discussion Wendall's 1/48 Raspberry Ripple Tornado

[Dave W]

After some advice please fellas! I can't find any definitive reference pics, am I right in thinking that theses sway brace? Thingys on the pylons should be removed on an RAF Tornado?
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Jason.

I spent 7 years as a crew chief on a Saudi Tornado squadron.The pylons didn't have sway braces.Instead there was a mechanism built into the pylon that tightened the crutches if the store moved.Im assuming the RAF ones were the same .So I would cut off the sway braces.

 

[Wendall]

7 years on them! I'll take that as gospel. Cheers Dave.

 

[rickoshea52]

Further to Daves comments, I stumbled across this post on Britmodeller, the sway braces aren't present on RAF machines.


http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234970425-revell-tornado-ids-question-want-to-build-raf-version/