“She’s a beaut Clark!” [:D] Very nice work. I hope mine turns out that nice.
Back on harrier finally, working on the cockpit and ip between 1:20 - 3:00 am [:XX]
I’m not sure did the right choice to glue the cockpit panels before to finish it but i did so:
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a reinforcement was needed, on the left consolle i glued the base for throttles
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the most complicated thing was to drill all instruments holes without break the tiny ip sheet, successfully put on only a frame for one of left instrument
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after take the picture above i clean the holes, man the ip are really little [:S]
Now the more hard thing to do is to fix all in right mode ;need to scratch the rear bulkheads of the cockpit.
soon more updates (i hope)
Bsyamato thats great scratch building,looks like some surgical skills on the ip panel nicely done !
Looking good so far gang. Summer has been largely keeping me away from the bench, but I found some time to get into my Sea Harrier over the past two weeks. If I get a chance I’ll get my photos caught up here today or tomorrow.
EDIT!! pics etc up now! The cockpit, oob, including the decals for instrument panel & side consoles. The pics make my highlight on the buckles look REALLy bright, not like that in person. And not much of this will be visible once she’s all sealed up anyway.
Underside looked fine except for a couple of sinkholes (the glob of putty near the nose gear!), and a gap at the wingroot, apparently I trimmed too much when making that fit. A little CA & nobody will ever see it anyway I suppose.
Topside - the wing-to-fuselage joint has one “up-step” and one “down-step”, making me think some pilot error is at work here.[:$]
Nose-cone? Does anyone here know for sure… is the nose-cone supposed to have the same profile all-around? Mine looks like it is flatter on one side than the other…
The exhaust nozzles - nicely moulded, but the 2 halves join right in the middle of the fins. I ended up running a little CA over top of the fins, then a rather thick coat of black paint. Not perfect, but it’ll do. (Aden guns installed here already, I drilled out the muzzles. Some things I’m going out of order on…)
My little Japanese friend was doing pics with some IJN and IJA aircraft, he stuck around to pose with the Sea Harrier…
Nice work on the Harriers, folks! Just finished a book about a Marine Harrier pilot’s experience in Afghanistan that you might be interested in reading. “A Nightmare’s Prayer” written by retired Lt. Col. Michael Kranzak. Those guys are amazing!
Keep up the good work,
Ken
Looking great Vance!
Thanx for comments, good harrier vance! the kit seems recent, i’ll try to get a copy but actually out of sold on my favourite customers
Hi jetmodeler, are crossovers allowed? I’m doing a Airfix Harrier FRS.1 1/24 for the Airfix GB.
Cheers
Picked up the Airfix Sea Harrier yesterday, Gods it’s a monster!
Note the pot of Tamiya paint to demonstrate scale.
Cheers
The Harriers are looking great everyone. Keep up the good work.
Sure, crossovers are allowed.
Casper thats gonna be HUUUUUGE! Ca’nt wait to see it get started already!!!
Yup! I’ve hidden this one from the wife! [:$]
Cheers
[Y] intelligenge work needed, but when finished ?
Not until next year I’m afraid.
Cheers
Sorry i’m thinkin in italian and write in english [whstl] , when is finished how you hide this giant from your wife view ? [:D]
I hid it in the mancave [*-)]
Cheers
That should be a good place for a while.[:D]
batman cave probably better [H] try to put on the harrier a stealth mode [B]
so, two pictures of cockpit progress before i go too forward
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thanx to the reference pictures discovered by vance , lots of pieces again needed ,as another type of cloche rear the throttles, probably used for the hoovering stage.
That’s all for the night
Looks like your front office is coming along nicely.