shan Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Greetings AllJust completed my Harrier Model from Trumpeter with some extra bits.Hope you like it. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Superb!!top job done there. Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfa1983 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Great build mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hi Just Beautiful !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Very nice! Well done college! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 You've done an impressive bit of modelling there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Superb job..Harrier is my favourite! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 fantastic work, looks great very nice job on the paint and finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yes, absolutely love it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Superb job..Harrier is my favourite! WOW, SNAP!!!!! thats a georgeos looking Harrier!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck314d Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Great Job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Love the Harrier. Great work it looks stunning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 It's a Harrier. What's not to like? Neat modelling & photography too. How did you achieve the background colour fade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted August 11, 2014 Author Share Posted August 11, 2014 Greetings All thank you so very much for your kind comments. Kirk, the model was photographed with a curved piece of white paper as the background, i then used photoshop to add in the blue. i must admit the inspiration for the photography comes from Arkady72 and his fabulous models : http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234952452-arkady72-2013/ Finally My Tornado doesnt look so loneyly now? My next attempt will be the f117, just for comparison, its quite a huge aircraft compared to the Tornado and the Harrier. also, since i have been dabbling in custom decals I plan to model the aircraft with the "toxic avenger" bomb bay art, in part as a tribute to by all time fav band , IRON MAIDEN, i just wonder whats the story on the bomb bay art and how the album cover had inspired the artwork. thank you all again for your kind comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Stunning model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Top work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Very tasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Great job, Really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Very nice work, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TTA Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Hey, I was looking through some F117 pics on Google and came across your pic with the Iron Maiden album cover. I was pretty excited to see that someone caught that! I designed that "nose art", and came up with the name, The Toxic Avenger. I'm Ron Harmon btw.... (SGT Ronald Harmon). You asked about the art work on my jet (813), so here you go.... sorry if it's too long. In 1990 we didn't have the Internet so the closest thing we could come up with in Saudi Arabia for an example of "a" Toxic Avenger was Iron Maidens mascot Eddie. Somebody had the Killers CD and that was a perfect pose, so I had the guy painting it for us put a pilots uniform on him. I wanted him to be holding the stick with one hand and dropping that bomb with the other. It was his idea to have the stick ripped out with the wires hanging out if it. I loved that! The bomb that he's dropping comes from the previous nose art which never actually got painted on the jet. The jets name was Special Delivery when I first got on the crew. Somebody before my time had painted a picture and hung it in the hanger. It was an awesome picture of a skeleton in a delivery mans uniform with the big bus driver cap. He was holding that round bomb with the fuse lit and had the words Special Delivery at the top of the pic. I really wish I could have gotten a copy of that. Like I said, it was awesome! When we got a new Crew Chief - Jerry Bies we renamed it to The Toxic Avenger. I came up with that name from that old B movie with the same name. Seemed fitting since everything on that plane was toxic! I didn't really expect it to be approved. When we got a new commander, Col. Whitley, he chose our jet to put his name on. I assume that was because of my superior mechanical skills in maintaining my jet to the very highest standards in quality and workmanship! haha. Anyway, that's why my name and my nose art is on the decals. The Wing Kings jet gets photographed a lot! Oh, and I painted the 29 bombs under the canopy too. That's 29 missions where we dropped at least one bomb. Anyway, that's my story. Hope it wasn't too long! Your Harrier model is awesome!!! Can't wait to see the Stealth! And one more thing.... the base we were at in Saudi was a British AFB and they had Tornados there. What a coincidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Great build and finish, another lovely Harrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 WOW RON, Thanks a lot for sharing your story of the nose art. i had a good time reading it. and Tornados on your base too, wow, real coinsidence. i have started work on the F117, but unfortunately may not end up doing the toxic avenger. i bought some aftermarket stuff and realized the cockpit is totaly different from the gulf war models. also , the decals that are needed for the mission markings are white and i am having issues with producing white decals. just cant get them printed. i am still experimenting on getting it sorted out. if all else fails, i am going to do a resin cast of the bomb bay door and have the toxic avenger on a display piece on its own. Thank you again Ron, it was such a pleasure finally getting to know the story behind the cover art becoming a nose art. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted January 14, 2015 Author Share Posted January 14, 2015 Thank you Steve. glad you liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavDoc Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 Incredible realistic effect---you make that Harrier look like it is really made of metals , is ready to blast off, and only needs the pilot to climb in and start that thing up--- very convincing !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shan Posted January 15, 2015 Author Share Posted January 15, 2015 Thanks NavDoc, thats about the best compliment i've ever got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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