While "Tornado" was based at the NRM, on 21 January 2009 a £250,000 funding appeal, "Save Our Scotsman", was launched for completion of the restoration of LNER Class A3 4472 "Flying Scotsman", a long-term resident of the NRM workshops since being taken out of service for overhaul in December 2005. Inevitable comparisons were drawn with the "Tornado" project, with it being highlighted that as of the end of 2008 the cost to the NRM since 2004 of restoring "Flying Scotsman" (£2.2m purchasing and £742,000 overhauling) was almost the exact cost of building "Tornado" from scratch. In particular, as of January 2008, the believed cost of £800,000 for "Tornado's" brand new boiler from Germany was less than the latest NRM budget of £850,000 for restoring "Flying Scotsman's" A3 boiler, which had risen from earlier estimates due to the boiler's poor condition and the rising cost of copper.