OK, folks, here is my Indian Navy Sea Harrier for the WoW campaign.
Completed at last!!!!
Feedback welcome as always...And a bunch of thanks to Stug and the rest of the gang for the extension on WoW... !!!!!
Cheers,
BP.
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WoW Harrier Completed!!!
bytepilot
Karnataka, India / भारत
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 02:32 AM UTC
Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 02:36 AM UTC
Hi BP
That looks great! How did you do yellow? edging to the canopy where the perspex meets the frame? Very effective. :-)
All the best
Rowan
That looks great! How did you do yellow? edging to the canopy where the perspex meets the frame? Very effective. :-)
All the best
Rowan
brandydoguk
England - North, United Kingdom
Joined: October 04, 2002
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 04:27 AM UTC
Excallent work BP. Like Merlin I'd like to know how you did the yellow on the canopy. Those auxilliary intake doors do look good opened, I wish I'd thought of doing that! :-)
bytepilot
Karnataka, India / भारत
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 05:28 AM UTC
Hi guys,
thanks for the kind words...
As for the yellow part, it was quite easy. I first applied three strips of Scotch Magic tape, for the three sides. Then, on the forward edge, I first cut an intermediate strip for the yellow, along with strips on the right and left bottom sides of the canopy for the yellow part. I just followed the outline of the strip on the canpy for this. After this, I painted over the gaps with Testors Flat Yellow to get the yellow strips. Pull off the masking tape, and you are done.
After this, I allowed it to dry in the sun for about 1/2 an hour, and then again applied a bit of tape on the forward edge over the yellow, so as to create the blue strip line at the absolute end. This was then again painted over and voila!! A yellow line bordered by a blue strip!!
HTH...Am glad that I could finish my SHAR, albeit with so may delays..
Cheers,
BP.
thanks for the kind words...
As for the yellow part, it was quite easy. I first applied three strips of Scotch Magic tape, for the three sides. Then, on the forward edge, I first cut an intermediate strip for the yellow, along with strips on the right and left bottom sides of the canopy for the yellow part. I just followed the outline of the strip on the canpy for this. After this, I painted over the gaps with Testors Flat Yellow to get the yellow strips. Pull off the masking tape, and you are done.
After this, I allowed it to dry in the sun for about 1/2 an hour, and then again applied a bit of tape on the forward edge over the yellow, so as to create the blue strip line at the absolute end. This was then again painted over and voila!! A yellow line bordered by a blue strip!!
HTH...Am glad that I could finish my SHAR, albeit with so may delays..
Cheers,
BP.
Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 08:03 AM UTC
:-) Nice one BP, looks very good. What colour are the uppersurfaces?
Just incase anyone is building a Harrier, the outriggers both touch the ground. The solution to this problem I discoverd after failing to manage this on my Harrier GR 3, is to make the main gear leg slide in a tube fixed in the gear well. Is that sods law?
Mal
Just incase anyone is building a Harrier, the outriggers both touch the ground. The solution to this problem I discoverd after failing to manage this on my Harrier GR 3, is to make the main gear leg slide in a tube fixed in the gear well. Is that sods law?
Mal
Mitch
Michigan, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 10:49 AM UTC
That looks sweet...Job well done
warlock0322
North Carolina, United States
Joined: January 13, 2003
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 11:04 AM UTC
Even though you said there were delays. The results seem to be well worth it. You have done this plane justice. Very nice. Hopefully my AV-8B will be of semblance of what you have done with your Harrier.
Paul
Paul
stugiiif
Virginia, United States
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Posted: Sunday, January 25, 2004 - 03:12 PM UTC
BP, this is a nice looking harrier. Now where are y'all getting this extention thing. I said I need pics by the 1st of Feb. Oh well Rowan thinks that there's an extention as well. Looks good and I'm glad you were able to finsh this wonderful kit!! STUG