GeorgePap72 Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 HI mates i bought recently the new Tornado gr.4 from Italeri and i would like to do the GR.1 variant. How hard is to do this modification ? My knowledge for modern jet is not very deep as ww2 planes that i am building usually so it would be much appriciated if you give me a hand for it . Cheers George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 It’s mostly changing the front IP, with the large radar scope in the middle of the panel changing from square to round, adding the second cannon (which is in the kit as unused), and leaving off the FLIR pod under the nose (the smaller pod with the flat nose). Stevepd, Tony T and Uncarina 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Excellent cheers DW, I’ve also been thinking the same whilst waiting for the GR1 kit to come, if it does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Hi George, I asked the exact same question awhile ago (I'm not up on hair dryers (jets) either, especially European ones. I'm not surprised if you looked and didn't find anything), and this is what someone provided to me to answer the question: Tornado Variants It's very informative and has a lot more content than just that page. HTH Tim Rick Griewski and Uncarina 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgePap72 Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 Thank you for your help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyWan Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 On 3/1/2022 at 5:22 AM, Dave Williams said: It’s mostly changing the front IP, with the large radar scope in the middle of the panel changing from square to round, adding the second cannon (which is in the kit as unused), and leaving off the FLIR pod under the nose (the smaller pod with the flat nose). Hey Dave - with Italeri releasing subsequent boxings of the "ECR" and "IDS", would the original "GR4" boxing still be the best one to look at for doing a GR1? Looking at approx 1990 time period. Thanks! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 No matter which kit you get, you’ll have to change something on your own. The IDS kit does have the front IP with the round scope, although you have to scrape off the square display and overlay it with a PE round display, but the kit doesn’t provide the RAF type ejectors on the belly pylons. Those are only in the GR4 kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Since you already got the GR4 kit it is not hard to get the airframe correct as mentioned earlier. When I did my conversion to a Desert Storm (Granby) GR1 I also added the GR1 cockpit from Aires. It is a tight fit but it will fit nicely in the Italeri kit with a few modifications and a fair bit of sanding. There is a couple of pictures of the result here Niels Uncarina, AnthonyWan and Kagemusha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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