Airfix Sea Harrier FA/2 1/72

[shangos70]

Returned from my summer holiday and finally got around to finishing the Shar2.
I replaced the nose and nozzles with Pavla ones. Fit of the kit wasn't too bad, detail a bit vague in places. I wouldn't pay the asking for the latest release.
Painted in mostly Gunze Med Sea Grey. I painted the under wing tanks in dark sea grey.
Sea Harrier FA/2 of No.899 Naval Air Squadron , Fleet Air Arm ,RNAS Yeovilton . 2005.

[celt]

Well tidy mun.
Regards
celt

[DavidWomby]

Nice one!!!!

David

[FAAMAN]

Very nice indeed

[Stupot]

Looks great! How do the kit parts compare with the replacements you used?

Stu

[shangos70]

Looks great! How do the kit parts compare with the replacements you used?

Stu

HI Stupot, the kit nose looks wrong and the nozzles have a nasty seam down the middle you can't get rid of. The nose was only about £1.70 from Hannants, the nozzles also come with replacement intakes but I didn't use them and were £5+ again from Hannants.

[Stupot]

Looks great! How do the kit parts compare with the replacements you used?

Stu

HI Stupot, the kit nose looks wrong and the nozzles have a nasty seam down the middle you can't get rid of. The nose was only about £1.70 from Hannants, the nozzles also come with replacement intakes but I didn't use them and were £5+ again from Hannants.

Hi, thanks for the info!

Stu

[splash]

Excellent work.

[Old_Tonto]

Looks great with that nose job.

Is there a more accurate FA/2 Sea Harrier kit out there?

[gnomemeansgnome]

That SHAR looks fantastic.

[skypirate]

Great-looking model. And good info.
I have the replacement intakes, but not the replacement nose, so will take another look.

Cheers,

David

[shangos70]

Thanks all, you could throw a fist full of money for add - ons and upgrades for this and the Shar1. Nose, intakes, gun pods , undercarriage . The list goes on. Airfix's Sea Harrier kits are well behind in detail and finesse compared to the later GR1 and 3 kits but I think this is the only kit out there of the type.

[vacant]

Looks the business.

[ronald alvarez]

Wow I like your work, greetins..........

[fireblade]

Very nicely done, the Pavla bits do alleviate some of the worst glitches with the kit. You can still find the Xtrakit/Special Hobby FA2 available, but like the Airfix it probably raises more questions than answers, so there's still room for somebody to turn out a definitive FA2 in 1/72.