Cris Garcia Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 (edited) Hi there! After almost a 20 years hiatus... I return to this beautiful youth hobby a few months ago, and decided to give it a go with some old WWII kits (Tamiya's Wildcat, for instance). However, during the reading of the excellent book written by Commander Nigel David "Sharkey" Ward I wonder to build several english and argentinian aircraft on a "Falklands/Malvinas" serie. I chose the Kinetic 1/48 scale BAe SEA HARRIER FRS. 1 to start the fires. Here are some photos of its process and the final results. PS: this was the second jet that I painted with acrylics... and I loved the results! Cris. PS 2: SuE is on it's way! Edited October 14, 2020 by Cris Garcia add photos 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 No photos visible to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Would be better in the " ready for inspection" section anyways! Hope you will work out how to post picturs! (Also see zhe FAQs above!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarkmodels Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Well welcome back to this glorious hobby! 😀 Excellent build my friend! Can't wait to see more of your models in the ready for inspection section! cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Few problems with the Harrier weapon load. 1.The Sea Eagle missile was not used in the Falklands, it was not yet in service. Also the markings on the missile indicate its a flight trials missile, not a live round. Two drop tanks were standard fit. 2. The SHAR carried a 1000lb bomb on the centreline that was usually toss bombed onto Stanley airfield when going on CAP, not a 600lb BL755 cluster bomb as you have depicted. (You can't toss bomb a cluster weapon!) 3.Slight painting error on the sidewinders, the yellow band should be on the warhead section not at the top of the rocket motor. Otherwise nice build! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 13 hours ago, JrivasK said: Well welcome back to this glorious hobby! 😀 Excellent build my friend! Can't wait to see more of your models in the ready for inspection section! cheers. Thank you very much my dear George! 🙌 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Selwyn said: Few problems with the Harrier weapon load. 1.The Sea Eagle missile was not used in the Falklands, it was not yet in service. Also the markings on the missile indicate its a flight trials missile, not a live round. Two drop tanks were standard fit. 2. The SHAR carried a 1000lb bomb on the centreline that was usually toss bombed onto Stanley airfield when going on CAP, not a 600lb BL755 cluster bomb as you have depicted. (You can't toss bomb a cluster weapon!) 3.Slight painting error on the sidewinders, the yellow band should be on the warhead section not at the top of the rocket motor. Otherwise nice build! Selwyn Thanks for your comments Selwyn! Regarding the Sea Eagle, you are absolutely right. The missile was not used in the war, but it was test before the conflict, and I decided to add it to show all the SHAR capabilities. About the cluster bomb, it was the only one that came with the kit (to be displayed at the centreline) and it was used thoroughly thru the war (as documented on "Air War South Atlantic" by Jeffrey Etthel & Alfred Price). On the Sidewinder, did not know that detail, thanks again! Edited October 15, 2020 by Cris Garcia mispell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Great model! Congrats!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 29 minutes ago, exdraken said: Great model! Congrats!! Thank you very much! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Cris Garcia said: Thanks for your comments Selwyn! Regarding the Sea Eagle, you are absolutely right. The missile was not used in the war, but it was test before the conflict, and I decided to add it to show all the SHAR capabilities. About the cluster bomb, it was the only one that came with the kit (to be displayed at the centreline) and it was used thoroughly thru the war (as documented on "Air War South Atlantic" by Jeffrey Etthel & Alfred Price). On the Sidewinder, did not know that detail, thanks again! I think you find that the cluster bombs were used mainly by the RAF GR3 harriers not the SHARS. Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 16 hours ago, Selwyn said: I think you find that the cluster bombs were used mainly by the RAF GR3 harriers not the SHARS. Selwyn No, you can find in Jeffrey Etthel & Alfred Price 's book, chapter 3 'Looks like we've got a job of work, fellers..." several mentions of the extended use of cluster bombs by the SHARS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAF4EVER Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Can this be moved to Ready For Inspection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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