Subject: Re: 1/32 Tornado Article
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Ibarra, Jose Vener" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 01:35:24 -0700

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From: "Ibarra, Jose Vener" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: 1/32 Tornado Article

"1/32 Revell Tornado IDS converted to GR.1."
by Vinny Ibarra
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My name is Vinny Ibarra, I'm a lawyer by profession and I live in
the Philippines. This is my rendition of Tornado ZA 447 "MiG Eater", perhaps
the most famous Gulf War Tornado. "MiG Eater" destroyed an Iraqi MiG-29 on
the ground during a runway denial attack on the first night of Desert Storm.
The kit began as a Revell 1/32 Tornado IDS. I added a TAC Scale (now CAM
Resin) detail set, Paragon Flaps, Laser Rangefinder and Skyshadow ECM pods.
The TAC Scale set also includes an Eduard PE set, which includes a fret for
the boarding ladder. A few months into the project, a new Revell GR1 kit was
released and I used this kit's 2250 gallon tanks. The pitot covers were
scratchbuilt from plastic sheet and scraps while the RBF tags were made with
a colored printer. The yellow-colored sidewinder covers were made from epoxy
putty. The landing gears were strenghtened with aluminum tubing.
  Additional details came from copper wires and strecthed sprue. The
model was painted in Desert Pink (actually a light brown shade) and
weathered with a weak paint wash and by spray painting dissimilar panel
lines with a lighter shade of the base color. The decal is stock and was
sandwiched by a layer of "Wipe and Shine" (liquid floor wax akin to
"Future") and Tamiya clear with flat base.

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I shot these photos using a Digital Camera in my garage--on a pingpong
table. As an added bonus, the garage appears as a convinving aircraft
shelter.

-Vinny Ibarra (IPMS-Philippines)

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Photos and text © 2003 by Jose Vener Ibarra

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