MikeMoore Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Here is my take on Hasegawa's 1/72 Harrier. Mix of kit decals and Superscale stencils. Lots of Eduard etch, and a Quickboost Airbrake. My own mixes with Tamiya paints, thinned with 70% iso. Biggest tip I'd have for anyone about to start one of these is to glue the whole wing together before you attach it to the fuselage. I was able to get a pretty good fit between the LEX and the wing, and only had to do a little filling and re-scribing to get rid of that join line, which doesn't fall on a panel line.... Thanks for looking, any comments are welcome, and if anyone has a good, workable tip for doing the canopy det cord in 1/72, I'm all ears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTennant Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 VERY nice, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Aldrich Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Mike, Keep them coming. We are way behind the "Duke"! Looks great. Love the camo job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimHortman Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Nice work Mike - thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Very pretty! The model, not that lunkin' thing the Marines call for close support! Camo looks very "to scale". Did you free-hand or use soft masks for that superb result? Thanks for posting! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Pruitt Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Another great-looking aircraft!! Nice work, Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M. Knights Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Very nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMoore Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Thanks guys.... Mark, I don't believe I'll be catching up to the Duke! That's probably the last completion I'll see off my bench for a couple of months! Gil, the camo is a bit of both masked and freehand. The first pass at the medium grey (well, ok, blue) I did a boat load of silly putty and tape masking. Then pulled off all the masking and realized that I missed on the color big time. I was just about to remask and shoot and then decided to see what would happen if I tried to work the right color in. I also realized I'd missed on the camo pattern as well, so as I resprayed the color, I also worked the edges out to where they should be. Proved to me once again that while it was expensive, the Harder and Steenbeck Evolution I bought in Virgina Beach was worth every cent, and the best modeling tool I own! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidF Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Outstanding Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonL Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Beautiful work. Makes me wanna build one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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