Subject: Re: Submission - Cheers!!
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Federico Kunz" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:02:53 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Federico Kunz 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 6:15 AM
  Subject: Submission - Cheers!!

  "1/72 Revell Tornado Black Thunder" 

  by Federico Kunz
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  On my Birthday, my 6-years-old son Olaf picked-up "daddy's gift" from our favorite Hobby Shop shelves.  A Black Tornado with a nice German special paint.  Well, I guess I couldn't disappoint him, so I started building the plane.  Though the subject is strange to me, I managed to get some pictures from the Internet & started what it was a pretty straight build.  I can tell you that out of every 20 kits bought from Revell, 19 are pretty good in terms of quality.  This one, amazed me regarding the decals.  It holds around 50 pieces of them, which all set pretty good on the surfaces using decal set solution.  I suggest to cut in three pieces the long strips.

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  During the decaling stage, I found difficult the side with the fuel probe.  I was wondering why they kept it on this particular plane. just to find out, carefully & later, that on an Internet picture this specific airplane seems not to have it.  Well, it was already done.  Time for pictures, though some limitations found during the session, I was able to get some of them almost right.  It was a great kit to build, not being a particular Tornado fan, though it helped me to walk through some techniques.  At least little Olaf is not disappointed!  As always, a great pleasure to stay around the ARC community.  

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  Photos and text © by Federico Kunz