Hi E! If your Tornado is the RAF desert storm one then it is very nice, I saw that one and the colour looks as near to being perfect as makes no different to my eyes. One thing about those desert colours was that they faded and weathered very badly, so there is a lot of lattitude to get a good match
. The thing about seeing in a shop is the models look so much nicer, CDC's catalogue is terrible, with just artists paintings that show nothing of the models. My local hobby store is ran by a terribly nice old boy who will do anything for his customers, but ordering blind from a catalogue like CDC's is terrible. For instance I was impressed by the P47, this is a fighter I have never liked and probably would never buy usually but one of the ones Isaw looked great when I saw it in the metal, and I was/am very tempted to buy it. I know what you mean about shops being dangerous, I often thinkI should leave my credit card at home before going to visit model shops!!!
Justin