discussion Revell AV8B Harrier in 1/144 scale

[Guest]

No PE? :smiling2::tongue-out3:

 

[yak face]

Today i started preparing all the tiny parts to be added after painting. The very fragile nicely detailed undercarriage was extremely carefully detached from the sprue and attached to a stirring stick . The front pair of exhausts were solid on the end so i drilled these out and cleaned them up then fixed these and the rear pair to the stick . All the little bits and the main airframe were then primed in Halfords white .

 

[adt70hk]

And people think 1/72 is small....

Great work so far Tony!!

 

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely Tony

 

[yak face]

Cheers everyone , I cant recommend this kit highly enough , the detail would put many a 1/48 kit to shame , just make sure youve got a good magnifier and some fine tweezers!!!

 

[yak face]

Time for paint on this one now . I started with the underside grey ( in this case fs36320 dark ghost grey) then when cured i masked up the underside and applied the top colour ( fs 36231 dark gull grey) . The masking was very tricky as not only is it so small but the three pylons on each wing made it more difficult . Anyways its done and ive taken off the masking and it worked very well . The distinction between the two greys is almost imperceptible at a distance but it is on the real thing as well. Ive just got the nose cone to do now then its on to the undercarriage and missiles.

 

[papa 695]

Great work Tony. Being such a small kit, it could be very easy to flood the paint, but you’ve done a great job of it.

 

[yak face]

Got the decals on , some of which were really tiny! The control surfaces were highlighted then I gave it a coat of satin varnish as i wanted to get the slightly shiny finish seen on most modern aircraft, but it looked too shiny so I gave it a quick misting of matt to dull it down a bit . Next up is unmask the canopy and get the undercarriage and sidewinders fitted .

 

[yak face]

Undercarriage now done and the Missile rails and sidewinders have been fitted . The sidewinders were quite a bugger to paint and decal , the red and yellow decal stripes not wanting to play ball and taking a lot of persuading to wrap around the tiny diameter of the missile .

 

[Fernando N]

Lovely little Harrier Tony :thumb2:

 

[papa 695]

Looking great

 

[stillp]

Amazing! Getting decals to fit around missiles is hard enough in 1/72.
Pete

 

[Swagman 070]

I take my hat off to you Sir, a fantastic build in such a small scale. I struggle with 1:72.
Steve

 

[yak face]

Finally got some time in the shed so i managed to get this over the line. There were only a few tiny things to do but it seems to have taken ages . I was not really happy with the thickness of the kit supplied outrigger doors , so off they came and were replaced with some very thin half round strip. I also spent a long time making the tiny ’apparent wind indicator ‘ that sits prominently on the nose just in front of the windscreen from the thinnest stretched sprue i could manage. Last to be done was a wash on the undercarriage , the blade aerial and the sealant line round the rear canopy and it was finished .There were a few bits left over - I didnt bother using the supplied drop tanks as I felt they would have hidden the nicely detailed jet nozzles and the supplied laser designator is only used if bombed up ( which the spanish ones rarely ( if ever ) are .)This has been a fantastic little kit , superbly detailed ,great fit , I cant recommend it highly enough , just make sure youve got a good magnifier!! Heres a few pics to finish the thread , ill put the rest on a completed thread , thanks for looking , cheers tony