Colin M's Sea Harrier FRS1

[colin m]

The Harrier (Sea Harrier in my case) is in my humble opinion, a little bit 'barking' and 100 % British.

With its unusual looks and amazing ability to behave like a helicopter, is it British eccentricity at its best ? I think so and that's why I like it so much, it's possibly my most favourite jet aircraft.

So here, over the next few months is where I will be building this amazing aircraft.

The box art. Clearly a reference to the Falklands, but not to worry, the Skyhawk pilot can be seen at the top of the box, having safely ejected.

[ATTACH]95604.IPB[/ATTACH]


The sprue pic. There's no way I'm getting this lot out, this will have to do.

[ATTACH]95605.IPB[/ATTACH]


Lovely rivet detail !!

[ATTACH]95606.IPB[/ATTACH]


And a nose that has to be cut off to make a Sea Harrier.

[ATTACH]95607.IPB[/ATTACH]


So, first job for me - all those rivets, every last one has to be filled and sanded. That's an awful lot of rivets on a 1:24 model. Luckily it's fairly warm outside, well in the greenhouse anyway.

Colin M........

[PaulTRose]

thats a lot of bits in that box! o_Oo_Oo_O

[Guest]

Must be great build your favorite jet aircraft at 1/24

Good luck Colin.

Ps: Thanks for join in

[colin m]

thats a lot of bits in that box! o_Oo_Oo_O

And plenty no longer on the sprue - at least the bag was sealed.

Well, rivets.......................

A man, greenhouse, cup of tea and Squadron Green.

[ATTACH]95644.IPB[/ATTACH]


Let battle commence.

[ATTACH]95645.IPB[/ATTACH]


A liberal application of filler.

[ATTACH]95646.IPB[/ATTACH]


And there we go, most rivets dealt with, just a few more to go.................................You can see I haven't bothered with the nose as this will be cut off. I'm please to say the Airfix didn't 'rivet to death' the new nose section.

Colin M...........

[PaulTRose]

And plenty no longer on the sprue - at least the bag was sealed..

i had the same problem with the airfix steam engine ive just started.....still sealed but lots off the sprues

[flyjoe180]

Goodness, that is a lot of riveting for an airframe that has b-all rivets to show. Nice work removing them Colin.

[Ian M]

You have shares in a filler company?

I have never seen the Sea Harrier built up in this scale, so I'm in.

Ian M

[Guest]

Nice. That's a big Harrier in the making there. I saw one at Telford once it looked excellent. Tuned in ...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Guest]

Wow, that's a lot of work.

Well done!

[peterairfix]

I shall be Following this one as it will give me some idea what to do with mine.

Peter t

[monica]

wow thats one scary looking box of bits Colin,

[colin m]

So, I've managed a little bit of work on my SHAR.

There's next to no detail in the pit, so I've added just a bit. I did have the idea of adding all sort of cables, but considering this will be hung from the garage ceiling, going to town on the detail might be a bit daft.

Just a few wires and a bit of plastic to liven things up a little.

[ATTACH]96652.IPB[/ATTACH]


And the finished cockpit.

[ATTACH]96653.IPB[/ATTACH]


A touch of extra detail was added to the sides.

[ATTACH]96654.IPB[/ATTACH]


and then finished.

[ATTACH]96655.IPB[/ATTACH]


The man.

[ATTACH]96656.IPB[/ATTACH]


and finally, the instrument panel.

[ATTACH]96657.IPB[/ATTACH]


That drip of green paint will be removed before installation. Now then, time to cut the GR3 nose off - oh joy.............

Colin M........

[Guest]

That's excellent! Looking really good!

[Guest]

Yep!!

Looking very good so far Colin!

I like the paintwork on the pilot, like the instrument panel as well

Cheers

[Dave W]

Nice detail painting Colin