Beyond The Sprues
Current and Finished Projects => Physical Models => Aero-space => Topic started by: KiwiZac on February 03, 2020, 07:14:22 AM
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Hi all,
This is a build I’ve been thinking about for a long time – what if the West Germans had stuck with the Kestrel Tripartite Test Squadron and Dornier had licence-built Harriers for the Luftwaffe?
This build was made possible by the generous gift of an ESCI 1/72 AV-8A from a member of another forum, with decals scrounged from a Heller 1/72 Fouga Magister and a Revell 1/72 Eurofighter (stencils are the original ESCI). The bomb and SNEB pods came from my spares, otherwise it’s OOB.
This is the Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B, marketed internationally by HS as the Mk.20. I hope you like this little trip into alternate history!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479372273_d0ed088d99_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iojHxp)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2iojHxp) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479359808_3e08eb5fe3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDQu)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDQu) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479840936_b1645b1046_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ion7RN)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2ion7RN) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479359783_4440ac238f_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDQ4)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDQ4) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49479359888_8b818ec1ff_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDRS)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2iojDRS) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49480060512_298667c1ca_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ioof8A)ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B (https://flic.kr/p/2ioof8A) by Zac Yates (https://www.flickr.com/photos/83399146@N05/), on Flickr
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Camo colors pattern work super well. Sorta hides right there as picture is taken. Swell build. :smiley:
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Looks good! :smiley:
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Beautiful!! From a reality where the Hawker Siddeley-Breguet-Dornier-Aermacchi-Northrop consortium built Harriers for the NATO air forces and other NATO air arms (USMC, for example).
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Well done!
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Thank you everyone! For a while I thought an early Harrier in an Alpha Jet-inspired scheme could be worth doing. And I'm very pleased with the result!
Beautiful!! From a reality where the Hawker Siddeley-Breguet-Dornier-Aermacchi-Northrop consortium built Harriers for the NATO air forces and other NATO air arms (USMC, for example).
No, in my reality it was the US Army (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5241.0) rather than Marines :P
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Very cool! :smiley:
Beautiful!! From a reality where the Hawker Siddeley-Breguet-Dornier-Aermacchi-Northrop consortium built Harriers for the NATO air forces and other NATO air arms (USMC, for example).
:icon_beer: HARRIERS FOR EVERYONE! :icon_beer:
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Nice little attack bird!
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Thank you everyone! For a while I thought an early Harrier in an Alpha Jet-inspired scheme could be worth doing. And I'm very pleased with the result!
Beautiful!! From a reality where the Hawker Siddeley-Breguet-Dornier-Aermacchi-Northrop consortium built Harriers for the NATO air forces and other NATO air arms (USMC, for example).
No, in my reality it was the US Army ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=5241.0[/url]) rather than Marines :P
Perhaps as AV-6Bs rather than AV-8As? *chuckle* I could see the reaction if the USMC decided to follow the US Army's lead on this. It's tempting to apply some OV-1 decals to a Harrier just to get a reaction.
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Very believable. :smiley:
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For the record, after looking at various Alpha Jet kit instuctions online I used Tamiya XF-63 German Grey and Gunze H303 FS34102 for the camo.
Perhaps as AV-6Bs rather than AV-8As? *chuckle* I could see the reaction if the USMC decided to follow the US Army's lead on this. It's tempting to apply some OV-1 decals to a Harrier just to get a reaction.
I do remember agonising over the designation before sticking with -8A. Speaking of OV-1 decals, a kind soul at another forum just sent me some to go with the Fiat G.91 I received recently...
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This is a should-have-been!
For the record, after looking at various Alpha Jet kit instuctions online I used Tamiya XF-63 German Grey and Gunze H303 FS34102 for the camo...
And that really does give it an Alpha Jet vibe! (Now there's an improbable separated-at-birth pair!) Great build :smiley:
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very nice