Eduard Harrier GR.1/3 Update Sets (for Kinetic) 1:48

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Harrier GR.1/3 Update Sets (for Kinetic)

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After years making do with ancient kits of this important and much-loved aircraft, Kinetic stepped in and gave us a brand new tooling of the first successful VTOL/STOVL fighter/ground-attack aircraft in service anywhere in the world.  Eduard's new range of sets are here to improve on the kit detail in the usual modular manner.  Get what you want for the areas you want to be more of a focal point.  As usual with Eduard's Photo-Etch (PE) and Mask sets, they arrive in a flat resealable package, with a white backing card protecting the contents and the instructions that are sandwiched between.

 

 

Harrier GR.1 Detail Set (491172)

Two frets and a slip of clear acetate sheet are included, one fret is nickel plated and pre-painted, the other in bare brass.  A complete set of new layered instrument panels and side consoles and sidewall details are the primary parts on the painted set, with new rudder pedals; HUD with the acetate used for glazing; ejection seat details, and canopy internal structure also supplied.  Most of the bare brass parts are used externally, in detail skinning the gear bays; skinning the air-brake bay; replacement deflectors behind the rear “hot” nozzles; bay door details; gear leg details such as brake hoses, scissor-links, even replacement of some smaller doors; two raised panels over the engine; a full set of individual vortex generators for the wing uppers with a PE jig for positioning; stiffening plates on the nozzle fairings, and finally the mating surfaces of the pylons, as aircraft often fly with empty stations.

 

 

 

 

Harrier GR.3 Detail Set (491173)

Two frets and a slip of acetate are included again, almost identical to the GR.1 set above, but with subtle differences in the cockpit sidewalls due to the different equipment that the GR.3 carried.

 

 

 

Zoom! Set GR.1/GR.3 (FE1172/FE1173)

These setw contains a reduced subset of the interior, namely the pre-painted parts that are used to improve on the main aspects of the cockpit, as seen above.  Whatever your motivations for wanting this set, it provides a welcome boost to detail, without being concerned with the more structural elements.

 

Harrier GR.1

 

Harrier GR.3

 

 

Seatbelts STEEL (FE1174)

These belts are Photo-Etch (PE) steel, and because of their strength they can be etched from thinner material, which improves realism and flexibility in one sitting.  Coupled with the new painting method that adds perceived depth to the buckles and other furniture by shading, they are more realistic looking and will drape better than regular brass PE.  As well as a set of crew belts, you some stencils for the seat’s headbox and the pull-handle between the pilot's knees that gets him out of there in case of an emergency.  The belts are common between both the GR.1 and GR.3, so if you have both, get two sets.

 

 

 

 

Masks GR.1/3 (EX770)

Supplied on a sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with a full set of masks for the canopy, with compound curved handled by using frame hugging masks, while the highly curved gaps are in-filled with either liquid mask or offcuts from the background tape. 

 

 

 

Masks Tface GR.1/3 (EX771)

Supplied on a larger sheet of yellow kabuki tape, these pre-cut masks supply you with everything above, but also give you another set of canopy masks tailored to fit the interior of the glazing so that you can paint the interior and give your model that extra bit of realism.

 

 

 

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