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When I was a teen, growing up in the east of the Netherlands, one of my favourite airfields was RAF Gütersloh. We spent quite some time along the fence there in the eigthies and early nineties. Gütersloh was really a great place to go, with a lot of flying activity by the local Harrier force and lots of interesting visitors from all over Europe. The Harrier, especially the GR.3 was always one of my favourite jets. So when I started modelling again a few months ago, this was one of the first kits I just had to build. I found out, there are not that many good Harrier kits around in 1/48 scale and bought the Airfix kit. The box art looks great, but inside I found a relatively simple kit. I guess it's a reboxing of a very early kit, not a great deal of detail, raised panel-lines etc. I bought a few aftermarket parts, mainly the intakes and the exhausts, I think from Pavla. Also I tried to scrapbuild some stuff. In the end I am not unhappy with the result.. I am especially satisfied with the metal plates behind the rear exhausts that I scratchbuilt out of some tea-light aluminium (in the Airfix kit they are just not there at all). Also the rbf tags were made of this material. On the other hand, I wish I had paid more attention to the joints of the wings with the fuselage. I should have used more putty and more sanding there.. Well, it shows once more that patience is one of the most important modelling skills.. Anyway, hope you like my Harrier.. DSC_2457 by Gerben Wessels, on Flickr DSC_2448 by Gerben Wessels, on Flickr DSC_2461a by Gerben Wessels, on Flickr DSC_2450a by Gerben Wessels, on Flickr DSC_2464a by Gerben Wessels, on Flickr Kind regards, Gerben
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Well after finishing my first group build on time Starfighter F-104, the timing of this he start of the Hawker group build is just right. I have long planed lanes to build a 4 SQN Hunter FR.10 (I have a longer term aim to produce a model of all the combat types that 4 SQN have operated since the end of WW 2), so now is the time to start this one. Yes plus I have plans to use some of the unused parts in a upcoming Mirage F1 build. So so the plan is to build XJ633 of 4 SQN in June 1969. I will I’ll be using the Revell Hawker Hunter FGA.9 kit: Decals will be Xtradecal sheet X047-72 - RAF Hunter FGA.9 & FR.10. And a Quickboost Hawker Hunter reconnaissance nose looking forward to the start.
