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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
A couple of pics. The wings, fin and tail are on... All the additions certainly change the appearance of the F16. No issues, coming along nicely. Now, what stores shall I load her with? mmmmm- BarryW
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
A couple of pictures of the cockpit with the instrument panels dry fitted Regardless of the instructions i am thinking that I might hand paint the cockpit surround black as it seems more appropriate. I then went on to attach a lot of lumps and bumps and there are a lot of them.- BarryW
- Post #15
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
After gluing into place the rim of the canopy I decided to sand off a mould line. First some sanding with a fine 1000 grade sanding sponge to remove the line. After that I used 2500 grit sander then a 4000 grit polisher. Below is how it looks now As you can see its far from perfect so I...- BarryW
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
I have been getting on with the cockpit. The instrument panels The ejection seats There was a minor fit issue between the fuselage halves. I tried dry fitting time and time again, from different angles but always there was an issue in the same place. incidentally nothing inside was...- BarryW
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
I have been working on a few subassemblies including the 'spine' as you can see below it is in two pieces with a join that is hard to sand without destroying some detail. It does fit perfectly into place though. The wheel wells have a lot of parts but build up beautifully- BarryW
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
I did something unusual for me. Before starting I washed all the sprues in lukewarm soapy water. It looked as if the might be some grease on some of them. That said the plastic is very nice, crisply moulded, soft but not too soft, and as I found nice to work with. No flash, no burring and...- BarryW
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Academy 1/32 F16i SUFA
My next build is a colourful one, the box I have heard a lot of good things about this kit and on opening I get a real quality feel just from how it packed. Now for some of the contents a small etch frame with a few brass pieces including the nose probe. The decals look to be very nice...- BarryW
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Completed Italari 1/32 Tornado GR4
This is a very enjoyable kit to build, not for beginners though. A much better kit than the old Revel 1/32 Tonka, highly recommended.- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
More final fittings done and masking removed. Below, you can see how under the mask the front canopy somehow got cracked. There is nothing I can do with it so I just have to live with it. A couple of cockpit shots. The underside with all stores attached. The wings still swing keeping the...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Too late for that Steve. Removal of the decals destroyed them. If i knew they would not fit in the first place I might have done that. On to the final fittings after a semi-matt coat and spraying the fin smoke stains. The u/c fitted really well as did the bombs. The rest of the stores for...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Decals are on. I decided not to apply a panel line wash as the black basing, combined with the over sized panel lines have done the job. I also want this to be fairly lightly weathered as this was a celebratory scheme. I will spray the very distinctive exhaust stains on the fin though. I...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
In trying to fit the over large tail decal into the best possible position I was not happy with how it looked and, on reflection, I concluded that the one I did fit on the other side just did not look right at all. I then decided not to use those decals at all so this is how the fin looks...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Touching up done and I decided to go ahead with decals before applying a semi-gloss coat. Unfortunately the decals are a little over scale. Here is a page from the instructions, look at the fit of the tail decal. Now look at the fit in practise. Make no mistake, this is exemplified by the...- BarryW
- Post #53
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Next spraying phase done, 5 colours in all. All masked and ready Spraying all done. Some minor touching up to do, just left the masks over the transparencies and most metalised areas. I don't want any varnish on most of the metal areas. Detail spraying done- BarryW
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Round three - the desert pink but before that Dark Sea Grey around the inner swing wing with the wings spread. Then with the wings swept, the desert pink Nice smooth finish as usual with MRP. Nose cone tomorrow and a few other odds and ends before removing masking.- BarryW
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- Forum: Aeroplanes Under Construction
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Round 2 airbrushing done, getting masked and ready for round 3.- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Round 1 of airbrushing done. I will now sort everything into parts that are ready for weathering and those that need another airbrushed colour. I will then mask up for round 2 of airbrushing. Desert Pink above Bombs in bronze green and the undercarraige in a very light grey Some metallic...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
Well I have been spraying primer and now this lady is in her sexy black undies... i have been getting organised for my first painting round, a dozen different colour needed. Once this round is done i will put to one side the parts that just need weathering. Then any that need some hand...- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
A dry fit of the seats engine intakes and wing fillets fitted with just a smear or two of filler needed. Below you can see that the swing wing mechanism is still working well. it seems quite strong and well engineered. Much better than the Revell 1/32 Tonka.- BarryW
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Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
The time came, the time that I was anticipating with a little dread, the time to join the nose to the main airframe. Bear in mind we are talking about some complex shapes from multiple pieces, the room for error and potential for disaster was high.... Few companies can really pull it off...- BarryW
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