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  1. The car driver who didn’t see me this morning until he skidded to a stop inches from my front wheel may not have seen me, but I’m fairly sure he then heard my most unladylike swearing. Probably unnecessary as, like Andre’s assailant, he appeared to be contemplating a change of underwear at the very real possibility of committing vehicular homicide. The swearing helped me though, not least because 10 minutes before I had skidded on black ice on Embra’s high quality roads, depositing me, and bike, on the tarmac with some force (those who know me well will know I am no svelte cyclist). The (different) car driver behind kindly drove round me without stopping to enquire if I was ok, which at least left me unprotected in the road for the buses to aim at. I may park the bike for the rest of the winter. Nice P40 PC
  2. My sole Poseidon photo, but sadly little use for research purposes: Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  3. You may hate me for saying so, but Madeleine is, of course, gorgeous, and I will happily takeover as Daddy daycare if you can get me a green card and match my outrageous salary demands. Failing that, air freight all three sprogs to Scotland and we’ll sort ‘em out. Meanwhile, the winged thing is gorgeous, and weathering seems like a perfect next step, I would go with a pale white/yellow gouache dot filter to fade and blend it all down. But what do I know, I only stick stuff together these days 😂
  4. So am I! I think I’ll just fudge the internal screen, and on this one I’ll do a closed canopy with crew so hopefully any errors will be suitably misdirected. I have a Sword two seater in the stash which I might try and do open.
  5. With the help of a friendly ‘erk from 1942, we foiled the sabotage plot and unmasked the saboteur. 🙂 Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Today, more chores but I’ve slapped some paint on the pilot of the play Harrier. My eyesight isn’t what it was, so this is probably as good as I can hope for, with the aid of the magnifying visor. Once the canopy frames are painted I think it should pass muster. Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  6. Indeed. I still don’t understand what keeps them up, but then again, nor do I understand how my iPad lets me talk to my friend in Illinois, but it works, so who am I to argue. The good news is I seem to be covid free, which is nice, the bad is that health means no escape from Mrs 06/24’s “to do list”. As some of you may know, we moved back into Edinburgh earlier this year, and a an acquaintance has spent the past two weeks installing new taxiways on the 06/24 apron. My job was to fill in and repair the now “too small” run off area (lawn 🤣). Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr That done, more interesting matters could proceed - primer on the play Harrier: Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Some new reading: Untitled by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr (A different kind of Cold War altogether!) However, an afternoon out beckons, we’re off to try and complete “Operation Sabotage” an airfield themed escape room experience at the National Museum of Flight. Normal service should resume tomorrow.
  7. Sad to say I enjoy targets nearly as much as I enjoy winged and rotary things. Hi PC, have you not been paying attention 🤣 Falklands stuff so far is all winged (but hairycopters will follow)
  8. Loaded for the Falklands by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Bombed up with cluster bombs and tanks from the Italeri kit, and the original recon pod on the centreline. More appropriate as a load out for the Falklands than RAFG I suspect, but not impossible. Clearly, if you’re buying a Harrier choose the re-tooled Airfix or the Esci/Italeri versions, they are much “better” models, but this was great fun and not too taxing for my covid fogged brain. If I ever get to wargame with 20mm Cold War then this will be ideal.
  9. Nothing interesting to show on the T.4, the covid has left me feeling worse today so apart from some light sanding and front undercarriage doors, I’ve not done anything meaningful. Instead, on the basis that if I messed it up due to the brain fog, it wouldn’t matter, I chucked together the ancient Airfix first version GR.3, in action pose. The original GR.1 tooling, on which this was based, came out in 1969 (same age as me then!) and was modified into this GR.3 version in 1983. I built a lot of these as a kid, probably my favourite kit, and despite its age and obvious weakness in detail, it still to my mind captures the look of the 1980s harrier force well: Light relief by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  10. One of the reasons for replacing the Bobcat bits with Airfix, is that the Bobcat features the extended ferry wingtips which, by all accounts, were rarely if ever used, and also the mega tall tail fin that only the early twin tub Harriers had, most seem to have had the standard tail, albeit mounted on a kind of booster seat arrangement. So, swallow a couple of brave pills along with my next dose of paracetamol and off with the tails from both kits, and the Airfix tail is grafted onto the Bobcat fuselage. Frankenharrier returns by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr Despite the Shar’s many shortcomings, one, if not the only, place it scores over the later GR.3 tooling is that the fin is the right height, rather than the diminutive GR.1 effort that carried over to the GR.3 new tool.
  11. The intakes (with dropped doors) from the Shar can be made to fit with a bit of effort (and copious amounts of filler). The wing is on, the pit has a coat of paint, need to be patient now and let it harden before sanding. (I’m off work with covid so not feeling great, surprised I’ve managed as much as I have today.) Harrier T.4 in 1/72 by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  12. A new thread to capture WIP stuff that doesn’t fit with my Falklands themed thread. Anyone who has read that will know I have a bunch of Airfix Sea Harrier bits lying around that didn’t get used after I realised the Esci/Italeri version was so much more accurate in outline. I don’t like to bin unbuilt plastic (which is funny given that I rarely keep my finished builds for long!) so how better to use up some of the Airfix bits than another Frankenharrier - this time a T.4 cobbled together with a mixture of Heller/Bobcat fuselage, SHAR wings and spare seats from my GR.3 builds. Hopefully once a PJ Production crew is onboard, the relative lack of interior gubbins won’t be visible. The front seater has gained a rudimentary IP from another spare. Frankenharrier take 2 by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  13. I’ve decided to create new threads away from the WHIF world, since my modelling seems to be increasingly led by real-world accuracy again, but thanks for watching folks.
  14. For this one, to drop the intake doors, I decided to copy the method @Navy Bird used on his build of the Fujimi kit, which typically understated masterclass can be found Here Dropping the intake flaps by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
  15. The fan blades were painted using Games Workshop/Citadel contrast paint, which provides a useful light and shade effect straight from the pot. Contrast painted fan blades by Jon Gwinnett, on Flickr
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