bar side Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 9 hours ago, Okdoky said: Have you checked out whether there is a ready made set from rail way suppliers that do fire engines and the like ! If you could splash out once for a pre programmed light set you might find the port starboard and dorsal etc lights avaliable almost plug and play ! I would probably blow a fuse after blowing a few bulbs being ham fisted ! Also would there be potential to hide a join line in you backdrop behind a lighting tower or some other convenient linear structure placed over ? There are some great bits on line for oo gauge or even n gauge lighting, but this string of lights cost £1 so I can experiment. Also, they run on 2 AA batteries so can't do too much damage. I cut into one led last night & didn't stop the strip working! I was going to use the real gpu port location & run power out either behind the houchin or maybe even spray the battery pack green & stick wheels on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) Blue-tac & masking tape got the GR3 up on its wheels. Now this is how she looks: In the tips os each wing is a cut down LED and another on the nose wheel. The rest of the string is still attached, but will be cut off & tidied up. There will need to be one in the tail, and top & bottom anti collision lights. But these required the most work & would decide if this is a go or no go. So lights on: Think that looks ok. Will take a bit of shaping up to get the wing tip lights to blend in, but not too much or they will snap off now all of the strengthening has been cut away. And painted green & red of course. So, houchins provide power.... Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 30, 2016 Author Share Posted October 30, 2016 (edited) Right taken the plunge & joined the fuselage halves and put the wings on. That means the wiring is now sealed inside. The external power lead have been changed to some telephone wire & pushed out through the GPU port. I didn't go for flashing anti collision lights as that would have meant at least 3 if not 4 wires & that would have looked bad. Now getting some green stuff on the joints & starting on the outside detail before thinking about paint Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) Started throwing some paint at the Harrier - only green and on the top but its looking OK Looks a bit like arctic camo. Can't say the kit is particularly modern & hadn't really won me over, but quite liking it now its got a bit of paint Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Nice reminder of how titchy the Harrier is. Really looking forward to seeing this one with the HAS. I do love the way that you don't hang about. Kirk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Perhaps a little late, but Im pretty sure you can get flashing LEDs. Its all good fun nonetheless. And yea, how dinky is the Harrier? Its one of the most surprising things for me when I finally build something - just how the size of some things compares to others when theyre not 1:1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 3, 2016 Author Share Posted November 3, 2016 Looking forward to getting it set up with the HAS too Kirk. Should look quite at home, even if it isn't a common RAFG HAS. The LEDs are all glued in now RMP, flashing would have been nice but maybe next time. The exercise with lights has been a bit of fun, but I am still convinced that I will finally finish it & a either one bulb will stop working or the whole lot will! I am taking the scale with a bit of a pinch of salt. I stood next to a sea harrier & a lightning at Flixton and didn't feel the harrier was too much smaller, but this kit does seem a little underscale. Maybe nearer 1/50 than 1/48. Haven't checked the dimension though. The scale pilot who came with it is definitely malnourished compared to a Monogram pilot, or an airfix lightning pilot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Scale is funny. Airfixs Lightning and Hasegawas/Revells Phantom are around the same size in 1/48. A Harrier is smaller, sure, but Hawk size seems a tad underfed to my mind. Still, I reckon its different when you can see the whole thing at once. Got to go careful or we will be doing rivet things next. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippo the Zipdrive Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 On 2016-01-10 at 8:09 PM, bar side said: .... ** - photos updated - seems photobucket lost the last two somewhere Yeah the problems for me with photobucket are increasing. Now it takes forever to load pictures there so I have started using other services. I hope I can see your pictures soon.. :/ \\Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 9 hours ago, Zippo the Zipdrive said: Yeah the problems for me with photobucket are increasing. Now it takes forever to load pictures there so I have started using other services. I hope I can see your pictures soon.. :/ \\Dan Looks like photobucket is down for maintenance - back soon hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 28 minutes ago, bar side said: Looks like photobucket is down for maintenance - back soon hopefully How would you know...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 And the pictures are back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) Quick couple of Harrier shots from last night. Only the top is painted - still primer underneath. But balanced on blutac-ed undercarriage she looks ok Now talking about size comparisons, this is how she looks next to the Jag Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Looking good ! Will be nice to see it lit up inside the HAS with ground crew doing run up checks on it ! Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 5, 2016 Author Share Posted November 5, 2016 2 minutes ago, Okdoky said: Will be nice to see it lit up inside the HAS with ground crew doing run up checks on it ! Cheers Nige. Yes, bit more paint to go - underside is now painted, then decals. And then time to set up the HAS at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 (edited) The Harrier has its roundels on but no squadron markings yet. But the urge to get it posed, lights on, in the HAS was too much to resist. So here it is: Lots more still to do, but it may take something to make it look any better than this! Edited July 16, 2017 by bar side 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Looking a bit cool is that. Well done. ps - those ladders... where did you get them from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, RMP2 said: ps - those ladders... where did you get them from? Cheers RMP. The ladder is a scratch build from plasticard & paper clips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 (edited) Been getting on with the Harrier decals & she has become a Wittering bird. I was torn between making her an RAFG aircraft but I remember the GR.3s flying out of Wittering as I headed up the A1 to university. Posing today with the Hawker / HawkerSiddeley family Found a nice reference to - a photo of standing right in front of a GR.3 starting up at Mildenhall many years ago Edited July 19, 2017 by bar side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) Couple more shots from the HAS nighttime set up. Including an appearance from the Landy with headlights on. Edited July 19, 2017 by bar side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 Brilliant!! You've turned me into a diorama convert, Mr.Side! The breadth of detail adds so much to the individual models. I guess that how it works is that the eye is drawn around the whole scene and I never get to the point where I notice something like a little intake moulded shut (so this must be a model). Bravo. Two Harriers would look really cool though, eh?:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, Kirk said: The breadth of detail adds so much to the individual models. I guess that how it works is that the eye is drawn around the whole scene and I never get to the point where I notice something like a little intake moulded shut (so this must be a model). That's about the size of it Kirk - the scene stops you looking at the detail. My kits don't compare to the detail of other on here, but I can stick an old ESCI Tornado in there that would get laughed at elsewhere and in the scene it looks right(ish) I would love to build them to a real high standard and from the latest kits, but budgets won't allow that for now. So this keeps me busy. Another Harrier? Do fancy a GR.7 or 9 one day but not yet I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okdoky Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Loving the pics again though I am wondering if you should have the red tinted lenses on the rear of the Landy (unless the camera is just not picking up the colour) ! I know you are still working on the Harrier so I know you are likely to be tinting the red and greens as needed ! The lights are so effective and well in scale for the effect you are getting ! Very enlightening ! Nige Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 16, 2016 Author Share Posted November 16, 2016 (edited) On 11/15/2016 at 11:09 PM, bar side said: On 11/16/2016 at 0:03 AM, Okdoky said: Loving the pics again though I am wondering if you should have the red tinted lenses on the rear of the Landy (unless the camera is just not picking up the colour) ! Yes the landy does have a red film inside so the lights do look red to the naked eye, not necessarily to the camera! And the Harrier wing LEDs have been painted over red & green - you can just see the green glow under the wing above, but the LEDs are pretty bright & do look white in photos. Would turn down the voltage but the are only running on 2 x AA batteries Edited July 19, 2017 by bar side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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