Tag: Tornado

• Tornado GR.1 – Part Four – Ms. Emily

  

  I keep my promises. I said I would name this aircraft after he lady who gave me the kit, and so I have; Ms. Emily. She is a lovely dance entertainer here in Perth. The Desert Storm Pink is not a regular pot colour from Gunze. It’s made up of a tan with some red…

  Dick Stein

  September 14, 2022

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, camouflage, Colour Schemes, design, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models

  dancer, Desert Storm, Italeri, Tornado

• Tornado GR.1 – Part Three – Jet Jiggery

  

  And the occasional jet pokery, too. In fact poking plays a great part in a lot of my builds – I need to poke myself to get enough enthusiasm to even start. The Vertigo jet jig has the marvellous feature of a two-part clamp on the front to secure the nose of an aircraft from…

  Dick Stein

  September 12, 2022

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, design, Model Airplane, subassembly, Tools, Workshop

  jig, Tornado, Vertigo, Workshop

• Tornado GR.1 – Part One – A Gift From The Goddesses

  

  And you never look a gift Tornado in the mouth. For that matter it’s not wise to peer into goddesses mouths, either… The occasion for this Italeri Tornado was a job of shooting a belly dance show. The entertainment was worth any expense but the addition of a free plastic kit – the choice of…

  Dick Stein

  September 11, 2022

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Scale Models

  dancer, Gulf War, Italeri, Tornado

• Jet Jig Jive

  

  I’ve just used the second of my new Slovakian assembly jigs for a jet. It is the Tornado GR.1 from Italeri – a perfect testing piece for the tool. There are square fuselage panels to rest upon. The geometry is markedly different from the WW2 small jig – though the construction materials are just the…

  Dick Stein

  January 30, 2022

  1:72 scale, British aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, subassembly, Tools, Uncategorized, Workshop

  jigs, Tornado, Workshop