Stevepd Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) Hi folks I’ve finished this tonight and have taken photo’s in the garage under LED lighting as it’s way too gusty outside. The story of this started for me as a kid spotting at Boscombe Down during any holiday. I vividly remember the Tornado there and it flying locally and over the ranges at Larkhill. Fast forward to modern times and information becomes available that the aircraft I was watching was XZ630. This was the 12th pre-production aircraft so wasn’t the final build standard. These aircraft were given “P” numbers and thus was known as P.12. The kit - I really only build 1/32 kits so when Revell released the kit, the spark happened. I gathered the Airies pit, Airbrake housing and Paragon flaps and slats, finally Paragons access ladder. I started this kit just under a year ago with a 4 month break to do a commission build of a 212. The cockpit was constructed but back dated by removing some switches and putting blank panels in. The ejection seat straps on the front seat were placed over the headbox waiting for an engineer to dive in and start her up. The resin airbrake housing was fitted by cutting out the kit part and fitting the resin replacement. A weather seal was added around the airbrake housing as I noticed it in reference photo’s. The resin exhaust were constructed and fitted but it looks like Airies didn’t plan on you using both as there is interference and the cans needs cut down and moved aft of the airbrake housing. The fin was modified as you’ll notice the lack of fillet below the rudder. The vortex generators were removed as it was clean but later they were retrofitted. I did learn that the RWR housing are different shapes for each country. The kit ones are flared outwards at the extreme tips which are for German aircraft, so these were thinned down for an RAF version. The tailplane leading edges were straightened removing the kink and reprofiling the leading edge. The intakes were modified in that there is a hump profile on the upper surface which was removed on production aircraft. There are also 3 visible vertical struts on the rear of the intake outlet. I scratch built the open panels for the ground power and comms on the lower side, down near the gun ports which you’ll notice have been flushed as this aircraft at the time didn’t have them fitted. The wing glove was a poor fit and the Paragon wasn’t brilliant, so I put backing plastic and on the inside, filled it with Plasto filler and pressed the kit part onto the wet filler. Once it was tacky I used a scalpel and created the groove and let it set. I wanted something different so I wanted to try Engine ground run guards. So through help on here I managed to get a couple of photo’s and ordered some mesh from “the mesh company”. With my bending tool and purely by eye I knocked up these, which look ok. I then added the strengthening ribs and sprayed then red. The period of the aircraft dictated wrap around camo with the tri-country roundels on the fin. The Antenna colours on the fin are a mottled brown colour which was actually quite easy to replicate. The Fin staining was Tamiya weathering pastels, the Green/Grey is Xtracrylix which was Windsor and Newton gloss varnished then decals applied and then Matt W&N varnished. The artistic license bit is the refuelling probe. This can be fitted with the guards but I couldn’t find a photo of it extended, but I wanted to add that key bit of detail. Photography is not my thing and there’s not much more to be said!. C65C9732-232F-4C09-824F-5F2DD69EF3F4 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 07A2E7B2-7E3F-4959-BA7E-E437194D5C05 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D71BFE01-ED62-4B60-A5F4-BED2580249B2 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D957F858-FCC5-4536-94CB-F4EF74AD2915 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr BC196558-7E01-4A0A-97C1-CE2E61D21B8C by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 1A87F4B5-1FF1-4B69-9F04-9FE6CFE70B78 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr D6330E9C-DBB8-46E6-87F5-72DC24FB40FB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 46F17DB6-85E6-424F-B5A7-60A02E455FA9 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 8947E4B8-7DF6-47E7-94E2-2B1622143BD5 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr B57C25D2-1685-4EB3-8242-55B6D1528EFB by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr F4345F25-BB41-42F7-A355-107049E56782 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 34EF27F8-221D-49D7-BBDF-F379E5923D18 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 70D0A82E-928E-4E7D-A6AE-A35773B37C2D by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr AFDCB954-6B56-44E7-AF7F-39E9CB21CA5D by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 7F6598C3-BBA6-4B22-8963-9834923A6009 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr F5EDCE22-EF2F-4266-9192-56C40188FD5A by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr 28D4A7DC-0280-41FB-888E-4163154CA787 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr ABC9C2AD-0FB0-4285-8060-936C6989DE94 by Stephen Priestley-Dean, on Flickr Any questions please get in touch. The kit is going to the Boscombe Down Museum in a couple of weeks. Steve. Edited August 23, 2019 by Stevepd Tony T, Hartmann352, aircare84 and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Love it! Great build - and I don't think I've seen a 1:32 Tornado in these markings - seems like only yesterday they were entering service! Iain Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Superb! Kev Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Very very nice. Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Great build! I really like the FOD guards you made. Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Spectacular build! I have to agree with Iain on this one, it seems like only yesterday they just started service and now........ Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Great job!! Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 Really, really nice, brings back memories for me. Thanks for sharing. Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Ooh! That is very nicely done! Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunwinglow Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Nice one, centurion! Like it! Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Out-frigging-standing! Beautiful work. THOR Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Wow! Super nice Tornado! I got to like the Tornado during Desert Shield/Storm. I bought probably that same kit to build as a RAF desert bird but my dog decided to chew up the box and ate the canopy! Cheers...Ron Stevepd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted August 31, 2019 Author Share Posted August 31, 2019 Thanks everybody I’m really appreciative. Childhood in 3D and a million years ago. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lothar Posted August 31, 2019 Share Posted August 31, 2019 That's indeed a beauty in fantastic markings - congratulation Lothar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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