Hawker Siddeley Harrier
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Although not Hasegawa's finest, the late Harrier version model certainly looks purposeful like the real aircraft.
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This is the latest addition to my "Good From Afar but Far From Good" collection: Monogram's AV-8A Harrier. Decals are from Furball. Napalm tanks are from true Details. Sidewinder missiles and exhaust nozzles [...]
25 April 1982, the container ship MV Atlantic Conveyer departs the UK to the Falkland Islands. Aboard are 5 HC.1 Ch-47 Chinook medium lift helicopters (No.8 squadron), all the maintenance and ground crews with equipment aboard. Along [...]
My latest entry into the Good From Afar but Far From Good Collection: Monogram's AV-8B Harrier II, 1/48 scale.
Scratch built enhancements include the nose and main landing gear doors, auxiliary inlet door interiors, and lead wiring on the [...]
The Harrier II Plus is not among Hasegawa's finest models. It has fit issues and sparse cockpit. Yet, thanks to the finely engraved panel lines and accurate dimensions it can be build into a descent representation of American development [...]
This commission built was for a client who is a former Harrier pilot. I used Quinta Studio’s 3-D decals for the cockpit, Meng Missiles, Eduard Brassin’ JDAM bombs, and Caracal Decals to represent VMA-214 aircraft # 2. This aircraft was [...]
1/72 Airfix, built 12-2022 - 10-2023 for the Falklands GB, more details and pic's there.
This build was a commission build using the 1/48 Revell/Monogram AV-8B kit. The client supported the Marine squadron VMA-223 in Afghanistan in 2011. In appreciation of his support they carried an American flag on a mission aboard and [...]
Whew! This is a hell of a project, one that can drive you nuts, especially if the kit is sub par.
The way I am tackling it is by doing each section completely for one aircraft and I figure out any issues during assembly of that step. Once [...]
Hi All,
A quick update on the 6 Harriers that I am building for the USMC Blacksheep Squadron for the 80th Anniversary.
I am now onto the engines, I completed one as a test so the other 5 would go smoothly and this approach seems to work [...]