Des Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Came across a picture of a Harrier GR.5 in a wraparound desert colour scheme in a second-hand book that I have just bought. Book is ’80 ANS DE COMBAT AĖRIEN’ by Tim Laming & Jeremy Flack published 1998 by ETAI in France as a reprint of a 1996 original by the Promotional Reprint Company Ltd possibly as ‘80 Years Of Air Combat’ or similar. Book is in French throughout and is quite possibly a straightforward translation although the number of French types covered suggests maybe a modified reprint. Type of book that might be sold new in Garden Centres or unlikely chain stores with a book stand , a third of the pages with text and some images , remainder is mainly colour captioned images. Was not what I thought it was going to be but at £5 including shipping from MOMOX in Germany it adds a few new images to the library. On pages 222/223 there is a double-page spread of as I mentioned a desert camouflaged Harrier GR.5 seen from head on in wraparound Sand or Light Stone/Reddish Brown or Earth colour scheme seen as in a camouflage net ‘hide’ with a building behind and sitting on PSP wheel guides laid on sand with a selection of grey painted UK-built weapons each carrying their name displayed around it. My impression is that it might well be a full-size fibreglass promotional model rather than an actual airframe and that its is being shown at a Trade Show somewhere although a friend who regularly attends there reckons not Farnborough. I realise that it was most definitely not an operational colour scheme and most probably not even applied to a real aircraft but despite the many trees that have died to provide my library and an internet search I can find nothing at all about this although the more well known plastic RAF recruiting display Harrier does feature , anyone have any information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Sure it's not this one? https://kamuflazs-camouflage.blogspot.com/2012/01/usa-desert-iii.html Luigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Something of a very long shot, although it's from a different era could it be Hawker's appropriately registered two seat Harrier T52 demonstrator G-VTOL ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 12 hours ago, Silverkite said: Sure it's not this one? 12 hours ago, Richard E said: Something of a very long shot, although it's from a different era could it be Hawker's appropriately registered two seat Harrier T52 demonstrator G-VTOL ? Definitely no in both cases I'm afraid. However , another look at the photo in daylight and I realised what was niggling me about it and makes me even more certain that it was a full-size Trade Event 'plastic' replica is that it has the four pylon wing of the GR.5/7 but the FLIR and radar nose of an AV-8B Harrier II Plus although the detail around that area in particular is very vague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Des said: However , another look at the photo in daylight and I realised what was niggling me about it and makes me even more certain that it was a full-size Trade Event 'plastic' replica is that it has the four pylon wing of the GR.5/7 but the FLIR and radar nose of an AV-8B Harrier II Plus although the detail around that area in particular is very vague. It's not a Trumpeter 1/32nd scale kit .....? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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