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Modellers Datafile 29


The Panavia Tornado
A Comprehensive Guide
IDS, ECR and ADV Versions

AUTHOR: Andy Evans
YEAR: 2017
PUBLISHER: HobbyZone Limited (under
licence from SAM Publications)
ISBN: 978-0-9955460-6-6
FOR M AT: 200pp Softback

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his latest in the popular
Modeller Datafile series
of books from SAM
Publications (the 29th in the
series) looks at the Panavia
Tornado. This is an aircraft
which has recently seen several
manufacturers producing
kits, so the book is well timed,
especially if you have some
of these kits in your stash.
The book opens with a look
at the design and development
of the type, before moving on to
the RAF IDS (Interdiction/Strike)
Tornado GR1 and later variants.
This chapter covers the role of these
variants during the first Gulf War
and subsequent conflicts. Whilst in
the latter conflicts some nose art

was applied, that applied during
the first Gulf War is certainly
more colourful and varied, and
is illustrated in this book with
contemporary colour images.
The next chapter looks at
the ADV (Air Defence Variant)
Tornado. As with the preceding
chapter, there is an introduction
to the type, before moving
on to look at it in service, and
again, its role in conflicts.
The next chapters cover the
type in Luftwaffe, Italian Air
Force, and Royal Saudi Air Force
service. One particular photo from
the RSAF chapter caught my eye,
which shows at least ten airframes
with their undercarriage up on the
sand, being broken up. A recreation
of this photo in model form would
make an excellent diorama!
The next part of the book opens
with six pages of colour profiles,
before moving on to 25 pages of
colour walk-around photos of the
Tornado, which cover the different
variants and just about every part

of the airframe you could wish for.
The section is rounded off with eight
pages of “colourful” Tornados.
As the introduction says, the type
has worn many special schemes over
the years, and the pictures that are
included are just a small selection!
The Luftwaffe schemes are certainly
the most eye-catching of those
included, with some excellent Tiger

Squadron artwork represented.
The main part of the book
is rounded off with 7 kit
builds: two of the Revell 1/72
scale Tornado ECR (Electronic
Combat/Reconnaissance),
two of the Revell 1/48 scale
Tornado IDS, one of the 1/48
scale Hobbyboss Tornado
IDS, one of the Italeri 1/48
scale Tornado F3, and
rounding off the section,
a build of the Revell 1/48
scale F3 ADV test shot.
The appendices of the book
include a section of line-
drawn profiles that highlight
the differences between the
versions, a list of the squadrons
using the Tornado, and
technical diagrams. The last
appendix is the Kitography,
covering kits, decals and
accessories. Inside the back
cover there is a pull-out section with
1/48 scale plans of the Tornado.
If you have any of the kits listed
in the kitography in your stash,
then this book may just give you the
inspiration you need to build them!
My thanks to HobbyZone/
SAM Publications for supplying
this copy for review.
TMU-S

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