miketippingmodels Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multirole combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the suppression of enemy air defences Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) and the Tornado ADV (air defence variant) interceptor aircraft. The Tornado was developed and built by Panavia Aircraft GmbH, a tri-national consortium consisting of British Aerospace (previously British Aircraft Corporation), MBB of West Germany, and Aeritalia of Italy. It first flew on 14 August 1974 and was introduced into service in 1979–1980. Due to its multirole design, it was able to replace several different fleets of aircraft in the adopting air forces. The Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) became the only export operator of the Tornado in addition to the three original partner nations. A tri-nation training and evaluation unit operating from RAF Cottesmore, the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, maintained a level of international co-operation beyond the production stage. The Tornado was operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), Italian Air Force, and RSAF during the Gulf War of 1991, in which the Tornado conducted many low-altitude penetrating strike missions. The Tornados of various services were also used in The Bosnian War, Kosovo War, Iraq War, in Libya during the 2011 Libyan civil war, as well as smaller roles in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. Including all variants, 990[2] aircraft were built. This is the GR4 “Danger Mouse” ZA452 Operation Teic Iraq 2003 the only additional items used are the Aires ejector seats and seat belts. All painted with Tamyia acrylics Enjoy Mike The photo studio Scotsman, pouikpouik, Buster99 and 32 others 34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Mike, THIS is amazing! You created a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing! Reimund mpk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 That was quick off the mark ! She's a very dirty bird ( shame on you RAF) & love the choice of "Danger Mouse" markings. Not intended as criticism , the background, is it back " in Blighty" as it doesn't look very Kuwait? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Very nice TONKA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Outstanding build! Looking at this is motivating me to try my hand at jets. Ernest Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreightDog Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Quite superb! I now have this kit and am even more excited to crack on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusAlp Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Looks like the real deal! Thank you for sharing. Wonderful looking Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koralik Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Fantastic job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cicciuzzo Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) Compliments ;) Edited January 17, 2021 by Cicciuzzo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiner Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 REALLY STUNNING!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I like that a lot!! Thanks for sharing. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subodai Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 Lovely build that, makes me look forward to giving mine a bash when I get around to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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