SWING-WING STORM

ADVANCED BUILD PANAVIA TORNADO GR.4

With Revell’s 1/48 Tornado GR.4 as a basis, Chris Jones makes a series of modifications to represent the final state of RAF airframe development before the type was retired

The foundation of the entire kit consisted of a one-piece lower fuselage, to which the nosewheel bay walls would be attached.

Growing up, the Panavia Tornado seemed the epitome of the RAF: they entered service before I was born and were not retired from front line use until I reached the ‘grand old age’ of 32.

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