Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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Re: Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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I've just been having a look through this build and what a great conversion it is, Alan, the old and new parts look like they were almost made to go together!
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Very sweet looking
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Great work so far.
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Re: Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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Not a lot of bench time this weekend :cry:

I have now given the silver a second coat pluss a Matt coat to dull it down.

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Re: Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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Very nice paint work!
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That is a nice looking coat of paint, Alan. You smooth operator :grin:
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ShaunW wrote:That is a nice looking coat of paint, Alan. You smooth operator :grin:
Wot 'e said.

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splash wrote:Alas the black was short lived and it's now had a coat of aluminium.

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I know it was an accidental photobomb by the Landy, but the two do look good together in that photo.
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Purplethistle wrote:
splash wrote:Alas the black was short lived and it's now had a coat of aluminium.

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I know it was an accidental photobomb by the Landy, but the two do look good together in that photo.
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That's not a bad idea.

The bag seat in the new Airfix Harrier is nicely detailed, it's a shame that most of it will be hidden.

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The new parts fit well and look better.

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Boy this is getting better and better!
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Looking very nice.
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Re: Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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The OOB ejection seat is very nice for the scale, certainly much better than the one Airfix provided in the early 80's 1/48th Sea Harrier that is on my workbench - I had to add a number of scratch built parts to make that look anything like!
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Re: Splash's modified P1127 (XP980)

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Sorry this is a DNF I thought I had decal to cover this build but they have gone missing, I will complete it on the aviation tread at a later date.
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