From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Anna e Davide Turati" References: <002301c4023e$89a90580$2e01623e@annaedave> Subject: Re: Tornado article Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 10:59:38 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0297_01C40B45.CC0A69E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0297_01C40B45.CC0A69E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Davide, Thanks for sending in your Tornado article. It looks excellent. I'm = catching up on a backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response. = I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Anna e Davide Turati=20 To: Steve Bamford ARC=20 Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:15 PM Subject: Tornado article =20 1/72 Hasegawa Panavia Tornado IDS Desert Storm / Operazione Locusta=20 by Davide Turati Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20 =20 This is my AMI (Aeronautica Militare Italiana - Italian Air Force) = Tornado IDS, built in 1991. Although I am not inclined to build models = on the wave of current war events, in this case I buit it for a good = reason: it was a welcome back present for a friend who flew several = missions over Iraq as a Tornado Weapon System Operator. Operazione = Locusta was the name of the Italian partecipation to Desert Storm from = the airport of Al Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates. Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 04.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 05.jpg=20 =20 The model was built mostly out of the box, except for a Verlinden = update set (resin seats, avionic bays, photoetched details and boarding = ladder), and for a couple of Airwaves resin BOZ-107 underwing chaff and = flare dispensers, plus a couple of scratchbuilt antennas. The decals = were from Tauro, with just a few changes to correct some inaccuracies. =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here=20 =20 The photographs were taken with a reflex camera mounted on a tripod = and those with a simulated background were made with a double exposure = technique I read of on an old issue of the Finescale Modeler Magazine. = It consisted in a first exposure, in a completely dark room, of the = background (a photograph taken on a real airfield, or in the desert), = which was projected with a slide projector. Then, without changing the = focus of the objective, and putting a black cloth as a background, the = second exposure was made with aid of a flash, held high to simulate the = sunlight. The opening photo of the article was done without the second = exposure, the reddish color coming from the light of the background. We = (myself and my cousin Stefano, who was the "director of photography") = liked the sunset-like appearance of the photo and left it that way. This is what you had to resort to in times when digital photo editing = was still a dream. Thanks to Gilberto Sabattini for scanning the original color slides. Davide=20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 06.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 07.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 08.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 08.jpg=20 =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by Davide Turati ------=_NextPart_000_0297_01C40B45.CC0A69E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Davide,
Thanks for sending in=20 your Tornado article.  It looks excellent.  I'm catching = up on a=20 backlog of e-mails....sorry for the slow response.  I'll e-mail you = when=20 your article goes on ARC.
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
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From:=20 Anna e Davide=20 Turati
To: Steve Bamford ARC
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 = 3:15=20 PM
Subject: Tornado article

 =20

1/72=20 Hasegawa Panavia Tornado IDS

Desert Storm = / Operazione=20 Locusta 

by Davide Turati

Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized=20 version of photo 01.jpg = here

This is my AMI (Aeronautica Militare Italiana = - Italian=20 Air Force) Tornado IDS, built in 1991. Although I am not inclined = to=20 build models on the wave of current war events, in this case I buit it = for a=20 good reason: it was a welcome back present for a friend who flew = several=20 missions over Iraq as a Tornado Weapon System Operator. Operazione = Locusta was=20 the name of  the Italian partecipation to Desert Storm from = the=20 airport of Al Dhafra in the United Arab Emirates.

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg=20

 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20

The model = was built mostly=20 out of the box, except for a Verlinden update set (resin seats, = avionic bays,=20 photoetched details and boarding ladder), and for a couple of Airwaves = resin=20 BOZ-107 underwing chaff and flare dispensers, plus a couple of = scratchbuilt=20 antennas. The decals were from Tauro, with just a few changes to = correct some=20 inaccuracies.

 =20
Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here

The = photographs were=20 taken with a reflex camera mounted on a tripod and those with a = simulated=20 background were made with a double exposure technique I read of on an = old=20 issue of the Finescale Modeler Magazine. It consisted in a first = exposure, in=20 a completely dark room, of the background (a photograph taken on a = real=20 airfield, or in the desert), which was projected with a slide = projector. Then,=20 without changing the focus of the objective, and putting a black cloth = as a=20 background, the second exposure was made with aid of a flash, held = high to=20 simulate the sunlight. The opening photo of the article was = done=20 without the second exposure, the reddish color coming from = the light of=20 the background. We (myself and my cousin Stefano, who was the = "director of=20 photography") liked the sunset-like appearance of the photo and left = it that=20 way.

This is = what you had to=20 resort to in times when digital photo editing was still a=20 dream.

Thanks to Gilberto Sabattini for = scanning the=20 original color slides.

Davide 

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg=20

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 07.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg=20

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 08.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg=20

Photos = and text =A9 2003=20 by Davide=20 Turati

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