The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum

I agree, the pilot looks great Mark.

I have been playing with the IP tonight but I'm not happy with the colour grey I have used, I think it's too dark, so a re-spray is on the cards.

I printed off some instruments but again I'm not happy so I re-thinking my options.

Regards Splash

I profusely and grovelling apologise for not having done anything on my Harrier since the first day.
I was busy dismantling a racing car, orders for leatherwork, a few WW1 model displays to build. Now that an order for 100 toy shields has been cancelled I may be able to catch up on some serious modelling.

Lol - no worries Fred, it sounds like you've been busy. I've not had a huge amount of time to apply to it either.

One things for certain - this is not going to be a quick build

Cheers

Stuart

splash wrote:I have been playing with the IP tonight but I'm not happy with the colour grey I have used, I think it's too dark, so a re-spray is on the cards.

I printed off some instruments but again I'm not happy so I re-thinking my options.

Regards Splash

Looking forward to seeing it done Splash!

Bit more done lately, seem to be racing along but not as far forward as I thought the other day, still pages of instructions to go!.
Arms on!!


Harrier...

That's looking Awsome Mark! How did you find the fit of the engine in the fuselage?

I'm hopeing to get this moving again after the Iron Curtain build finishes. I'm still not sure if I should build a GR.3 or AV-8A.

But as it was I spent some time looking at the kit last night and then reading my Harrier books and looking it up on the internet.

I found this build which, although unfinished showed some useful tips on detailing the cockpit sidewalls and u/c bays.

http://www.ianlawrencemodels.com/wipharrier.html

Cheers

Stuart

Hi Sir T, I put the engine in after I had put the fuselage together!!, to eager!. However it only seems to attach or touch the fuselage at the rim of the front fan and the small support towards the rear of the underside of the engine. There is a reasonable amount of room around the sides and the nozzle attachment discs do not touch the sides!. Otherwise, if you glue the rim of the fan to the inner end of the intake trunking it's fine. P.S. if you don't remember to put the engine in before gluing the fuselage together it does shoehorn in, the sides of the fuselage move enough!!.
(If there's an answer in there let me know!!!).
Thanks for the comments too, looking really nice, the tail/rudder is on and the tail RWR/RCS tip. As with you cannot decide whether to build the original GR.1 version and honour the original kit or do my preferred Harrier, the GR.3.....

Thanks Mark - that's really helpful. I think I'll leave it out till the last minute.

Cheers

Stuart

That is coming together really well Mark - keep these big H's coming boys

Progress so far, a bit slow lately, the Shackleton GB has been drawing my attention!.
GR.3 nose on, not too bad a cut and only so much filler needed, more my own doing than the kit..

Nozzles on, they seemed to fight being glued into place but I think we've come to an agreement!!..

Also started on the wings this week.

It's great to see some progress and that is coming along very well Mark

that's looking Sweet Mark!

Sorry for the lack of progress, I have been playing over on the card GB, I have just taken some photos of a harrier engine and will try to publish them here tomorrow.

Regards Splash