Barry's TAV-8B Harrier Finished

[Arcwelder]

That looks to be a lot of "Green Stuff" in action.. I hope Citadel are paying you commission!

[Barry]

This is really tedious for me.....




Good news though...Pavla's Big Boy seats arrived today. Huge improvement over the kit's. Thank you Roll Models!

[Old_Tonto]

Wow those seats are a massive improvement. Good idea to use them as plenty will be seen through that big canopy.
Love the camo by the way. Is that freehand?

[PaulBradley]

Wow - those new seats are so much bigger! Hope they fit....!

[Barry]

Hi OT...I can't do freehand without getting a lot of overspray. This is done with paper masks, one section at a time.


Cockpit's taped over for painting so I haven't been able to check for fit yet Paul. I think height will be ok, but may have to shave the sides a little...

[Barry]

Well, I got this far an then the rear canopy went missing. I've scoured the floor, stripped my workbench, and sifted through the trash can. No canopy.

This kit was probably ok in 1989, but now, poor seats, lack of a separate speed brake, no serial number provided, raised panel lines, some errors in the instructions etc. took the fun out of it.

[iggie]

That's a shame about the canopy going AWOL; and after going to the trouble of buying and fitting after-market bang seats I don't suppose you want to make out the rear pilot has banged out!!
The rest looks pretty good though for an old codger (the kit , not you!)

[PaulBradley]

Looks good otherwise, but I'm guessing you wouldn't recommend this kit.

[Barry]

Well...it has it's problems, but it's the only game in town, so... I'm working on a new rear canopy and my plan was always to pose the canopies open, so it should be able to pass.


Actually Iggie, I am and I do.

[DavidWomby]

Well...it has it's problems, but it's the only game in town, so... I'm working on a new rear canopy and my plan was always to pose the canopies open, so it should be able to pass.


Actually Iggie, I am and I do.

That looks terrific. Shame about the canopy and good luck replacing it.

Don't Airfix do a Harrier T10 too that could be made into a USMC machine? Or is that the same mould?

David

[Barry]

Right you are David. For some reason, I thought that the Airfix kit translated to a TAV8-A, but no, it's a TAV8-B and, according to Scalemates, is an Airfix original...not at all related to the Italeri .

From looking at it on line, I think it might be the better of the two kits since it offers the open speed brake option as well as the open nose wheel bay doors and it has been released as a USMC Harrier.

[Barry]

I think this is from PZL Los. Anyway, I cut it down to make a new rear canopy.




And...We're done.

[iggie]

Nice save on the rear canopy; you'd never tell without you having said!
Really nice finish

[Stuart]

Great save on that canopy! I think that looks superb mate - nice work

[DavidWomby]

Brilliant job making a replacement canopy. I would never have known it wasn't the kit part.

David