This looks like a most excellent kit. And build I must add. Shame about those harness sets. A point worthy of complaint to the manufacturers.
Italari 1/32 Panavia Tornado GR1
- Thread starter BarryW
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Looking great barry , I’ll bet the kits world decals weren't cheap either , very disappointing but they look better now youve fettled them
Fantastic progress Barry.
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.
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.
nice work im hopein to get this kit to light up an love the workin parts in the wings very well done sir
ATB
chrisb
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chrisb
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 painting and then those that need some masking for the second airbrushing round.
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 painting and then those that need some masking for the second airbrushing round.
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 areas on the fuselage. I prefer to mask over the metallic areas before painting the camo as I treat and weather them very differently to the camo. This is because i want to retain that metallic look.
Desert Pink above
Bombs in bronze green and the undercarraige in a very light grey
Some metallic areas on the fuselage. I prefer to mask over the metallic areas before painting the camo as I treat and weather them very differently to the camo. This is because i want to retain that metallic look.
Round 2 airbrushing done, getting masked and ready for round 3.
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.
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.
Looking good Barry. I hope all's well when you remove the masking.
Great result Barry. Masking went well.
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 tail, I made multiple adjustments and in the end this is where I got to
The sharks mouth is also a little too large, I just have to make the best of this.
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 tail, I made multiple adjustments and in the end this is where I got to
The sharks mouth is also a little too large, I just have to make the best of this.
You've made a good job of adjusting the decal positions but really that's a bad c***-*p by Italeri.
Those decals are really not good. But your doing a good job of getting them to fit.
the kit decals are actually very good. It’s the aftermarket decals that are the problem.
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.
So beware of the XtraDecal brand and avoid if possible.
So beware of the XtraDecal brand and avoid if possible.
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Sorry. I thought they were the kit decals. I'd forgotten you were using am decals.
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 therefore applied a semi-matt coat to seal and provide the finish I want. A couple of pics.
Tomorrow its time for the exhaust stains on the fin. Then some streaking and final fittings. I will remove the masking over the metal areas too.
I therefore applied a semi-matt coat to seal and provide the finish I want. A couple of pics.
Tomorrow its time for the exhaust stains on the fin. Then some streaking and final fittings. I will remove the masking over the metal areas too.
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