Looking good. Nice work on an old ‘un.
Looking at online walkarounds, some Harriers seemed to fly with an empty centre pylon and some with a missile fitted, but I can't find anything suitable in my spares box so I'll leave it empty.
Pete
There are a lot of awkward shapes on the Harrier. One is at the rear of the canopy, where there are two quadrants cut out of the clear part (just dry fitted here):
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This shape is correct, but I'm sure the 1:1 doesn't have a big gap each side of the rear canopy. I'll need to fill that space at the back of the canopy somehow. I think I need to make a sort of bulkhead just behind the framing and use filler behind that. That's going to be 'fun'.
Pete
Thanks Tony. That probe is going to get in the way of masking. I'm going to try a strip of 1mm tape butted up against the base of the probe, then wider tape against that. The circle cutter is a good idea, might try that too.Looking sharp pete , that radome is going to be a tricky mask up for sure . Maybe a thin ,large radius ,curved piece of tape ? Try the compass cutter on the largest radius it will do and cut a piece out of a wide piece of tape .
Thanks Jim, the kit isn't much of a problem, more that I didn't think things through properly. It would be nice to have better locating points for some things though. The two aerials just behind the canopy for example - nothing to mark where they go, and the sprue gate is on the end that has to be glued to the fuselage (they're slightly tapered). It was a struggle to get them in an acceptable place and both at the same angle.Hi Peter
Coming along well now despite the issues. You certainly have to come up with a lot of solutions on old kits like this. Maybe that's their charm - a real sense of satisfaction when you end up with a nice model.
Jim
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