Spanish Harrier - AV-8B Plus Harrier II, RIAT 2019, 1:72 Hasegawa

[alex_stela]

Here is my 6th finished Harrier model - this time 1:72 AV-8B Plus Harrier II of Spanish Navy.

Aircraft VA.1B-37, side no. 01-925 in a special livery for Royal International Air Tattoo 2019.

Hasegawa kit D24, Eduard PE set, Brengun nozzles, Series Espanolas decals and some scratch.

 

 

Thanks for watching!

Edited August 8, 2023 by alex_stela
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[RidgeRunner]

That is gorgeous! Or as gorgeous as a Harrier can be . Edit: each to their own, of course :).

 

Martin

 

[daneel]

Very nicee! What are these colours?

[Andrés S.]

The only type of Harrier with the nickname "Matador" were the AV-8S, which were actually American AV-8A based on the Gr.1.
The AV-8B Harriers used by the Spanish Navy were not given the "Matador" nickname.  The name is not correct either the double designation II and Plus at the same time and also putting an E in front of it. The second generation Harriers used by Spain were called Harrier AV-8B and AV-8B II or AV-8B Plus, but never EAV-8B II Plus.

 

Andrés.

[RupertTheBear]

Awesome looking Harrier! Love the artwork on the tail!

[Vultures1]

Lovely job, well done!

[Flankerman]

Excellent model - great realistic finish.

 

01-925 is the Harrier that had a brake fire as it taxied in to its spot on arrival on the Wednesday.

 

Lots of dramatic smoke as the fire tenders arrived - I took a few photos if anyone is interested.

 

Ken

[stevehnz]

A very nice job on that Alex, I think I'll hold back on mine till everyone has forgotten this one, it'll look a bit of a poor relation against this.

Steve.

[Dermo245]

[loloskymaster]

Nice Spanish AV-8! I like when there is special schemes on weathered planes. 

 

Lolo

[alex_stela]

On 08/08/2023 at 17:27, daneel said:

Very nicee! What are these colours?

 

FS36231 on top and FS 36320 underside. I used Mr. Color C317 and C307, lightening them slightly. This particular aircraft also had a light grey radome with an "almost white" underside, but this is not standard on Spanish Harriers.

[exdraken]

Very nice execution!!

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[Winded Penguin]

Always for a Harrier, but this one is particularly outstandingly fitted out with detail in 1/72 👍

[Hopesdaddy]

A beautifully finished Harrier from a lesser modeled user, what is not to love. Beautifully done.

[Rich G]

That is really nice, I love the tail markings for the tattoo.

 

Rich

[Farmerboy]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and my eyes are filled with beauty!!!

[The Shearwater]

Stunning build (and great photography of it too). You are the Harrier master! (I have closely followed some of your other Harriers for inspiration). Thank for sharing.

[Bobby No Mac]

Simply sublime in any scale, never mind 1/72 😍

I love the staining and how it sits perfectly on its gear with a very convincing amount of weight on the tyres.  Perfecto!

[Parabat]

Fantastic work, that's an incredible model, very nicely done.

[kev67]

Very well done on this Spanish livery of the Harrier 

[russ c]

Really nice Harrier there Alex, superb job

[supersonic]

You make the uniform grayish spanish camo looking quite good, the amount of weathering is spot on!

 

Cheers

Hans

[noelh]

I was always fond of the Spanish Harriers. Indeed I wondered why Indeed the Spanish had Harriers.

 

I'm a fan of Spanish aircraft. 

[woody37]

That's a little gem, lovely painting and weathering, also great to see a lesser modelled scheme too

 

[Orion]

hello Alex,

Fantastic result. That espanolas Decals did the AC good.