Long, long ago, well 1974, I bought the 1/24 Airfix Harrier kit when it appeared, Inspired by a conversion article by Alan Hall and Mike Keep, "Updating the Harrier" on pages 118 to 123 of a magazine I no longer seem to have, I started work.
As with may kits I purchased when at Brunel my modelling went into hibernation when i started work in 1975 and then found a wife in 1977...and bought a house...then Airfix in 1997 issued big Harrier as the GR3. My conversion continued its hibernation.
Time passed and I thought that it would be a good project to finish, so earlier this year I painted the body and started the last stages, painting and final assembly.
I acquired a sent of the Airfix decal sheet for the GR3 I'm going to finish it as one from 56 Squadron with the multi coloured fin from 4 Squadron, RAF Gutersloh.
Why? Because in 1968 I went, with Esher ATC, to RAF Camp at Gutersloh, Germany.
Long story, here it is, the fin ready in black. It still needs some additional painting.
I used vintage Humbrol paints HX1 and HX2 from the NATO paint range. They are slightly glossy and cover well, using a brush.
Getting the overall camouflage pattern to join up was "interesting" !
The next stage is to spray with gloss acrylic, then apply decals, and finally attach the underwing stuff, outrigger legs and so on.
I'm building this in parallel with the Hurricane and Typhoon, previously mentioned.