As it was a bright sunny day so I thought I'd put the light tent outside and take some photos. Well I got these two before my camera battery died on me.
So I thought I'd charge the battery and do some weeding around the garden for half an hour. I was just finishing up weeding around the beetroot when a freak puff of wind lifted the backdrop garden and dent the Harrier crashing down on the patio!
Only one pylon came loose but to my dismay the canopy now had a big crack in it 
After some some colourful language, denial, tears and then acceptance I took it upstairs to fix the pylon with the aim to at least get the rest of the shots I wanted. Two minutes later I grabbed the camera and picked up the Harrier gingerly to head downstairs whereupon I cack-handedly fumbled the model and sent it crashing down the stairs, where is shed all it's stores and left the once straight as an arrow pitot tube bent at right angles!!
Amazingly none of the fiddly PE aerials had broken off, well not until later when I reattached the tanks and and missiles. After carefully re straightening the pitot I took a quick couple of shots to try can show you some off the details I'd added while it was safely on the bench.
As you can see I've still replace on the aerials behind the canopy. I could seek a replacement canopy but I'd also have to the redo the pen nib detail and the windscreen fairing that I added to the original and at the moment I really don't won't to think about it. Gutted.
