Chuck's 'Harrowing' bomber-transport in 1/72 *Finished*

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Re: Chuck's 'Harrowing' bomber-transport in 1/72

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Nowt wrong with a little spend up now and again!

Loving the Harrow, it's looking great!
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My first glance at progress in here. Terrific choice, Chuck, and looks great. I always thought the Harrow was ugly but your pics show a it had a long, lean greyhound looking shape. Rather elegant.

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Looking good. I see Valom screwed the pooch when it came to the painting directions for the engines. The central gear casings should be black, not aluminum. Actually, a semi-gloss black, but a flat black lightly rubbed with a finger tip would do.


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That looks very tasty Chuck. Great paint work.
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Aircraft has been gloss-coated and awaits decals. The hardest part of the build has been getting the landing gear fitted correctly.

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Presumably Valom have provided their usually invisible locating holes and pins for the undercarriage struts...... :evil:
That's really looking good!
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I love those spindly U\C legs. Look like they should belong to a baby Giraffe trying to stand for the first time. :lol:
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Check prop alignment from the side -- in the last photo above one seems tilted ??
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jRatz wrote:Check prop alignment from the side -- in the last photo above one seems tilted ??

Unfortunately, it's not the prop. It appears that the whole wing engine fairing on the right ring has a bit up angle. At this stage, I don't plan on doing the major work required to fix it.
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Nice work, Chuck.
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Re: Chuck's 'Harrowing' bomber-transport in 1/72 *Finished*

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H.P54 Harrow K6962 M 115, 115 Sqn., Marham, June 1937-April 1939

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Here's a couple of pics of the Harrow with it's bomber-transport stable-mate, Bristol Bombay. The picture setting is the airport module on my HO gauge railroad layout.

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Lovely work Chuck, that's turned out really well and looks great next to the Bombay
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They do look good. I always thought the two were the same but that shows the differences well. Just have to find £40 or so to get one to go with my Bombay.
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Really lovely build Chuck & not a type you see modelled often. Top build.
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MarkyM607 wrote:They do look good. I always thought the two were the same but that shows the differences well. Just have to find £40 or so to get one to go with my Bombay.

You know Hannants just got in the Sparrow as well. Think, you could have two completely different variants of the Harrow/Sparrow to go with your Bombay. :P
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