Painted with XTRACOLOUR Enamels. Decals are by Decals Carpena. No other aftermarket items used.
This series of Tornado's that Hasegawa released in the late 80's still holds up well to the newer releases. Though the kit does have it's faults and some minor inaccuracies it builds to an impressive jet. In 1/72nd it is a nice size model sitting next to an F-14.
Reading some older reviews on this kit mentions the nose to fuselage join with a slight step. It's there alright. The cockpit did not have the usual decal console or instruments that Hasegawa will normally do in this scale. They were raised and with the usual knob and switches. How accurate they were for this particular version I will admit I did not check into it. But comparing the cockpit to the GR.1 shows some difference between the 2 types of aircraft and their particular missions. I used the kit seats since I would leave the canopy closed.
Very little weathering was applied, just the usual hydraulic leaks under the airframe. The RSAF kept their aircraft pretty clean, at least the photo's I've seen. The RSAF F.3's flew CAP there primary mission. The F-15's actually flew more combat mission in which one aircraft acutally shot down 2 Iraqi fighters during the war. Like the RAF F.3's most of the Tornado ADV's saw little action.
Kit was purchased at Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair, Ca. I've had this kit for several years as it's stable mate, RAF GR.1 is nearing completion. I fig at least 2 hours overall to complete (spread out several weeks among other projects).
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