It's been a while since I updated this Sea Harrier build, but I have not been idle with it, despite it fighting me every step of the way. I have to do a little at a time or it has a habit of beating my motivation down.
I had filled and sanded the airframe within a millimetre of its life, any more and I would have seen daylight through it. Managed to save some of the lost lines and re-scribed the ones I lost. As I mentioned earlier I have had to scratch build some aerials and a top beacon.
The nose section did not mate properly and the nose landing gear had no walls or detail. I scratch built some walls with plastic card and forced them against the sides with CA glue:
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You can see some of the fit issues with the airframe here. Also I opened up the top engine vents:
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A lot of filler and sanding and time and we have a much better result, with canopy fitted. More sanding followed this:
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At last it was primed and ready for the next steps:
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Humbrol gloss white sprayed nicely and evenly on the underside. The new batches of Humbrol are a great improvement:
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Next was the upper surface colour of Extra Dark Sea Grey, again Humbrol sprayed nice and evenly:
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Seepage from the EDSG was cleaned up and the nose cone, various aerials and sensors painted. Wing stores and pylons and the landing gear are done as well and ready for later:
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Decals have been applied but there were various issues with the roundels and top
decals. They were after all around 31 years old having been produced in 1983. A little out of register on the top but cleaned up with some careful masking and a steady hand:
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More to come soon, but should be completed in the next day or two if things go my way with the final varnishes. I will be using Humbrol Matt Cote (in the 28ml bottle) via the
airbrush to tone the gloss down.