Hi everyone!

First, I would like to congratulate my friend Chuck @uscusn for the conception of this great idea of a group build. Thanks for the invitation, Chuck!

The 1/32 "Mig Eater" Revell Tornado will be my first entry at this GB.

I had bought the kit 15 years ago from a local hobby shop for less (as I can recall) than 40 Euros. However, the boxart did not appeal to me (just not my taste). Imagine my joy, when I realized that my favorite "Mig Eater " scheme was included!

Here is the scheme, "borrowed" from Wings Palette, as it was depicted at the great "Military Aircraft of the Cold War" book. I will not dig into historical info now, as most of you are extremely familiar, not only with the Tornado, but also with the "Mig Eater" scheme. I will cover the historics at the completed model headlines section.it was an unbeatable price to beat.

Being a big and not necessarily uncomplex kit, it was resting in my SoD, waiting for its turn.

Well, inspiration and temptation are here: it's this great GB!

A lot of plastic can be seen in the kit contents: this is a big kit! Everything looks nice and promising!

The decal sheet is massive and excellently printed by Cartograph.

That's all for now, some ongoing projects have to be sorted out and I will soon start to cut some Sprue.

All the best!

Said Chuck: "it was an honor to share space with them and their brews as well."
You got to share BREWS with them ?!?!?! LoL! Heck, we were forbidden to even THINK of a brew!

Seriously, while I had no alcohol over there (no big loss, even though I do appreciate a nice, cold bier occasionally) I did spend a great afternoon & evening with the great Brits who were assigned to our unit as advance scouts. I don't remember their exact unit designation but they were a unit of the VERY famous "Desert Rats." I still have a shirt / tunic that I traded something for. That and my Republican Guard beret are my most prized souvenirs from my time 'over there.' (I didn't TRADE anything for the beret ... I took the RepGuard soldier prisoner one afternoon and relieved him of his headgear.)

Spiros, this looks like a great kit & I KNOW that your finished product will be an awesome miniature of the real and outstanding aircraft! I look forward to seeing more.

Chuck @uscusn!

Jeff @mikegolf!

Erik @airbum!

Thanks guys! What a warm welcome! What awesome stories!

Now the sprue cutting has become even more tempting!

How long am I going to resist and give my existing projects "priority" over the "Mig Eater"?

Thanks Greg @gkittinger!

Did it pass?

Aha future aviator in the making Spiros, my son flies F-15's in the USAF. It does run in the blood.

You really cant start those kids too early!

May the reinFORCEment be with you my friend! The Tornado is after all a two-seater and should be bigger than. . . OK - seriously, that is one mighty big kite you got there!