Gary West Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Poor photo's unfortunately. This T8 has been sitting as you see it for months - 97.5% complete, time to complete and move on. Heritage Aviation conversion with Monogram AV8A kit. The cockpits bare, so I've scratched some instrument panels to drop in, and Neomega seats will be added. I intend to present with the canopies hinged open but watch this space - vac canopies not exactly my favourite. RBF tags and a bit of detail here and there. Another kit to add to my ever growing "Black" collection. Hope to have completed within the week. Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 thats a great gloss black Harrier...come to think of it...never seen one like that. You have a link to the conversion? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Nice work Gary, I love the 2 seat Harriers, I just wish you could get them OOB rather than having to resort to major surgery. :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
madmike Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Have to agree with Ray on that point, but your build is excellent, well done. I love harriers but the all black one looks positively lethal! MikeJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 I love the 2 seat Harriers, I just wish you could get them OOB rather than having to resort to major surgery. :D Amen to that and agree totally. As my foot note says, 2 seats etc....love em but every 2 seater is a conversion. Must also find a better way of photographing these Gloss Black kits - they really dont look that good with poor lighting Gary Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 You have a link to the conversion? Heritage T8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D_IcarUS_ Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 (edited) Terrific :D work!!! Edited June 8, 2006 by D_IcarUS_ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EWZ Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 That's a neat Harrier. The glossy black paint looks excellent! thats a great gloss black Harrier...come to think of it...never seen one like that. The real thing! Cheers Evert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Damian Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Sweet Harrier dude!!! Well done on a tricky job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Clark Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 The cockpits bare, so I've scratched some instrument panels to drop in, and Neomega seats will be added. I intend to present with the canopies hinged open but watch this space - vac canopies not exactly my favourite. Gary She's looking good Gary!! Good luck with the vac-formed canopy's! I had their T10 conversion and attempted to use the canopy's provided - they were far too big, panel lines were too prominent and didn't fit!!! They seemed like they were from a different kit!! Hopefully the T8 set is better - at least you should be able to use the Monogram windscreen? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 Thanks everyone. Bill - no this canopy isn't any better either. There was a build article in SAM last year of this, and the model was finished with the canopy closed - as a one piece. The profile was all wrong, far too tall. That's partly why I want to seperate mine and hinge them open. By the way, how did you get around yours? One other critisism - the cockpit interior is far too narrow and I'm having to slice all the sides of the seats away just to get them to fit in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Clark Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 By the way, how did you get around yours? I didn't!! Its still not finished!! To compund matter the forward fuselage's resin is a bit warped, so the whole thing looks twisted. I did try to straighten it out, but gave up!! Its in a box in the loft at the moment!!! Hasegawa will probably beat me to it (with any luck!!!!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted June 9, 2006 Author Share Posted June 9, 2006 Twisted parts? Tell me about it - the tail was slightly warped on this kit and I had to straighten it out. Success luckily. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerojp8 Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Hi Gary, hi all, Very good lookink Harrier T8 ! Do you have any link to details of the real thing ? I think about the cockpit, ejection seats, landing gear... I plan to scratch convert a 1/24 Airfix Harrier AV-8A to a two seater T8... Any information welcome ! Great build ! Regards, Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neu Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Awesome, keep us updated! Congrats! Greetings, neu www.carrierbuilders.net Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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