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  1. Mark M
    so today i thought id make a start on the wings, i was a bit unsure about flaps and slats, now in real life the flaps are only deployed to check intergaty and then are retracted before shut down or in maintainance. however it seemed a shame to waste all that detail so a bit of artistic licence the wing build is really easy and they are designed to move, although i wont be moving them, you have to aligh the pins otherwise the wing mounts wont fit, so anyone building this, build as if they will move otherwise you will have problems the eager eyes will notice ive added the actuators for the deployed slats, but i havent fitted them, and on the right wing ive left off the upper ?airbreak they will be added later in a slightly lighter paint, to simulate a BDR replacement putting the wings in place is really awkward you need 7 hands and the smallest screwdriver in the world, i didnt have one!! even a screwdrive for repairing spectacles was too big, i ended up using a blade the side are glues and its all weighted, ill let it dry overnight before i mate it to the front section
  2. Mark M
    progress at last first up holes to fill then all of a sudden i was up to this point with no photos sorry guys then work on the engines, however most of it wont be seen so ive skipped super deatiling them and thats where i am at the moment
  3. Mark M
    couldnt resist a mock up
  4. Mark M
    so otday has been rear console day, the kit part has the moulding for the rear elecrtical cables, but no cabels, so.... i raided the wires box and i dont have anything thin enough so.. i raided my wifes sowing box, and have used white cotton CA'ed in place and then painted and washes, ive tried to follow photos as much as i can, its not perfect but it looks alot better
  5. Mark M
    so after a day of painting (and not finished yet, can you guess which seats im going to use
  6. Mark M
    err i think they can be either
  7. Mark M
    so its time to work on the seats, i have 3 potential options 1 - kits seats OOB 2 - kits seats with the 3d printed kits world decals 3 - resin replacements so i think ill give the kits world decals a try.... DONT!!!!! first of all, they are not scaled for the italeri seats, they are far to wide and you cant cut them down without ripping them 2nd - IF you can peel them off the backing without ripping then will not stick in place, i had to stick them with varnish in the end, however this morning, they have come away and curled up 3 - they really dont look very good so... im donnw to 2 options, 1 try and peel all this off and start again with the etch harnesses from the kit or go with the resin option
  8. Mark M
    where are you, ive your in the UK i can send you a flashing LED (depending on the size you need and an appropriate resistor) simple electronics are easy you need 2 cuircits LED and resistor and motor, possibly with a resistor, both can be attached to a switic and battery, these days small disc batteries are perfect resistor goes on the positive side of the LED same on the motor let me know where you are and i can find you some shops with approptiate stuff
  9. Mark M
    so managed to get the front done before i came to work tonight, sorry about the photos they were rushed as i came out the door, ill replace them at some point the yellow is a bag of 60g of weight wrapped in tape, so it wont split
  10. Mark M
    Cheers Tom, ive build the gear but not painted it yet, so its not an issue
  11. Mark M
    Just spoke to a tornado engineer, the gear were in both white or light grey depending on the manufactur so either is correct
  12. Mark M
    Well the photos in the mdf book shows grey bays and white gear on both a gr4 and adv Also my photos of tornados at cby show white legs so ill stick with it
  13. Mark M
    so it was a long working week with not alot done, just a couple more shifts then a weeks leave anyway, ive done some work on the gear bay, italeri give paint call outs gor grey bay and grey landing gear, this isnt correct, the bays are grey but the gear is white ( opoisite to hawks)
  14. Mark M
    its fits check this thread out https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/88426-italeri-tornado-converted-to-gr1-fitting-aries-pit-designed-for-revell/&tab=comments#comment-1262781
  15. Mark M
    ive been speaking to a 'museum shop' over the past couple of weeks and revell prices into the shop have gone through the roof, revell aint going to be cheap in the uk anymore all those people that criticised stashes, will have a rude awakening!! im brexit proof!!!!!
  16. Mark M
    i could of sworn the early ecr had recessed missiles, sorry guys my bad
  17. Mark M
    cool ill go for that then, cos you know ill end up breaking it!
  18. Mark M
    no sorry i ment for wheels down can you leave out the leg until the end, or does it have to go in during the build, i always end up breaking things
  19. Mark M
    cool, question as ive not quite got there yet, is it possible to build the nose bay without the landing gear or do you HAVE to install it
  20. Mark M
    whats not to love, well done
  21. Mark M
    have you checked the nose gear bay fit with the pit, the tolerance in the revell kit is tight, im not 100% the aries resin wont foul the nose gear bay
  22. Mark M
    Cheers guys
  23. Mark M
    not much to say but some work done on the cockpit
  24. Mark M
    well ive finished this set of nights and this afternoon i made a start on the tub, according to my refs its admiralty grey, but as with everything tonka, fade, bdr and wear and tear changes everything, so ive made a mix of paint to base the tub on and using ref pics made a start on the details, more painting, clear coats, washes and details to go
  25. Mark M
    The ecr has inserts for missiles on the belly rather than pylons, there will be German weapons such as the kormorant, the cockpit layout is different, I recon the ids will be the original German ids which was developed into the ecr so ifcyour thinking raf gr1 it should be possible but the ecr cockpit is very different, you prob would be better with the current boxing
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