AREA 88: "Mark III" (Panavia Tornado)

Greg Baker Аутор
In the Area 88 manga, Laurent Bosch talks about his time as a member of the mercenary group known as Mark III... a group so ruthless that he even killed his own brother when he stood in the way of mission success. Bosch never mentions what kind of planes they flew... but he never said they DIDN'T fly Panavia Tornados. And, since I have two orphan kits in the stash, well, why not let Area 88 adopt them, right?😉

Alex K
And.... here we go - the beginning of the "Area 88 PLUS" collection... we should have seen this coming, no? 🙂 👍 👍

bughunter
I'm in, to bits! That is so my topic!

Greg Baker Аутор
Uh, oh... no pressure...

Spanjaard
you will not disappoint us, i am sure 😛

Matthew A
Nice looking pair of tiny Tonkas

Nathan Dempsey
Love the Tornado, so there's no way I'll miss this one.

Greg Baker Аутор
I've decided this in one of the "survival kit" kits that I'll stuff in my pocket when I make my big move next month. I'm trying to clear off the workbench, before everything needs to be packed up and shipped, but I'm selecting a couple... well, few... kits to bring with me. I'll also have a selection of essential tools in my little "doctor's bag" to tide me over until all my goodies finally arrive.

Spanjaard
how long before your stuff arrives, after you are back home?

Greg Baker Аутор
Good question, the optimistic estimate is about 2 months... so the plan is to ship stuff one month before we leave and then we'll only have to wait a month (2 weeks of that in quarantine) when we get to Canada. So I'm trying to figure out what I can reasonably hand carry on the plane.

The problem is mostly defining the word "reasonably" since we seem to have more than one definition in my house at the moment.😉

Spanjaard
good luck with that😉
i wish you a pleasant and uneventful move... and patience with quarantine. i assume you have some stuff at home? hobby knives and paint will be an "challenging"carry one luggage....

Greg Baker Аутор
well, I did think to pack them in the suitcase... or strapped to my ankle holster.😉

Spanjaard
many paints are categorized as "flamable, so if they check your luggage, specially at departure, you may never see them again..... but i guess you know that

Matthew A
Due to covid some airlines are saying NO hand luggage!?!

Spanjaard
Really??

Nils Steyaert
this Mark III idea of yours isnt that bad, and the F-16A with the smurf on the tail you mentioned i built does seem to fit it.
i still have a spare EA-6B prowler and a few SAAB Viggens and gripens on order, might just do a something similar. i have a large stock of nail decals from aliexpress, i was planning on using them for this purpose.

Chaz Gordon
Spanjaard's right, Tamiya won't make it through Airport baggage search, Vallejo would if you include an MSDS sheet with them. Basically, Water based OK, everything else Nooooooo.

Also, beware any kind of Battery, Lithium Ion is a no go (unless in a laptop, tablet or vape carried in carry on), anything else other than lead acid, is ok if not connected and protected from shorting, but put a note in the container with them stating the battery type and OK for Air Transport.

Any kind of tools are normally prohibited from Carry On, whether sharp or blunt. Also, no fur lined handcuffs😉

Spanjaard
we are going to end up flying naked and needing the pay the air we breath

Matthew A
Chaz sounds like you tried the wrong kind of modelling

Chaz Gordon
haha, used to manage airport security. furry handcuffs was one of the most confiscated prohibited items.

Chaz Gordon
Spanjaard, I see you are familiar with Ryanair.

Spanjaard
ha ha, no, never flew when them. i like the buses with wheels, not wings

Greg Baker Аутор
This thread has kind of taken on a life of its own. Most of my modelling stuff will get packed away and shipped by sea. I'm just plotting for a survival kit (pun intended) to bring with me in my checked luggage.

Nils Steyaert
i wa quite inspired by your idea, and i have a number of spare planes aswell, these im gonna use in my Area 88 2.0 project. i believe you will like it 🙂

Droopy1984

Greg Baker Аутор
Sign me up for that Nils! I also have an (old) idea (that I haven't forgotten) to re-imagine the iconic Area 88 planes as WWII "equivalents". So... a A6M Zero for Shin, and F7F Tigercat for Mickey... a P-47 Thunderbolt for Greg, etc... I already built Shin's Crusader as a Corsair... but I'd like a do-over on that one.😉