It’s good to be back and to be welcomed by FSM family members like you!
Toshi
HELLO THERE AGAIN MR. TOSHI !
In seeing all the replies in my email from FSM on one subject, namely the harrier, I knew it was you . LOL I’m so glad your back at it and I knew you woud be. [<:o)]
i am just now recovering from hurricane Mathew and repaired the last of the major damage, just a few more details to go then it’s back to the modeling bench for me as well.
HELLO UNCLE JAY JAY!
I miss you and all of the FSM forum members so much! I too am so glad to be back and at it again. I’m happy to hear that you and Mrs. Jay Jay are safe and sound from the Matthew ordeal. Thank you so much for the support you’ve given me!
Toshi
Isn’t that always the case. I am now finally in my own model den after years of building in the dinning room.
You can always trust the Brits to come up with something special. [;)]
Good to see you back at the bench, Toshi! 
Missed ya, buddy.
It’s good to be back M.Brindos, especially with you all. I really miss building my aircraft kits. Thank you for your support and belief in me. I greatly appreciate it.
Toshi
Glad your back Toshi…True Lies was a classic…
Yes, the OG Sidley Harrier was an amazing innovation. You Brits really made a fantastic aircraft and a cool one at that.
Toshi
I’m so happy to be back! I miss making kits but I miss you and all of the forum members. I so enjoy these conversations. Every time we move, the surround sound system needs to get broken down. Upon set up, I always calibrate the speakers using the scene from Matrix where Keanu Reaves “Neo” is in the Huey chopper saving Morpheus. Trinity is the pilot.
For shear intensity the machine gun and the helicopter crash scene is what I use to see if the subwoofer is set up right. Then I use the scene in True Lies of where the two Harriers intertwine and shoot their missiles at the bridge. I love to use that as a test scene as that test scene puts emphasis on the left, center, right, rear left, and rear right surround speakers as the missiles are launched and the two Harriers fly their tandem patterns. If everything is set up right, you can hear the missiles fly around you and hear the jets move around the room. As you stated; “True Lies was a classic”! I must agree with you on that note!
Toshi
Here is a quick update of the cockpit. Thank you all for the visit!
Toshi
Here is the IP.
Toshi
That instrument panel looks awesome, man! Is the blue screen aftermarket or ot came with the kit?
Thank you Griffin25. The blue screens are aftermarket Eduard PE. The only thing of the IP that’s part of the kit is the IP’s base. Everything else you see is from the Eduard PE set #32673. Thank you so much for the visit!
Toshi
Here is the start of the engine. I assumed that the engine would be large especially in 1/32. What I didn’t expect was how large. LOL!
Toshi,
That IP and cockpit look brilliant!
But more than that, i’m really happy to see you back here and posting. I’m glad you’ve been able to keep up the hobby despite the recent move.
I look forward to seeing more of your builds.
I, too, am glad to see you still posting, Toshi. [Y]
I love the Harrier. I have the Hasegawa 1/48 waiting in my stash, but I won’t get to it for a while. Yours is looking great so far! That cockpit is very impressive!
–Chris
Thank you so much cml I so appreciate your kind words. I’m just as happy to be back posting and especially the building of kits. What I cherish the most is the fact that I get to have such important and valuable conversations with people from all around the world like you cml. Thank you so much for the support!
Toshi
Thank you so much dirkpitt77 for your words of support. I’m very excited to be back on FSM Forums and building kits. The most important fact is that I get to have conversations with forum members like yourself. Thank you for the read and reply!
Toshi
I forgot to add while your Hasegawa 1/48 Harrier kit is on the holding pattern, what are you working on now? Thank you in advance!
Toshi
Boy, does Trumpeter really love their engines! This engine is all OOB in detail. What surprises me is the level of detail that will not be seen as it will be encased in the fuselage. But, isn’t that what most detailed models do?
Unless a modeler is extremely skilled and will perform scratch building and open up some panels exposing the engine details, that will be the only example to be able to view such intricate building techniques. I for one am not skilled enough to do such work albeit I can vicariously live such scratch building through other master modelers scratch building here on FSM Forums.
Still, ultimately the assembly process was very difficult and inspiring at that same time plus, most importantly I had a great time with this. Although no one will see this, I am going to AB and weather this monster of an engine. Please view my progress below and thank you for visiting my post!
Toshi
