Handley Page Harrow - Night Fighter?

[Fishbed]

Reasonably happy with the way this one has turned out,  black does hide a multitude of sins :-).  This aircraft was used on the "Mutton" operations to drop LAMs (Long  Aerial  Mines) on the German bomber streams. (http://codenames.info/operation/mutton-i/)

 

The kit itself goes together very well (not like their Hampden!) the only problem really is the brittle plastic which makes the wheel struts a nightmare to work with.  If I had any I would have replaced it with some aerofoil strut. The real aircraft probably did not carry any guns in the turrets, but I left mine in.  

 

The decals are rather resistant to setting agents.  I had to reduce the size of the mouth, its far to long.  Even now it is still to long, it should stop before the eyes in the one photo I have seen of the aircraft.  I replaced the markings on the fins as the kit ones were far to big.  

 

Comments/questions welcome.

 

Tim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Gorby]

Excellent model, very unusual subject. I didn't realise the Harrow was used in this role.

[Graham Boak]

That's a useful hint about the fins, not something I've seen mentioned elsewhere.  Strictly, they didn't so much drop the LAM as trail it across the flight path of the German bombers.

[Thud4444]

I like that scheme! It makes that normally docile looking plane appear fierce. 

[JWM]

Nice! Is it the first Valom HP Harrow at RFI? I think so...

Cheers

J-W

[polo1112]

A fantastic look for this Harrow.

I love it as I love those British aircraft from between the wars.

A great job. Congratulations.

[DennisTheBear]

Ever since I first saw a picture of the Harrow I've loved the elegant lines and style of this less represented aircraft.

 

Beautifully done!

 

DennisTheBear

[Gerrardandrews]

Very different and so well made, very start of war type, good historical write up as well 😉

[bristol boy]

Great looking model and the first Harrow I have seen. The idea of fishing for German aircraft then dropping mines on them didn't work too well but at least it gave rise to this sharks mouth scheme.

Hope to see some more on BM.

[stevehnz]

A great looking model of a somewhat (to my eye) againly looking aeroplane. For some reason the phrase "putting lipstick on a pig" keeps coming to mind.

Steve.

[Dave N]

Great build of this (to me ) obscure type- I've heard of them but not seen one before. Very nicely done..

[cngaero]

Nice one Tim.

That's the first Harrow I've seen in that scheme.

It certainly looks a sinister beastie with the sharkmouth markings.

[Martian]

Nice effort Tim. What was the fit of the clear parts like? I know that on some Valom releases they are less than stellar.

 

Martian

[Fishbed]

7 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Nice effort Tim. What was the fit of the clear parts like? I know that on some Valom releases they are less than stellar.

 

Martian

On this kit the clear parts fit perfectly.  Meant I could paint them separately and glue them on right at the end (in fact there is no glue holding the  cockpit in place) 

 

Tim

Edited April 27, 2017 by Fishbed

[tonyot]

Very nice,.....I like that a lot,.....brilliant stuff,

Cheers

           Tony

[stevej60]

That's very different! Beautiful build and finish.

[spaddad]

Thats not bad.

[russ c]

Great build and really cool subject, love it !

[jean]

Never seen a Harrow built before, nor have I seen many photos of it, come to think of it.

You've managed to do a good job with the painting, as it is do easy to produce something looking like a lump of coal with wings!

Congrats!

 

JR

[pheonix]

That is a really good model of an under-represented type. Those interwar/early war aircraft were very interesting for a number of reasons. Great to see one modeled so well.

 

P

[Fishbed]

Thanks for  the comments all 

 

now to knock the Hampden into shape.......................

 

Tim

[old thumper]

What an excellent model. The story behind it was news to me.