1/48 Hasegawa Harrier Gr7

by Paolo Yuen  

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This is my second Hasegawa 1/48 Harrier, Royal Air Force GR. VII.  This model also won the Hong Kong Opening Model championship 2004 the air & helicopter group the 3rd prize.

 

I used the kit decals, some cockpit parts from a Black Box cockpit set and some Eduard photo etch.

 

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I like Revell's Harrier, but I don't like the bottom part of the cockpit (Fuselage) the angles are too high, so I changed it by putting some plastic sheet on the top to lower the front fuselage, lower the nose gear then the shape is much better.  After that I also lower the flag. (See pic. 04, 05.)

 

 

My model was painted by Gunze Mr. Color, and used the color to adding some white or black color for weathering. The RAF aircraft are usually not too dirty, so I only used the HB pencil & Humbrol Enamel to highlight the panels!y model was painted by Gunze Mr. Color, and used the color to adding some white or black color for weathering. The RAF aircraft are usually not too dirty, so I only used the HB pencil & Humbrol Enamel to highlight the panels!

 

For the weapons, I only added 2 UK 1000-pound laser guided bombs from the Hasegawa weapons No.8 and most of them are from the box. After decals and I added the photo etch, sprayed the flat topcoat for the last step., I only added 2 UK 1000-pound laser guided bombs from the Hasegawa weapons No.8 and most of them are from the box. After decals and I added the photo etch, sprayed the flat topcoat for the last step.

 

In the modeling championship somebody told me the ejection seat was incorrect for the RAF, next time I will check and build a more nice Harrier.

Paolo

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Photos and text © by Paolo Yuen