Kit No: K31
Scale: 1/72
Type: Injection Moulded Plastic
Manufacturer: Hasegawa
My interest in the swing-wing Tornadonaturally centres around the Aeronautica Militare (AM) in Italy. Last month I built an early period IDS bomber, so this time it’s the turn of the ADV fighter variant. The AM leased F.3s from the RAF between 1995 and 2004, as a stopgap between the Starfighter and the Eurofighter. Italy received twenty-four fighters (together with ninety-six Skyflash missiles), a few of which were two-stickers for continuation training. Interestingly, it is claimed that the Italians didn’t have a good time with th Tornado F.3, where the degree of commonality between the IDS and ADV was overestimated, and no spare engines were included in the lease In the text that follows, I shall generally speaking refer to the AM fighter as the ‘F.3’.
My original plan was in fact to build only the F.3. A motivation was that on browsing the Internet one day, I discovered a very nice decal sheet marketed by Italian Kits, covering the F.3 in AM service (ref. 72001). A mail-order to Italy soon produced the goods and, as I will explain later, the decals proved to be top-class, and I can’t wait to use the F-16, Atlantic and Hercules options also on the sheet.
Hasegawa and Some Accessories
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