Special Hobby 1/72 Harvard MkIIA
A reboxing of the Academy plastic with some lovely resin bits and transparencies from Special Hobby and surgical instructions to covert the Texan to the Harvard.
No real issues with the fit, my only complaint would be that the masking set I got from Special Hobby had not been cut completely around and made it difficult to get them cleanly off the sheet.
Primed with Tamiya Flat White,
Painted with Colourcoats Dark Green, Dark Earth, RAF/FAA Yellow, US Interior Green, Tamiya Nato Black, Rubber Black, Clear Red, Clear Blue, Clear Green, Clear Yellow and Flat Aluminium.
Weathered with Flory Dark Dirt, Windsor & Newton Oils, Citadel Agrax Earthshade, Nuln Oil and Seraphim Sepia.
Finished with Windsor & Newton Galeria Satin and Matt Varnishes.
Thanks for looking,
Cheers,
Alistair
Thanks for building this, Alistair (@alistairfgauld). Having been an instructor pilot, I have a soft spot for trainers, especially the Texan/Harvard. I have two of these kits in the stash, but have always wondered how the conversion to a Harvard would work. Your plane looks terrific, especially the work you did to make the canopy look right. Too bad about the partially cut masks, since they are what really helps on a kit like this. Well done.
Thanks very much George.
Special Hobby supply separate canopy parts specifically for the Harvard in the kit.
There isn't much surgery to be done but the instructions do tell you to cut a little too far towards the tail.
No biggie, though, a shim and some filler solves that.
Apart from that depending on the version you do you might have to sand off the underside lights and a couple of panel lines need to be filled and one new one scribed.
It's a fairly easy conversion and a nice kit that fits well together.
Cheers,
Alistair
Very neat work especially in this scale, rather you than me with those canopy masks.
Thanks very much,
The canopy masking was a bit fiddly
Another wonderful result, Alistair!
Well done!
Thanks very much Spiros
Beautful result, Alistair @alistairfgauld
Theis scheme does look very nice on the Harvard.
Many Flasks
Very nice inusual build.
Thanks so much
Nicely done Alistair.
Many thanks
Wonderful subject and beautifully rendered Alistair. I can only dream of building like that some day!
Thanks so much but if I can do it then anyone can.
Beautiful work Alistair, great looking Harvard!
Thank you so much
Nice work.
Glad you keep the builds up.
Trying to do the same but life gets in the way at times!
Thanks very much
Excellent Harvard - well done!
Many thanks Greg
Nice work, Alistair.
Thanks very much
Always like seeing one of these be Harvard or Texan etc. I learned how to turn wrenches old SNJ's .
Thank you very much