Matchbox Harrier GR3 XW769 4 SQN

[robvulcan]

Hi all This is on of my 3 entries for the fantastic Obsolete Kit GB. It has been really good fun and the hosts Enzo and Col were fantastic as was Mish and everyone who took part.

I was invited with my Old hasegawa Foxbot build. Which I will post later.

However after that I got the itch to make more and after coming back from Telford I have not stopped modelling since (I think I picked up some bug I am modelling more than ever...)

So with that I entered with this delightful Old Kit and a Matchbox Jaguar that did not get finished in time.

This kit is old and basic but the fit is great and it looks like a Harrier. Excellent for when it was made but not the most accurate perhaps but I love it.

I sprayed it with Humbrols excellent new spray cans HU163 and HU164. Blue tak masked, Other paints for the engines and interior were Revel Aqua and Citadel paints.

I did drop her and smash the tail wing off the day before the end.... But I rectified that thankfully...

Here she is Many I had to take the photos of her on my knee in the car as I was so close to the deadline but I love how she looks in the blueish light of night.

Cheers Rob

WIP is here : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234950210-matchbox-harrier-gr3/

[Val]

Very nice, love harriers

[woody37]

Enjoyed your build Rob, great finish mate

[robvulcan]

Enjoyed your build Rob, great finish mate

Very nice, love harriers

Cheers guys Glad you like it. The GB was really good fun I am so glad I tool part. Sad its over now.

Still finishing off my Jaguar.

Cheers Rob

[fallmonk]

Am liking these rob , done a great job, esp like the flying pictures, how you do them?

Looking forward to the next group build

[robvulcan]

Am liking these rob , done a great job, esp like the flying pictures, how you do them?

Looking forward to the next group build

Hi there Fallmonk. Glad you like them Yes the GB was brilliant fun I am sad its over. My Jaguar is nearly done. I need to do better photos of the Foxbat will do soon.

Well I use Gimp its a free to use program like photoshop nearly as good I say just as good and better seeing as its free and photoshop Is hundreds of pounds...

I place the model on a stick with lots of blue tak to hold it then I carefully photo it against the sky on my iphone.

Then I take the photos and use the clone stamp tool with a soft edge zoomed right in. then work out to clone the sky over the pen holder. As I zoom out I increase the size of the stamp until Its full size to blend the sky as best I can.

I then desaturate the photo to add distance and then add a motion blur to the whole image.

sometimes I add the jet trails with the paths tool and others tools on there. but this is just the above.

Its all good fun. I missed the pitot tube though. Still on the sprue I ran out of time for the GB dead line for that and these aditional photos so I posted here.

Glad you like it Cheers Rob

[Tomjw]

Impressive as always Rob.

[bigbadbadge]

Very nice looks great.

All the best
Chris

[David Womby]

I did finally look here, Rob.

Looks great in flight. I like making those types of pics too.

David

[sean]

Excellent Rob, and I really enjoyed your w.i.p

Sean

[robvulcan]

Impressive as always Rob.

Many thanks mate

Very nice looks great.

All the best

Chris

Cheers Chris

I did finally look here, Rob.

Looks great in flight. I like making those types of pics too.

David

Cheers David Love to see your in flight pics I think I might have seen some in the past maybe.

Its good fun seeing your model in the sky's were they belong. I like it anyways.

Cheers Mate

Excellent Rob, and I really enjoyed your w.i.p

Sean

Thanks glad you enjoyed the WIP I enjoyed it too even the sleepy blunder were I dropped and broke it near the end.. That was right laugh..........

Cheers Rob

[Shalako]

Wow, I thought it was the real thing in those two first photos. Nice job lad!!!!

[goggsy]

Nice work, and love what you've done with the photos. I reckon that if you shooped the plane into a twilight woodland setting that would look epic.

[robvulcan]

Wow, I thought it was the real thing in those two first photos. Nice job lad!!!!

Great nice to know the trickery works than ahaha. Cheers mate

Nice work, and love what you've done with the photos. I reckon that if you shooped the plane into a twilight woodland setting that would look epic.

It would look cool if I could make her look like she is flying low over some woodland I will have ago when opportunity presents itself.

Cheers Rob

[HOUSTON]

Very nice....

Now go do another....

Maybe an Indian Navy T4......

[robvulcan]

Very nice....

Now go do another....

Maybe an Indian Navy T4......

Well there are plenty more harriers on the stash to be made. I have a heller T4 clipped together at the moment unpainted. Looks nice and cant wait to get her glued up and painted. Its cool having a kit you can clip together to see what she looks like then take apart and build up properly.

Cheers Rob