Joe's 1/72 Italeri Harrier GR.3

[Ian M]

Coming along nicely.

Ian M

[Guest]

Nice surgery on the Intakes Joe. Iv'e never had luck using Blue Tac for masking like that, I always seem to get a very irregulars finish, not obvious until the Blu Tac is removed, probably just me. Cheers Derek

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Colin. We'll see how it turns out once I actually get around to doing it.

[Guest]

Ready for painting Joe?

Good work til now, starting to get shape very well.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Ready for painting Joe?Good work til now, starting to get shape very well.

Francesco

Thanks Francesco. Yep, ready for the green coats of paint. Dark Sea Grey is already on.

[Guest]

Oh yes, my bad...

I think I was thinking to all the primer I'm spraying on mine.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Been busy doing life things but now on to blanking off the camouflage and hopefully getting a dark green coat on today.

[Guest]

Go for it, Joe.

We're waiting for it.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Had trouble with the paint so had to order a new pot. Dave's paint bug is spreading! The finished camouflage didn't have quite the effect I had hoped for, maybe a bit hard edged, but it is what it is considering the issues I had with the original dark green. Bits and bobs attached and now waiting for a gloss coat and the weather to play ball before decal application. I'll update with photos later, am away until Saturday for work. Determined to get this one done and then plan to move onto the FAA SIG build with the Sea Harrier. May as well stick with the Harrier theme for a while. I've also acquired and started a Bedford fuel tanker to go with the GR.3, so will start my first vehicle build soon.

[flyjoe180]

Photo update:

Grey blanked off with Tamiya tape on the Blutac rolls. This was in itself at least a two to three hour job:

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The dark green on. Had a lot of issues with this paint as indicated in previous posts, had to get a new pot but it worked out okay in the end at the expense of my hoped-for nice feathered edges.

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The result:

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Air brake, landing gear, outriggers, exhaust nozzles and other bits started to go on:

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Just noticed Italeri provided a few errors in their decal sheet. The first is the serial number, XV744 has been presented as XW744, easy fix with a pair of scissors. The second is the pilot name, Captain Pasquale. Captain Thomas Pasquale was a USMC pilot on exchange who was killed in 1973 in GR.3 XZ137 in Germany, 9 years before the model depicted here. Italeri kits are prone to small errors like this all the time in my experience. Reasonably nice kits, but the research can be dodgy do do your homework as always if you want accuracy.

[Guest]

That looks nice Joe, although the decal issue is somewhat morbid - I wonder if

Italeri actually know about the pilot's demise? Or perhaps it's a way to mark his memory?

Looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers

Patrick

[papa 695]

Looking very good Joe and you have a canopy

[Guest]

Coming along very nicely Joe.

[Guest]

Super-job, Joe, and very clean compared to my standards.

She is growing up very well.

Francesco

[flyjoe180]

Looking very good Joe and you have a canopy

How is your canopy progress going Ian? Airfix have to have a canopy for you surely.