Simon Cornes Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Has anyone ever produced a vac-form canopy and nose halves to produce one of these? I know Heritage will have one out in glorious resin before too long (well, maybe, in too long!) but the cheaper option would just require the nose and fin and some decent drawings (scale up from 1/48th). Same goes for the T10/12 although the canopy on that is far more difficult because of the curve in to the frame for both the hinged bits and windscreen. IMHO opinion, once you have the canopy/screen then everytthing else is possible, albeit maybe requiring a bit of daring and a lot of commitment. (NB I have posted a similar question on the Harrier SIG forum) Thanks Simon Edited January 30, 2012 by Simon Cornes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Something in the back of my mind says ID models did a conversion . Phil Cater used a soft drinks bottle for his T10 conversion IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChocksAway Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 (edited) Chaps ID Models conversion was for the Revell 1/32nd scale Harrier? They are now branded under Tigger Models ? see this link, but basically ... 14 Sea Harrier FRS1 conversion for Revell Harrier GR1 £7.50 15 Harrier T4 conversion for Revell Harrier Gr1 £12.50 I think I had the Sea Harrier one listed under "John Wilkes" in the Kitography, aka Tigger. Edited January 31, 2012 by ChocksAway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Has anyone ever produced a vac-form canopy and nose halves to produce one of these? I know Heritage will have one out in glorious resin before too long (well, maybe, in too long!) but the cheaper option would just require the nose and fin and some decent drawings (scale up from 1/48th). Same goes for the T10/12 although the canopy on that is far more difficult because of the curve in to the frame for both the hinged bits and windscreen. IMHO opinion, once you have the canopy/screen then everytthing else is possible, albeit maybe requiring a bit of daring and a lot of commitment. (NB I have posted a similar question on the Harrier SIG forum)Thanks Simon Hi Simon, It shouldn't be that difficult - biggest problem(s) would be the canopy's. I did something similar in 1/48th scale to Airfix's GR3 - converted into a T8. I crash moulded the two canopy's and used the kits windcsreen. I scratchbuilt the centre glazing. I started to strip it down for a refurbishment last year - you can see from these pic's the breakdown of the component (and plastic card/mill Phil's conversion was to a T10, and he did say that he used a coke bottle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Cornes Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Thanks Guys. I know that it is a fairly straight forward job to identify the cockpit rear bulkhead for the GR, which is basically where the nose is separated and then extend the nose forward to take the rear cockpit but, as with any scratch build, the trick is to make the canopy so I must have a look through my references for cross sections through the canopy. In an ideal world someone would have already done this and have the bits available at a 'sensible' price but maybe not! No idea when I will get around to actually building this but I like to get my information sorted out when I can! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave T Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I have 1/24 T-bird plans. PM sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin807 Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Dave T, I'm planning a 1/24 Airfix GR3 conversion to a T4. It's all about knowing where to cut the fuse and how long the plug needs to be. I fancy painting it up as one of the Arctic Harriers - sloppy white / green. I think they look really cool (pun intended!) Could I be cheeky and ask if I could have a copy of the plans too? Regards Gremlin807 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 22 hours ago, Gremlin807 said: I'm planning a 1/24 Airfix GR3 conversion to a T4. There are some pictures of the T.4 rear cockpit and panel in this excellent book, https://www.aviationmegastore.com/img/prod/full/0/a/79029_0.jpg The same book also shows how the T.2/T.4 nose area was elongated. Funny, I was pondering on what to do with my 24th Harrier and was contemplating scratchbulding a whole new cockpit section, built up with plasticard formers and stringers, and skinned in thin plasticard - to give scale structure to it. Could this be a way forward for a T.4 conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossington 2 Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 https://imgur.com/a/V3RAY Does this help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Have a look for Spencer Pollard's T2 conversion he did in 2016. He did a series of articles in MAI magazine, and some stuff was on his blog and Youtube channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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