Saturday, September 25

Preview: Euro Decals Panavia Tornado Gr.4/4a from Fantasy Printshop in 1/32nd scale

Fantasy Printshop, under their sub-brand "Euro Decals",  brings us a new sheet of five Tornado GR.4's in 32nd scale featuring colourful options of the now-retired swing-wing aircraft in RAF service. We have info on the sheets & pictures of the real aircraft in our preview...

Preview: Euro Decals Panavia Tornado Gr.4/4a
From Fantasy Printshop
1/32nd scale
SKU: #Ed 32117
Five choices on the single sheet.
Price: £29.95
Fantasy Printshop, under their sub-brand "Euro Decals", brings us a new sheet of five Tornado GR.4's in 32nd scale featuring colourful options of the now-retired swing-wing aircraft in RAF service. 

The panavia tornado Gr.Mk 4
The Panavia tornado Gr. Mk 4 is the UK's primary ground attack platform and also fulfils an important reconnaissance role. The aircraft conducts attack missions against planned targets, armed reconnaissance against targets of opportunity and close air support (cas) for ground forces, typically under the control of a joint terminal attack controller (JTAC). For attacks against pre-planned targets the Tornado GR4 usually employs GPS/laser-guided bombs from the Paveway family, or the Storm Shadow cruise missile, the latter fired from considerable stand-off ranges. In the armed reconnaissance and CAS roles, Tornado normally carries a mix of Paveway IV and Dual-Mode Seeker Brimstone, combined with a Litening III targeting pod, and in addition to the internal 27mm gun. This gives the crew an unparalleled array of options to engage targets with the most appropriate weapon, achieving the desired result with a minimum, if any, collateral damage
The schemes on the sheet:
Five colourful and anniversary sheets are included on the sheet. The decals are printed by Fantasy Printshop.
The decal sheet
Option tone: Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA461, XV(R) Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth 2015. This aircraft features a red tail with blue trim and spine. 
This Tornado was crewed by Wing Commander Jon Nixon & Squadron Leader Conan Mullineaux of XV(R) Squadron. You can see the 100-year anniversary makings down the spine of the aircraft clearly.

Option two: Panavia Tornado GR.4A ZA405, 12 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth 2015. This aircraft features Medium Sea Grey over the aircraft and a green spine, with green, white and black on the tail.
Tornado GR4 12 Sqn Special Tail. It is seen in 12 Squadron anniversary markings, with "100 years of leading the field" on the spine.

Option three: Tornado GR.4 ZA542 "021" of 31 Squadron RAF in overall Medium Sea Grey during "Operation Ellamy" based at Gioia del Colle, Italy, 2011
Ground crew complete pre-flight checks on a Royal Air Force Tornado GR4 aircraft at Gioia Del Colle, Italy, operating during Operation Ellamy in support of the no-fly zone over Libya. The aircraft is armed with Paveway bombs and Brimstone missiles.

Option four: Tornado GR.4 ZA560 "BE-Q" of 41(R) TES Squadron, from RAF Coningsby, 2017 in overall Medium Sea Grey.
Notice this aircraft had a few different versions of the tail, the words "100 years & "search & Destroy" on the tail.

Option five: Panavia Tornado GR.4 ZA412, 617 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth 2013/14. This aircraft is in overall Medium Sea Grey featuring a black tail with red and white markings of the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster Raid.
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dambuster Raid, special markings were applied to the pair of 617 Squadron Tornado GR4s. ‘Gibson Flight’ of two Tornados. The other aircraft in almost the same markings was ZA492.
This sheet is now available from the Fantasy Printshop page directly...