| Howdy Dave,
The tornado looks great, would you believe that its one of the models I currently don't have lol. I have however been meaning to get one and you just reminded me why. I have build this plane, (not the airfix model) several times in the past back when i was married in the 90's right after the start of the gulf war when you saw alot of the tornadoes and sepecats on the news.
I remember building two of these and an F-111 Aardvark swing wing fighter, precursor to the F-14 Tomcat and the plane originally designed to carry the Phoenix missile system. Something about swing wing fighter bombers....they just have an appeal all of their own to them.
I am glad you posted this model and have been hoping to get other people to do the same, I really enjoy looking at other peoples work for inspiration. Besides, like someone said in my most recent thread about the Jas-39 gripen, he wondered if i was the only one posting in the aircraft photos section of the forum lol, and i admit I do have alot of models posted there, but there are others who's work i admire in that far outclass my efforts. And i hope to see your work more often.
I too have the tamiya "mosquito" (yet to be assembled) as well as the beaufighter and have been putting them off in lieu of more "esoteric" subjects like the liason aircraft and others.
And last but not least, I want to say i am glad you gave some history of the aircraft in your post, I am guilty of just posting the model and pointing out that its in my driveway or on the hood of my truck, i really need to give abit more history in my threads or maybe even do a "speed build" construction thread someday.
Have a good day, and again, thats a wonderful looking tornado,
Greg aka GEEDUBBYA (GW) |