Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.9A Completed page 2

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Alongside the Shar, i am also doing a harrier GR.9A. This will be in the Op Herrick markings.

I’ll be adding a resin cockpit as wel as resin exhauts and intakes. First task was to fit the side to the pit and get all the pit parts painted.

With the detail painting done the pit was fited into the nose which was then fitted to the main body of the fuselage.

Then got the wing fitted. There is a large gap behind the cockpit, but thats a resin piece so can’t blame that on the kit. In general the fit has been very good.

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Great start Bish. That box art is fantastic!

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Thanks Chad. Ye, it is rather nice isn’t it.

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Nice, Martin. More weight in resin than plastic, I fear.

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Looks good! I have to add a harrier to the stash.

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Thanks guys. Your right there John.

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The Harrier is now ready for priming and painting, just got to mask off the canopy and intakes.

The various doors and hatches will be painted off the kit.

While its in the paint shops, i will start on a weapons loader.

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Enjoying this. I like Harrier’s and have yet to build one.

Where is the little Arnold Schwarzenegger?

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You can see the finish line from here. I always like the nose on this variant. Seems like there’s a lot going on and a lot of technology packed in that nosecone.

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Thanks guys.

Greg, he must be hideing in case Bond find him [;)]. But i am surprised that 007 has not flown one, it only appeared in one Bond movie.

Chad, i agree. I have a GR1 and 3 in the stash as well, but i am not really as keen on the look of the front of the 1, its only from the 3 that its starts to get more interesting.

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This one looks really good as well. They will certainly complement each other on the shelf.

BK

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Thanks BK. Ye, i think your right. And i am looking forward to doing the older versions with the different schemes. These 2 are just various shades of grey.

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Been a while since i updated as the build slowed a bit, partly due to a painting issue. The Harrier has 3 shades of grey on it, though you can hardky distinguish the lighter 2 even in the flesh let along on the pics. I used Xtracolour for all 3 but for some reason the 3rd one took ages to dry, it was still tacky a week later. So i had to do quite a bit of repair work.

I put on a coat of Aqua gloss to seal the paint before adding the decals.

Next up some weathering.

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nice. I always thought it was just barley gray used on your phantoms

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Thanks Nick. I think nthis scheme was a late one, they seemed to have changed a few times from the early 90’s.

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Excellent work Bish, That scheme really suits it.

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Well executed paint Bish! I love those low visibility liveries.

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Thanks guys.

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Looking good there, Bish! That underside shot really shows off the increased payload of the second gen Harrier!

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Thanks G. Your not kidding about the increased load.