papa 695's 1/48 Tornado

[papa 695]

Going to start this soon View attachment 54013 View attachment 54014 View attachment 54015 View attachment 54016 View attachment 54017 I'm not going to use the German decals will have a look at others while building this

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[Vajled]

nice choice...

this aircraft is one of my fav of all time....

Roman

 

[Ian M]

Oh a Tonka. You got my attention.

There are dozens of decal sheets for tornadoes, so you will be spoilt for choices.

IanM

 

[mobear]

i used to watch them fly through the valley near my house on the cheviots what a racket lol

mobear

 

[geegad]

will join the herd with this i will be watching buddy

 

[CDW]

Sleek, racey, timeless, adequately manouverable, goes well on full throttle .... but thats enough about Ian ... the plane should turn out ok as usual

 

[colin m]

I built the Revell 1:72 - a very good kit. I hope the 1:48 is as good.

 

[mossiepilot]

I built the airfix 1/72 ages ago, will watch with interest.

@Ian, where does "Tonka" come from, not heard this one before.

Tony.

 

[homechild]

Okay, I'm in on this one too!

Great looking fighter, can't wait to see the build.

 

[papa 695]

@Ian, where does "Tonka" come from, not heard this one before.

Tony.

This Ian thinks it's from the Tonka toy's very strong and indistructable but i'm sure Ian M will put me right if i'm wrong

 

[Dave W]

I worked as Tornado ground crew for the Saudi Airforce from 1988 to 1995.We didn't call them Tonka's.I believe that's what the RAF called them.Dont know why though.

 

[papa 695]

Got started on this the tub is done minus seats View attachment 54280 View attachment 54281 View attachment 54282 View attachment 54283 View attachment 54284 View attachment 54285 View attachment 54286 The seats still need some work View attachment 54287 View attachment 54288

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[Ian M]

That office is looking very nice indeed! You might want to have a look at a pair of resin bang seats from Neomega resin. they are well worth the money and look the dogs when painted up.

Ian M

 

[Sky Raider]

Nice work Ian. You must have used a brush with 2 bristles to do those buttons.

Andy

 

[AlanG]

We didn't call them Tonka's.I believe that's what the RAF called them.Dont know why though.

We called them Tonkas because they are built like Tonka toys. Tough as old boots and twice as heavy. Loved working on them

 

[Dave W]

We called them Tonkas because they are built like Tonka toys. Tough as old boots and twice as heavy. Loved working on them

They were certainly tough.When I was at Dhahran a Saudi pilot landed one of our F3's wheels up on the runway (gear wouldn't come down).It wasn't that badly damaged and a British Aerospace working party had it repaired and flying again within a year.The crew were told to eject rather than risk a landing.The Nav ejected but the pilot decided to land (Minus canopy).

 

[papa 695]

Got some sub assembles done View attachment 54454 View attachment 54455 View attachment 54456 View attachment 54457 View attachment 54458

Then put the cockpit into place View attachment 54459 and at this point found out that this kit WILL have fit issues View attachment 54460 View attachment 54461 View attachment 54462 View attachment 54463 I think plenty of filler will be needed View attachment 54464 Right hand side hole lines up and no gap View attachment 54465 View attachment 54465 Lefthand side

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[mossiepilot]

Thanks for the info guys, didn't know that.

The office looks great, nicely done, and I'm sure the fit problems will not get the better of you.

Tony.

 

[yak face]

Great cockpit Ian, looks like youll have a bit of filling on the fuselage joints though! It looks very similar in breakdown to the awful airfix 1/48 that i got shut of on e-bay , the only difference being the airfix having raised panel lines on the top part of the fuselage (only the top, the bottom was recessed!!!!) Have you decided what scheme youre doing it in yet? cheers tony

 

[Ian M]

@Ian, where does "Tonka" come from, not heard this one before.Tony.

This Ian thinks it's from the Tonka toy's very strong and indistructable but i'm sure Ian M will put me right if i'm wrong

Nope, thats about the size of it. Big tough toys for big tough boys. Tonka!

I believe that some called them The Fin. But not to sure about that one.

Ian M