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Morning all. Time to start building something new! I have the Revell reboxing of the Harrier GR Mk. 7/9 by Hasegawa, which has been winking to me from the stash for a while. I'm going to build GR Mk. 7A ZD404 'Lucy', RAF Cottesmore detached to Kandahar, Afghanistan in 2007. I believe all 'ZD' aircraft have the 65% LERX, not 100%, but happy to be corrected on this. I have the Eduard colour PE set and a Flightpath ladder to spruce it up, everything else will be from box/scratch detailed. I am going to hand some more interesting ordance off it than what is in the box, probably TIALD pod and a couple of Paveways. Can anyone recommend a good colour match for the camo greys used? I was going to go with AK. I was also considering getting the Duke Hawkins Harrier book and wondering if anyone can recommend it? Sprue shot below:
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A navalised F-86E, this one, although there was no carrier gear on the XFJ-2B just the 4x 20mm cannon US navy armament fit. The decals for this test airframe were on the FJ-2 Caracal sheet so I decided to have a crack at it. Narrow chord slatted wings have Revell Sabre Dog leading edges only this time, as the Revell wings are too sharply swept back. Seems like Revell had the length of the slats correct though. The join line is straight, and aft of the leading edge hinge to make mating easier. Looks a bit rough at the moment but I’ve had to move the leading edge fairings back by 3mm to backdate the 6-3 wing mod. All the measurements worked out quite nicely though, even if I say so myself. The gun muzzle panel was a spare nicked from a Kitty Hawk Fury kit and spliced in. I’m so gutted they went to the wall, what an eclectic range of kits they produced. There was a lovely resin cockpit in the Hasegawa Sabre box (manufacturer unknown) courtesy of the eBay seller too, life is good innit? Ttfn
