seemed to be looking really good to me.

[Dave W]

Let the filling begin . There go the auxiliary air doors!.

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[tr1ckey66]

Cripes Dave, that isn't good. I still think it's worth persevering. Hopefully you can restore the detail later after you've solved the gaps.
I'll be sure to test fit, test fit and test fit again when I get round to my two Revell 1/48 Tonkas.

To be honest, the first thing I thought of when inspecting the parts of this kit was, 'that multipart fuselage is going to be tricky'.

I really hope you sort this out Dave. The build has been progressing well up to now, and I think if you can solve this you're on the home straight.

All the best
Paul

[rickoshea52]

Like you Dave I was quite interested and hopeful that this kit would lead the field for this aircraft type but I'm glad I've held back from getting one so far, what a dog it is. The trouble is I have the IDS version in the loft - I might ditch that one and retain the Italeri kit I also have.
Some one was asking recently what the best kit manufacturer is, well it ain't Revell.

[Dave W]

You can even see in the photo in the instructions what a bad fit the intake is. They havent even tried sanding the sides flush with the top. And theyve really overdone the weathering to try to make it look good.
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[Dave W]

Cripes Dave, that isn't good. I still think it's worth persevering. Hopefully you can restore the detail later after you've solved the gaps.
I'll be sure to test fit, test fit and test fit again when I get round to my two Revell 1/48 Tonkas.

To be honest, the first thing I thought of when inspecting the parts of this kit was, 'that multipart fuselage is going to be tricky'.

I really hope you sort this out Dave. The build has been progressing well up to now, and I think if you can solve this you're on the home straight.

All the best
Paul

Ive done lots of test fitting Paul. Hopefully you will make a better job of it than im doing

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Dave
I wasn't implying that you didn't test fit before hand. I know your work, and I know you know what you're doing. Truth is, it looks a poor fit (even on the box art). Now that you've highlighted the problem I'm wondering if minor surgery to the parts might be required?

This might seem crazy, but I now have three of these Revell kits: two GR4s and an IDS. Your experience has me concerned. I may use the IDS version as a test mule to analyse the build (without paint) and highlight the fit issues, and what the best course of action is to remedy them. Once I've done that I'll build the other two, keeping the mule in case I need to break it open to replace wings with broken flap attachments.

I'm completely confident that you'll sort the intakes Dave and I'm grateful for your insight into the kit, one modeller to another.
All the best
Paul