Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Hello Everyone ... This is my latest build. Hasegawa's AV-8b Night attack Harrier. I opted to build mine as a VMA-311 “Tomcats” Hi-viz. Originally had planned on doing a Blacksheep Harrier but the Decals just didn't work out. The cockpit is an Aries pit. This thing almost cost me my mojo, however I persevered. There were horrible gaps everywhere especially the LERX’s. I had to use 40 thous. Plastic sheet to fill the gaps. If anyone has built one of these knows the forward fuselage is seperate from the rest and connects with essentially a plastic nipple glued in the front of the fan face. Well mine didnt it was about 1/4” to short to connect. So I actually had to drill a hole and connect the two halves with a wood screw of the proper length. That being said I opted to not gove up. And cranked out this. The Aries set comes with a complete pit, bangseat, and a few other bits n pieces. One of which is the Det cord in the canopy so I installed that. It still needs the two pitot’s, Yaw vane, and a little weathering but I’m calling this done. Hope you like it and as usual. Any Questions ? Comments ? Or jokes ? Please feel free to comment. Dennis P.S. - Who doesn't like a Sharkmouth ? 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Wow! Worth the effort! Turned out great! Never saw this scheme before, but I like it!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Very nice Dennis... I like it.... and sharkmouth's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Very mean looking Harrier there Dennis, well done for persevering, came out great 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 In spite of the issues, still managed to get a great result out of it. Bit surprised the Hasegawa in 1/48 would have so many gaps to deal with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Looks terrific! Great scheme too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Knight_Flyer said: In spite of the issues, still managed to get a great result out of it. Bit surprised the Hasegawa in 1/48 would have so many gaps to deal with. Thanks for the compliment. Neither did I thats why it shocked me and dragged my mojo through the mud. In fact I expected the AMT P-40 im currently working on to be the one to give me headaches. Its a dream to build so far. Edited March 17, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 That's the cat's whiskers! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Great scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djos Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Very nice harrier. I like those colors Regards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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