Scale: 1/48th
Kits: Italeri Tornado IDS, Eduard photo etched parts (interior and exterior details), Tauromodel decals (Squadron insignas, numbers, stencils).
The model has been detailed and many parts have been adjusted or rebuilt in order to match the original shape of the aircraft.
Entirely rebuilt the landing gear bays; entirely rebuilt cockpit and ejection seats, detailed the canopy frames, rebuilt the engine exhaust nozzles and all the details between them, store pylons, antennas, smaller vent/air intakes, surface finishing adjusted correcting the original engraved panel lines and rivets.
Tail front base adjusted due to the excessive widht of the original kit.
Entirely rebuilt all the inspection bays and panels to show the interior details (such as avionics bays on front sides, engine bays, upper wing actuator bay, etc.).
Many details (all the cockpit and ejection seat, engines exhaust nozzles area and thrust reversers, avionics and engine bays, landing gear baus, store pylons, smaller antennas) have been doubled in resin and then assembled, painted ad installed on the model.
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