Luftwaffe Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B

[KiwiZac]

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!

ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr
ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr
ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr
ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr
ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr
ESCI 1/72 Hawker Siddeley-Dornier Harrier GR.1B by Zac Yates, on Flickr

[finsrin]

Camo colors pattern work super well.  Sorta hides right there as picture is taken.  Swell build. 

[Old Wombat]

Looks good!

[elmayerle]

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).

[Kerick]

Well done!

[KiwiZac]

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 rather than Marines 

[ChernayaAkula]

Very cool! 

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).

  HARRIERS FOR EVERYONE!

[LemonJello]

Nice little attack bird!

[elmayerle]

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 rather than Marines 

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.

[GTX_Admin]

Very believable.

[KiwiZac]

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...

[apophenia]

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 

[Camthalion]

very nice