CliffB Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Earlier this year it was suggested at my Model Club that we should take part in a 'Secret Santa' type, blind kit swap. The idea was to get us to build a subject that we would not normally consider. All participants wrapped up and donated a kit into a pile, from which then we all took one at random to build. Imagine my 'delight', when I drew a 1/72 Heritage Aviation Harrier T.4! Those of you familiar with this kit will know that it is a fairly poorly cast resin and white metal product that is not for the faint hearted. The rules of the swap allowed us to use aftermarket additions, but I resisted the temptation to replace as many bits as possible and limited my expenditure to a Combat Decals 'British Test & Development Aircraft' decal pack (which is brilliant), and a Master brass pitot tube (brilliant also). Here's what I ended up with after a couple of months' hard graft. I've made a couple of blunders (apologies to those who notice), but I have to say that it does at least look nice and colourful . Cheers Cliff 59 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Wow that looks superb Cliff,.......I have a Sword T.4 ready to paint and have been pondering on doing the same aircraft as I love the scheme,......you may have just swayed me with your beautiful rendition.........fantastic scheme and model,...well done sire! Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HόόK Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Very nice Cliff! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That's lovely Cliff. The Harrier really looks smart in that scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Lovely looking harrier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John R Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Did you find out who inflicted it upon you? Nice job from an unpromising start John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 I haven't seen the heritage bits, but from here, it looks like it fell together! Fantastic finish and such a great scheme Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Well, if mine looks as good as yours I will be happy, as you said it is not the best of kits, mine has many imperfections, especially in the white metal bits so very well done on completing yours. Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 what a nice model - the paint job is top notch. Not an easy one to get right - but you nailed it. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Great job, i have that kit in my stash and I can appreciate the effort you have put into that model, excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 (edited) Lovely build. Have a Heritage T1127 Harrier to do too, hope it comes out as well as yours. Rio Edited September 30, 2016 by rio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 Beautiful, a stunning scheme and a great finish Sean1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 29, 2016 Share Posted September 29, 2016 That's a beauty Cliff,not very often we see a twin seater here let alone a rare scheme like that,superb job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Nice work Cliff, love the scheme and your work on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Really superb ! Beautiful paint scheme Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 That's beautiful Cliff! Martian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Absolutely cracking job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 30, 2016 Author Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thank you guys for all of your comments. They are much appreciated! Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Wonderful work. Very well executed and very nice scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Hi Cliff Really lovely job, of course what you haven't told us is what shocker of a kit you inflicted on someone else, for example an early Merlin blob where your only clue to what the contents are is the picture on the box ! Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinSK Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Great model of great plane in fantastic scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 I will build this model one day myself. I have my own decals though... Nils 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinback Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Wow- very smart ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpiggy Posted October 1, 2016 Share Posted October 1, 2016 Love that scheme, in the gents scale too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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