Icarus Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Being looking for an excuse to do this Airfix Club item. I have a few aftermarket goodies including a resin bang seat and Brengun PE Step Ladder. Icarus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Excellent, always room for another Harrier (the V/STOL thing means they take up less room ) welcome to the GB Icarus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Keen to see how you go with this one. Post us a few photos to see what’s on your mind.. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) Good morning everyone. Been away in the Land of the Rising Sun for a while on business, so I've been away from this model for a while. Had some time this weekend (with the God Awful jet lag) so there's some progress. I have "dressed" the pilot based on my old RAF flying kit and bone dome. I didn't fly the Harrier, but it's close. Strangely, I don't seem to be able to attach Photobucket images (unlike previous times) - any ideas why??... Icarus Edited March 25, 2018 by Icarus Error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Photobucket recently decided to hold all its users to ransom and demand they pay for a premium account in order to share their photos with the world The predictable result has been most users changing to other hosting providers who offer free or significantly less expensive storage and sharing options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 Thank you Col. Will explore - any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) Ok - thanks for the heads up Col. - I have now joined another photosharing website - still learning. Anyway, as I was saying, work has caused a bit of a hiatus but the jet lag has meant I have got going on this now: Painted Pilot (trying to represent my old flying outfilt...) https://photos.app.goo.gl/2NPeOAzg1VZ9FEx73 I was going to go for a resin jumpseat, but in the end have decided to build this one out of the box. Fuselage with clever intake build https://photos.app.goo.gl/zrdkWBdKRwv8oA3A3 Fuselage construction State of play today To ease the painting, the wings are just clipped in place and I have temporarily attached the fin with white glue (makes painting the tail plane much easier). I am enjoying building this, but it isn't quite the quantum leap in Airfix kit engineering that I had perhaps thought these new kits were meant to be. I will try and attach the cockpit transparencies and mask tonight, ready for priming (we'll see if I have managed to sand down all of those blinkin' gluing seams). Icarus Edited June 2, 2018 by Icarus Image issues 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 A bit more of an update. Basic camouflage and initial decals on: ## I'm enjoying this one. Icarus 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Looking good and glad to hear you're enjoying it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icarus Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share Posted June 2, 2018 Right - finally completed. Just in time! Great fun, and well done Airfix. Icarus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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