I bought this kit in September during a trip to Taipei, I was attracted by the boxart and the sharkmouth decal. The fact that this would be another wavvy grey camo scheme is a factor too.
This is a Hasegawa kit by the way..
And here are the rest of my Desert Harrier pictures.
I use Gunze paints only, the base coat is #116 Black Grey, the light camo area is #315 Light Gull and the dark camo area is #337 Greyish Blue. The pinwash is done with Tamiya enamel German Grey.
The camo should be sharp-edged but I decided to do it freehand to save time and effort. I lightened the centre parts to show abit of fading as this aircraft operated in Desert Storm, I might do more weathering later to dirty this bird....
The decals where very 'soft' and I broke afew of them, you can see it in the pictures if you look hard enough.
I only added two GBU-16s (from Hasegawa weapon series) to the Harrier, the sidewinder and tanks came with the kit. Not sure if I got it right though, but the instructions say it can carry two.
I decided to do an open canopy (my first!) when I discovered the kit didn't provide a pilot. I added some details in the cockpit too.
Closeups
Overall, I made alot of mistakes on this model and once again my sloppy-ness as a builder is revealed, there are some seamlines not properly cleaned up and scratches here and there for example.
Any comments are welcomed. Thanks for reading :P
This is a Hasegawa kit by the way..
And here are the rest of my Desert Harrier pictures.
I use Gunze paints only, the base coat is #116 Black Grey, the light camo area is #315 Light Gull and the dark camo area is #337 Greyish Blue. The pinwash is done with Tamiya enamel German Grey.
The camo should be sharp-edged but I decided to do it freehand to save time and effort. I lightened the centre parts to show abit of fading as this aircraft operated in Desert Storm, I might do more weathering later to dirty this bird....
The decals where very 'soft' and I broke afew of them, you can see it in the pictures if you look hard enough.
I only added two GBU-16s (from Hasegawa weapon series) to the Harrier, the sidewinder and tanks came with the kit. Not sure if I got it right though, but the instructions say it can carry two.
I decided to do an open canopy (my first!) when I discovered the kit didn't provide a pilot. I added some details in the cockpit too.
Closeups
Overall, I made alot of mistakes on this model and once again my sloppy-ness as a builder is revealed, there are some seamlines not properly cleaned up and scratches here and there for example.
Any comments are welcomed. Thanks for reading :P
