Paulo Regini Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This is a Tamiya model, a FRS.1 1:48. A friend gave it to me after I scratchbuilt pieces for him. I´ll change it into a FA2 aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tedfellows Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Blimey your going to town on this one i guess!! Looking delightful so far my friend, good job! Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darson Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Absolutely stunning work their Paulo, keep the updates coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martian Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) This is looking to be a very interesting thread. How did you do the engine fan? Its the best one I have ever seen. Martin Edited March 16, 2009 by martin hale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG899 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Very nice work Paulo! You did know Airfix do a 1:48th scale FA2, didn't you?! ;-) If you need any help drop me a personal message here or contact me via the Harrier SIG website: http://harrier.hyperlinx.cz If you haven't got the decals that came with the Modellers Datafile book on the SHAR, please let me know. Before they were produced the SIG produced some End of Era decals or our own (on which the MDf ones were based) and I have a few sheets left over; you'd be welcome to one... Best wishes, ciao! Nick Edited March 16, 2009 by NG899 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted March 17, 2009 Author Share Posted March 17, 2009 Very nice work Paulo! You did know Airfix do a 1:48th scale FA2, didn't you?! ;-)If you need any help drop me a personal message here or contact me via the Harrier SIG website: http://harrier.hyperlinx.cz If you haven't got the decals that came with the Modellers Datafile book on the SHAR, please let me know. Before they were produced the SIG produced some End of Era decals or our own (on which the MDf ones were based) and I have a few sheets left over; you'd be welcome to one... Best wishes, ciao! Nick Thanks Nick I spent a couple of months searching this Airfix kit here in Brazil and didn´t find it As I had this Tamiya kit, I decided to modify it. In fact, the thing I'll need the most in this FA2 are decals since I don´t have any. I´ll you send a PM about it. All the best, Paulo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Thanks NickI spent a couple of months searching this Airfix kit here in Brazil and didn´t find it As I had this Tamiya kit, I decided to modify it. In fact, the thing I'll need the most in this FA2 are decals since I don´t have any. I´ll you send a PM about it. All the best, Paulo Hi Paolo, I have your PM and will contact you later ......don't forget the SHAR2's 14" extension aft of the wing roots. I'm sure you have that covered!! If you need any help or advice, I'm sure Nick (ng899) and a few others on here, will be able to help you - and its well worth checking out the Harrier SIG! Happy V/Stolling!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thx6667 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Paulo, before you go any further, I hope you're not using those drawings as a guide as they appear to overlook the fact that the SHAR FA/2 had the rear fuselage stretched just aft of the trailing edge. There are also some mods to the leading edge of the wing, including an extra wing fence and fairing inboard inboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hey Paulo. Another thing to watch out for concerns the panel above the engine. Early Harriers had twin generators protruding forward from the engine's accessory gearbox which both needed cooling so had rear-facing ducts above them. This changed on later engines - the Shar has a single generator to the left of the engine centre line - and the ducts in the panels were no longer required. However, a new duct was introduced for the Auxiliary Power Unit, which lies just forward of the Gas Turbine Starter intake. If you look at Jonathan's excellent picture above (Where did you get that, Jonathan??!!!) you will see both these features, along with some other minor changes in access panel posuitions in the cockpit area which are further illustrated on Jake Eaton's build here. Hope this helps. Ask if not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousAA72 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 If you look at Jonathan's excellent picture above (Where did you get that, Jonathan??!!!) I'd be surprised if it wasn't his own art-work Kirk....and rather good it is too!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted March 18, 2009 Author Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine 1/48 by Paulo Regini Edited March 18, 2009 by Paulo Regini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 (edited) edit: any chance of reversing from thrust to suck and having the coolest vacuum cleaner. . . EVER Edited March 18, 2009 by walrus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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xffw45343tg Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Beautiful work Paulo. Don't forget that there is a fuselage frame ahead of each of the nozzles that means that you shouldn't be able to see around them to the engine. The frames are vertical and do not follow the contour of the fairing. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Paulo, before you go any further, I hope you're not using those drawings as a guide as they appear to overlook the fact that the SHAR FA/2 had the rear fuselage stretched just aft of the trailing edge. There are also some mods to the leading edge of the wing, including an extra wing fence and fairing inboard inboard. Thank you so much for this picture, Jonathan! It helped me lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Beautiful work Paulo. Don't forget that there is a fuselage frame ahead of each of the nozzles that means that you shouldn't be able to see around them to the engine. The frames are vertical and do not follow the contour of the fairing. Hope this helps. Kirk, thak you so much for all this information. You´ve been helping me a lot with all your knowledge. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 I'd use the nozzles shields of my scrap monogram harrier on my FA2. Than I just found out that I´ve lost one of them, so I have do made new pieces. I used a piece of an offset printer aluminium sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thx6667 Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Plan view, on the FA/2 there are only 11 vortex generators, the one behind the new wing fence (red) is deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Love the drawings Jonathan. I will nit-pick on a couple of things though (because I'm a self-confessed sad Harrier rivet-measurer!!): The plan view show a "grate" across the APU exhaust that isn't there and the view of the wing fences might lead one to believe that they are at an angle to the vertical. Oh, and new-build FA2's apparently don't have the RAT doors. And the fin pitot is missing. Now that's a few rather than a couple, so I'm done; I still think they're fab drawings. Are you the man responsible for drawing for Airfix? Paulo - those deflectors are spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Regini Posted December 7, 2009 Author Share Posted December 7, 2009 Hello fellow modellers I've been busy with other works and haven't posted anything for a long time. Now I'll post a sequence of photos from the latest progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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