Author Topic: Panavia Tornado IDS (Read 18271 times)

Robert · « **on:** November 02, 2014, 08:11:17 AM »

Been a while since I did any profiles - found this nice line drawing of a Panavia Tornado IDS on Wikipedia and thought I would do a few color profiles. These are all countries that actually considered acquiring the Tornado, to one degree or another.

First up is one for Australia:

Kerick · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2014, 09:04:07 AM »

That is beautiful! I envy you guys who do these profiles so well. They always turn out so much better than my paint jobs!

Logan Hartke · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2014, 12:23:10 PM »

Welcome back, Robert!

Cheers,

Logan

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #3 on:** November 02, 2014, 01:00:49 PM »

Nice.

lauhof52 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 02, 2014, 04:06:52 PM »

Very nice, Robert!

Robert · « **Reply #5 on:** November 02, 2014, 07:03:40 PM »

Thanks. Next up is a Tornado for Canada:

Kerick · « **Reply #6 on:** November 02, 2014, 11:56:01 PM »

These are really nice! The Land Shark doesn't get enough respect.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2014, 02:04:53 AM »

I can really see the Canadian's getting Tornados.

A request: A Chilien one? - as 'payback' for assistance in the Falklands War...

apophenia · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2014, 11:33:02 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 03, 2014, 02:04:53 AM

I can really see the Canadian's getting Tornados.

There was brief talk of it ... back in the day.

Robert · « **Reply #9 on:** November 05, 2014, 12:01:33 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 03, 2014, 02:04:53 AM

A request: A Chilien one? - as 'payback' for assistance in the Falklands War...

I'll see what I can come up with. Here's one for Japan:

Alvis 3.1 · « **Reply #10 on:** November 05, 2014, 03:35:08 AM »

Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 03, 2014, 02:04:53 AM

I can really see the Canadian's getting Tornados.

A request: A Chilien one? - as 'payback' for assistance in the Falklands War...

We were actually part of the original MRCA project back in the beginning, along with France. I think we bailed first.

Second shot was the early 80s as part of the NFA program that led to us adopting the F-18.
Love the profiles!

Alvis 3.1

Robert · « **Reply #11 on:** November 05, 2014, 07:53:03 AM »

Here's my take on a Chilean Tornado:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #12 on:** November 05, 2014, 08:49:34 PM »

elmayerle · « **Reply #13 on:** November 06, 2014, 03:02:42 AM »

How about the Tornado ECR or EF.3 as an EF-24 in USAF Wild Weasel markings?

Robert · « **Reply #14 on:** November 06, 2014, 07:24:01 AM »

Quote from: elmayerle on November 06, 2014, 03:02:42 AM

How about the Tornado ECR or EF.3 as an EF-24 in USAF Wild Weasel markings?

I'm not planning on doing any other variants (ECR, ADV, etc.) that would require new linework. I think the Tornado Wild Weasel proposal had an enlarged housing on the tip of the vertical tail (similar to the EF-111 Raven).

Here's one for Jordan:

Robert · « **Reply #15 on:** November 07, 2014, 07:56:48 AM »

Malaysia:

Logan Hartke · « **Reply #16 on:** November 07, 2014, 08:14:30 AM »

Very neat, Robert! So glad you're back! How about a Nigerian Air Force one? That might be a bit plausible.

Cheers,

Logan

Talos · « **Reply #17 on:** November 07, 2014, 12:38:41 PM »

Great to see you back, Robert! These are looking really nice.

Maybe another desert one? I'm thinking Qatar, Oman, Egypt, or something.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #18 on:** November 07, 2014, 01:04:45 PM »

I like the Malaysian one - might model it one day.

Volkodav · « **Reply #19 on:** November 07, 2014, 02:40:58 PM »

I have always thought the Tornado would have made a perfect replacement for the Phantoms and Buccaneers on the RNs CVA01 class carriers, had they ever been built.

Robert · « **Reply #20 on:** November 08, 2014, 07:47:10 PM »

Working on one for Nigeria - here's one for Oman (my favorite color scheme):

Robert · « **Reply #21 on:** November 10, 2014, 07:45:51 PM »

South Korea:

cptmike2012 · « **Reply #22 on:** November 11, 2014, 12:29:28 AM »

Nice set of Tornados. Could you please add one from the Mexican AF?

Thanks,

CPT Mike

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #23 on:** November 11, 2014, 02:43:35 AM »

Mmmmm…South Korean makes sense.

Robert · « **Reply #24 on:** November 11, 2014, 08:00:01 AM »

Nigeria:

Logan Hartke · « **Reply #25 on:** November 11, 2014, 08:32:13 AM »

Great work, Robert! I like it!

Cheers,

Logan

Robert · « **Reply #26 on:** November 11, 2014, 08:19:46 PM »

Thanks Logan :)

Taiwan:

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #27 on:** November 12, 2014, 03:02:34 AM »

Mmmmm….Nigerian. :)

Robert · « **Reply #28 on:** November 12, 2014, 09:35:36 AM »

Mexico:

dy031101 · « **Reply #29 on:** November 12, 2014, 01:52:09 PM »

Quote from: Robert on November 11, 2014, 08:19:46 PM

Taiwan:

Um...... or ROC on Mainland post-1950...... :)

Robert · « **Reply #30 on:** November 12, 2014, 07:51:17 PM »

Thailand:

That's all (for now?).

cptmike2012 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 13, 2014, 12:54:17 AM »

Quote from: Robert on November 12, 2014, 09:35:36 AM

Mexico:

Thanks Robert! :)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #32 on:** November 13, 2014, 02:59:27 AM »

That Mexican one looks great! :)

upnorth · « **Reply #33 on:** November 30, 2014, 09:58:23 PM »

Nice profiles! I always loved the Tornado.

I think it would look quite fetching in the "Sand and Spinach" schemes worn by the South African or Spanish air forces' Mirage F.1 fleets.

Weaver · « **Reply #34 on:** December 01, 2014, 12:03:46 AM »

Great profiles Robert! The Nigerian one looks particularly good. :)

If you fancy doing any more, how about the Netherlands or Belgium? they were both in the programme originally (see below).

Quote from: Alvis 3.1 on November 05, 2014, 03:35:08 AM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on November 03, 2014, 02:04:53 AM
I can really see the Canadian's getting Tornados.

A request: A Chilien one? - as 'payback' for assistance in the Falklands War...

We were actually part of the original MRCA project back in the beginning, along with France. I think we bailed first.
Second shot was the early 80s as part of the NFA program that led to us adopting the F-18.
Love the profiles!

Alvis 3.1

France was never in MRCA, because MRCA emerged from the wreckage of AFVG which died when the French left it. The original MRCA nations were Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, Belgium and the Netherlands. Belgium left first, probably because it couldn't have afforded an expensive aircraft in realistic quantities. Canada was next to leave, not because of any particular arguments, but because the structure and missions of it's future armed forces were completely up in the air at the time, and they didn't want to commit to an expensive programme before they knew they'd need it or not. The Netherlands was the last to go, citing complexity, cost and development time as the reasons.

You might imagine an alternative scenario in which Belgium, the Netherlands and possibly Canada were persuaded to stay by the promise of some kind of multi-national "NATO Tornado fleet" arrangement with an efficient common logistics system, from which partners could draw aircraft without having to commit in advance to buying a fixed number.

M.A.D · « **Reply #35 on:** January 14, 2015, 09:32:39 AM »

Nice....very nice!
Would love to see a profile Tornado IDS, utilizing the ADV's larger airframe = greater range please

M.A.D

Old Wombat · « **Reply #36 on:** January 14, 2015, 10:51:56 AM »

Quote from: Weaver on December 01, 2014, 12:03:46 AM

You might imagine an alternative scenario in which Belgium, the Netherlands and possibly Canada were persuaded to stay by the promise of some kind of multi-national "NATO Tornado fleet" arrangement with an efficient common logistics system, from which partners could draw aircraft without having to commit in advance to buying a fixed number.

Hmmm!? Wearing NATO markings, instead of national, & individual aircraft identification numbers, with space left for squadron designators, plus multilingual maintenance & warning placards & markings.

arkon · « **Reply #37 on:** January 14, 2015, 11:48:10 AM »

Time share tornados ?

Volkodav · « **Reply #38 on:** January 14, 2015, 12:17:16 PM »

All the original members who left ended up acquiring multirole combat aircraft instead (F-16 or F/A-18), maybe if the Tornado had been developed as a true multirole type they could have been persuaded to stay. The Tornado 2000 proposal, based on the ADV but with full strike capability is the sort of thing I was thinking.

TerryCampion · « **Reply #39 on:** May 18, 2015, 05:23:13 AM »

Absolutely fabulous!!!!

dams301 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 19, 2015, 03:16:20 AM »

Not a fan of the Tornado but I really like the Thaï one

Maybe for a future project

Volkodav · « **Reply #41 on:** May 19, 2015, 09:56:35 PM »

A very timely reappearance of this thread considering I have no less than four 1/144 Tornados to smuggle home latter this week. Having inspiration such as these superb profiles gives me extra incentive to find a way to circumvent the domestic border protection authority and its draconian anti hobby agenda.

elmayerle · « **Reply #42 on:** May 20, 2015, 01:37:16 AM »

Modified Tornado EF.3's with AN/ALQ-99 pods as well as offensive armament in wrap-around "Euro-One" as EF-24's of the USAFE?

Weaver · « **Reply #43 on:** May 20, 2015, 05:39:53 AM »

If you want an oddball colour scheme with some real-world precedent, I believe the Sultanate of Brunei considered placing an order for Tornados (not sure what version) at some point. Since they'd never operated any kind of jet up to that point the idea was quickly superceded by a plan to buy some Hawks, but even that has never actually gone ahead.

Another idea: how about a Canadian version tailored to national defence, that's basically an F.3, but with the ability to add two GR.1 belly pylons (as in the EF.3) wired for Sea Eagle? That way it could not only provide air defence as a Voodoo replacement, but could also provide air-to-air and anti-ship coverage over the RCN when the latter was relatively close to home. You might also imagine them being deployed to Iceland to extend the cover into likely NATO operational areas. Air cover over the British fleet when operating in the North Atlantic/North Sea/Arctic was one of the original rationales behind the Tornado ADV.

CiTrus90 · « **Reply #44 on:** May 21, 2015, 03:44:11 AM »

The Taiwanese Tornado looks fabulous!!

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #45 on:** May 21, 2015, 04:12:46 AM »

Quote from: Weaver on May 20, 2015, 05:39:53 AM

If you want an oddball colour scheme with some real-world precedent, I believe the Sultanate of Brunei considered placing an order for Tornados (not sure what version) at some point.

Interesting. They were also proposed F-16s and T-50s it appears:

Matt Wiser · « **Reply #46 on:** May 21, 2015, 07:17:16 AM »

Well, they've got the money.....


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Author Topic: Panavia Tornado IDS (Read 18271 times)