jrlx Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks for your interest, Stix! It's always great having you on board Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Hi again, Last night I finally started this build. Here's the box and runners (not sprues, as Ced pointed out in his on-going Spitfire thread): IMAG3404 Those who have been so kind as to follow my threads know that I'm unable to build anything simply OOB... so, here's the Eduard PE set for the Airfix GR.3. It's made up of two frames. The first one has the pre-painted details for the cockpit: IMAG3405 The second frame has various details for the exterior: IMAG3407 Finally, this is the decal sheet, which looks very good (I believe it's printed by Cartograf): IMAG3408 Last night I started by cutting the seat parts off the runners. Here they are before cleaning the remains of the gates and moulding lines: IMAG3729 I also cut the cockpit parts: instrument panel, base, control column and rear bulkhead: IMAG3730 The moulded detail for the rudder pedals and throttle levers was removed, as these will be replaced by PE parts as shown in the PE instructions: IMAG3731 Next, I cut the wing parts off the runners and cleaned the gates' remains. There's some really nice surface detail here: IMAG3732 The air intake parts followed. I still have to remove the ejector marks off the inside of the tubing: IMAG3733 The fuselage halves were also removed off the runners and cleaned: IMAG3734 Then, I test fitted the fuselage and wing parts. Everything seems to fit very well: IMAG3735 IMAG3736 Finally, here are all parts already prepared: IMAG3737 I'll have to make this build progress in parallel with my Ju 88 build, as their respective GBs will be finished in just over a month. Thanks for looking Jaime 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Glad to see you starting this one Jamie. A Harrier is always most welcome in this GB so far as I'm concerned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Thanks, Col.! Much appreciated! I find the Harrier a superb aircraft. I have most of the Airfix boxings in my stash and look forward to building them all Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Nice start. The etch looks good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Thanks Tomoshenko! PE complicates the build but I think the added detail is worth the extra effort Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Hi again, Last night I did some more work on the Harrier. First, I removed the ejector marks inside the air intake tubing. For that I used a half-round file, followed by nº 500 and nº 800 grit wet & dry. This was done very carefully, in order not to damage the surrounding areas. It took me about an hour to complete. Here's the result: IMAG3739 Then, I dry-fitted the air-intake sub-assembly in the fuselage. There seems to be a vertical gap, which will need some putty. This will be confirmed when the parts are actually glued together: IMAG3740 The cockpit base and rear bulkhead were also dry-fitted: IMAG3741 As can be confirmed in the following picture, the rear bulkhead doesn't completely hide the ejector mark on the top right of the cockpit wall. So, I'll have to remove that mark: IMAG3742 The turbine face was removed off the runners and cleaned: IMAG3743 The air intake bell parts were also removed and cleaned: IMAG3747 Here's a view of the air intake tubing, dry-fitted on the starboard fuselage: IMAG3744 The air intake bell was dry-fitted as well. There are some small gaps on the top and bottom joins that will need putty: IMAG3745 This is a front view of the inside of the intake. This shows that I'll only need to paint the inside of the tubing. I still need to check references to determine how the inner lip of the intake was painted (external camouflage or inner colour?): IMAG3746 Thanks for looking. Cheers Jaime 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Hi Jaime. Good to see this one underway and up to your usual standard! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Thanks Stix! That's very kind and much appreciated Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Looking good Jaime. I'll be interested to see how you get on with the self-adhesive PE. I've seen a few negative comments, but have just used my first set and found it to be very good indeed Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teeradej Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Very nice photograph. Watching closely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Cliff, Teeradej, Thank you for the kind comments and interest. I've used self-adhesive PE before and it works well but, now, I always put a drop of CA even with the S.A. stuff, as I've read they tend to lose adhesion with time. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Hello,Jaime - I'll jump to it and wish you good luck with your 'Jump Jet' build! A great start as always. All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 7, 2016 Author Share Posted July 7, 2016 Thank you Paul Your kind support and interest are always very welcome! Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Hi again, Here's an update of work done during the week. I concentrated on removing moulding marks and detail that doesn't belong to this version of the Harrier. I started by removing the ejector pin marks on the cockpit walls that aren't completely covered by the rear bulkhead. Here they are, marked with a pencil: IMAG3749 I used the tip of a half-round file, followed by 500 grit wet & dry, to remove the front of each mark, that would remain visible after installation of the rear bulkhead: IMAG3750 Next, I had to remove the two moulded details on the top of the fuselage, as shown in the instructions: IMAG3751 In the following picture the detail is already removed from the fuselage half on the lower part of the image. I found a moulding line between wing and nose, along the fuselage, on both halves. It is already removed from the fuselage half on the lower part of the image but still clearly visible on the other half: IMAG3752 Here we see one of the moulded details removed. I used a nº 10 blade, followed by a nº 11 blade, to carve the plastic. Then, I used a succession of progressively finer grit sanding sticks to sand and polish the surface: IMAG3753 Here's the end result: IMAG3754 Then, I had to remove the moulding line on the starboard half of the fuselage, which was a real step on the plastic surface: IMAG3755 I removed the step with a nº 10 blade, followed by sanding sticks. Here's the end result: IMAG3756 Thanks for looking. Cheers Jaime 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Welcome to the Hawker (Siddeley) GB with your Harrier Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 1 hour ago, Col. said: Welcome to the Hawker (Siddeley) GB with your Harrier Jamie Thanks Col.! I decided to enhance the difficulty of the build by installing the engine and displaying the model with the engine access panels open. For that I've ordered CMK's resin engine for the Harrier GR.3. It should arrive at my LMS by mid-Feb. Never making things easy for myself Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Oooh that sounds good Jamie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 48 minutes ago, Col. said: Oooh that sounds good Jamie Thanks, Col.! I hope it turns out well. As I also intend to present the model with a full weapons load under the wings, I'm not sure it will be a realistic presentation but I'll do it anyway Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Good to see you are resuming this, Jaime More interesting stuff for me to watch Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, jrlx said: Thanks, Col.! I hope it turns out well. As I also intend to present the model with a full weapons load under the wings, I'm not sure it will be a realistic presentation but I'll do it anyway Cheers Jaime Not really realistic to have the motor in bits while there's a couple ton of death hanging off the wings but it's your model Edited February 5, 2018 by Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 2 hours ago, giemme said: Good to see you are resuming this, Jaime More interesting stuff for me to watch Ciao Thanks, Giorgio! It's a pleasure having you on board! 51 minutes ago, Col. said: Not really realistic to have the motor in bits while there's a couple ton of death hanging off the wings but it's your model In my defence the engine won't be really unassembled. It's just the engine access panels which will be open to show the engine. I hope this isn't too much of an insult to accuracy brigade (in my worst moments I'm myself a member of that brigade... ) Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 If the accuracy brigade were busier building perfect models to show us the error of our ways the world would be a happier place 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Great thread Jamie and lots of reference material to warrant more than a just a 2nd look. Good luck and happy Harrier modelling... Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Hi Dave, Thank you for your kind words and interest. I'm still trying to finish my Dornier Do-24 flying boat build, which I started in the Flying Boats and Float Planes GB. So I didn't manage to resume this WIP yet. However, as said in a previous post, I'll be adding a resin engine, a corrected tail fin and a brass pitot tube, which I already have. Here are some pictures. These are the three detailing/correction sets: IMAG5255 The kit's and the corrected resin tail fin: IMAG5256 Here the kit's tail fin is aligned over the resin tail fin. As can be seen, the kit's dimensional error is quite small: IMAG5257 It can be argued that the error is small enough to use the kit's part. The next picture shows all the parts of the engine resin set: IMAG5258 The following pictures show the instructions for this resin set, which are wrong: IMAG5259 The instructions indicate that the panels between the wings should be removed... IMAG5260 ... and replaced by resin parts 4, 5, 10 and 12... IMAG5261 ... which do not align with the panel lines on the centre of the wing part but correspond exactly to the panels located on top of the fuselage between the cockpit and the wing part (see the kit's instructions). So, the engine should be installed between the cockpit and the wing part, not under the wing. The following picture of a real Harrier GR.3 proves this: Note that here we see the complete engine, with the tubing for the aft exhausts, which is not represented in the resin part (PUR 6). Only this tubing is under the wing, not the engine. This picture further clarifies that access to the engine was done via the top panels between the cockpit and the wing: Cheers Jaime 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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