Tornado altimeter?

[Jayviator]

Hello, can any Tornado pilots solve a mystery for me. I am looking for a Tornado altimeter to help complete my Tornado front panel project. I already have the radar altimeter but i need the main one. Someone has one for sale on ebay which they are claiming is a Tornado altimeter, they even provided a photo of a Tornado cockpit showing the altimeter and it is the same one as shown in their listing.
However I have being doing a lot of research about Tornado cockpits so i can make my panel as accurate as possible (it will be a GR1) and all the photos I have seen of the altimeter (apart from the 1 image that the ebay seller provided) show a different one, so did the Tornado only ever have one altimeter type or did they occasionally use another type?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PANAVIA-TORNADO-AIRCRAFT-MAIN-COCKPIT-ALTIMETER-INDICATOR-GAUGE-10-50-000-FEET/113017950491?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3 D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D0d09a074072d484a8fe9ad3e2 56feb4c%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D3231732667 09%26itm%3D113017950491&_trksid=p2481888.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A819ecd01-68b4-11e8-a150-74dbd1807a8d%7Cparentrq%3Acfbaba911630aa4802e7ea8cfff77c72%7 Ciid%3A1

As you can see it is similar but not identical to this which is the altimeter i see in every other image of a Tornado cockpit

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=tornado+altimeter&rlz=1C1GGGE_en-gbGB439GB673&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=vLsMIkWp66YflM%253A%252CYkmXuA05biqX4M%252C_&usg=__M1PYKvypoci0g-8ZOk1KOaWjsWA%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwinpovAt7zbAhXMIMAKHUslDa4Q9QEIZDAB#imgrc=vLsMIkWp 66YflM:

[PAC7903]

That's a rear cockpit altimeter on ebay.

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

Not a pilot...but there are images online of various cockpits and both those styles are in them. A German IDS shows the eBay version and an image of an F3 shows the one with the standby toggle switch.

[Jayviator]

Ah that is interesting thanks. I guess I just have not seen those images, perhaps they were only used in German variants. I have noticed there is sometimes some different variant of other instruments, well at least i have seen one Tornado HSI which seems slightly different.
Could you post links to images which show the ebay altimeter?
Cheers

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

There you go Jayviator: Panavia Tornado IDS - Germany - Navy | Aviation Photo #1048362 | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany-Navy/Panavia-Tornado-IDS/1048362/L) and https://www.airteamimages.com/panavia-tornado_ZE887_united-kingdom---royal-air-force_10177_large.html

Perhaps the eBay one is one that his Grandad took off a dead German in ze var ;-)

[ORAC]

Online German navy IDS versions shows the eBay type. Other RAF, Italian and GAF version cockpit photos I can find show the lighter coloured reset knob type.

Panavia Tornado IDS - Germany - Navy | Aviation Photo #1418988 | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany-Navy/Panavia-Tornado-IDS/1418988)

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Germany-Air-Force/Panavia-Tornado-IDS/1421286

[SATCOS WHIPPING BOY]

There could also be a difference between front and rear seat styles.
This back-seater alt is similar to that one on eBay. Good luck in sorting that conundrum out. :-)
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2a/39/8f/2a398fcdf4166242aa7513233f7570d9.jpg

[Jayviator]

Thanks for the help chaps. I think i will just wait and hope for a "proper" altimeter to come along, from the front cockpit of a RAF version. Got my latest part today the control column, so i just fitted the grip to the top of that.