She looks great. I’d like to see some close ups.
Thanks Keavdog, Lurch, Tank-Builder, and TigerII much appreciated. Well it appears a near unanimous choice on three different forums, the Harrier wins! FYI, it’s the Hobby Boss AV-8B Harrier II. The kit markings are for a U.S. Marines, VMA-211, “Ace of Spades” version. Please let me know if you are aware of other decals or stencils that may be available.
A couple other things… while waiting for the feedback and direction from all of you I began cleaning up and working on another resin kit, this time in around 1/20 scale. It will be something to work on between other builds. If you remember, it looked like this upon arrival.
NOTE: Yes, I did keep those mold protection boxes and I’m sure they can be useful for racks or stands in future builds.
During removal I found that three of the foot pegs on the cycle were broken along with a missing right rear front fender bracing rod. I was able to repair and replace the items without any major fuss. After several hours of careful removal (well over 100 connection points), and very basic assembly, this is how it currently looks.
This ones is going to be an exercise in painting too as everything came assembled on the figure (other than the arms, head, and rifle) and the the motorcycle was three main parts (main chassis, front forks, and exhaust). The mud on the chassis, tires, and boots was a neat feature as well as the good looking base.
And this is how it should look once together.
The other item garnering a response was that people (including TigerII) asked for more detailed (closer) photos of the knight on horseback.
Thanks once again for enjoying the knight on horse build and up next, the “Harrier”.
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Hey Drums…you had my attn at Dame.
Beautiful work, sir. Really nice. Keep that on display in a nice case!
Hey Drums!
Please keep it in Marine markings. I was one of “Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children” and I just loved our birds!, Please?
Fantastic work there Ben and Jarrad!!! Love everything about her, the figure, the horse, the armour, the flag, everything looks great! [ht]
Thanks for sharing with us!!!
The Harrier sounds cool but I’m really looking forward to the German bike!
Outstanding finish! Did you paint the fleurs-de-Lys by hand? They look fantastic!
A USMC Harrier it is then…
Gamera, the bike will be built between our other builds, when there is down time. Though its neat, they did not provide any decals for anything… will work on that.
Baron, unfortunately I did not paint them, they were decals. Sure wish I coud do them that clean in around 1/32 scale, but the flag was hard enough.
Thanks everyone for the positive comments, I’ll share them with Jarrod.
Ben and Jarrod
That Dame looks great. All elements of this figure went together well. The color scheme really makes it pop. Nice job.
Thanks TigerII we really appreciate it.
That is some beautiful work on this female knight! Bravo! [Y] [Y]