Trumpeter 1:32 AV-8B Night Attack Harrier II Build Log
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January 12, 2020Seat assembled and painted, decals added and cockpit prepped for assembly2
January 12, 2020Some weathering added and photo etched seat belts being added.3
January 12, 2020Seatbelts done and painted... More weathering.4
January 12, 2020The Pegasus engine assembled and painted... not that you'll see it in the finished model!5
January 12, 2020Wheels, gear and wheel well painted6
January 12, 2020Coat of wash added, along with a little sepia wash to give the greasey effect.7
January 12, 2020Cockpit assembled and ready to go.8
January 12, 2020Forward fuzz section glued up.9
January 12, 2020Test fitting the engine into the fuzz half.10
January 12, 2020Test fitting the engine into the fuzz half.11
January 12, 2020Fuzz halves joined together... Reasonably good fit.12
January 12, 2020Wings and tail feathers assembled. Forward fuzz section dry fitted.13
January 12, 2020Nose section added, wasn't a good fit so will need lots of sanding/shaping to smooth the join. Intake area prepainted and maksed.14
January 12, 2020Air intakes added.15
January 12, 2020There was no option to have the flaps deployed 'out of the box' but nothing a sharp knife can't solve!16
January 12, 2020There was no option to have the flaps deployed 'out of the box' but nothing a sharp knife can't solve!17
January 12, 2020Pylons and ordinances assembled.18
January 12, 2020And undercoated.19
January 12, 2020Lots of filling, filing and sanding and she's ready for paint.20
January 12, 2020Undercoat done.21
January 12, 2020A bit of preshading!22
January 12, 2020First basecoat on the belly done.23
January 12, 2020Masked up with blutac and tape ready for second colour basecoat. First time using Vallejo paints too. Have always stuck with Tamiya acylics but quite enjoyed using the Model Air paints, sprays well and no thinning required.24
January 12, 2020Second colour basecoat done.25
January 12, 2020And from the underside!26
January 12, 2020Masked up ready for final third colour.27
January 12, 2020All basecoat painting done... now onto some detailing.28
January 12, 2020Some preliminary weathering effects with the airbrush added.29
January 12, 2020Pylons painted and assembled.30
January 12, 2020Peripherals painted.31
January 12, 2020Few layers of various metallics on the exhuast nozzles and deflectors done. Quite happy with how they turned out - very similar to the research photos I have on the full size aircraft.32
January 12, 2020Everything was then clear coated using Mircoscale gloss and decals added.33
January 12, 2020From the top... Decals added and some more weathering details done.34
January 12, 2020Ordinances decal'ed up. I reckon there were more decals on these than the actual aircraft!35
January 12, 2020Ordinances assembled and ready for installation.36
January 12, 2020More fine-tuning on the weathering.37
January 12, 2020And more weathering...38
January 12, 2020And more weathering...39
January 12, 2020And more weathering...40
January 12, 2020Decals oversprayed lightly to blend them in better.41
January 12, 2020Decals oversprayed lightly to blend them in better.42
January 12, 2020Pointy bits all assembled.43
January 12, 2020I wasn't happy with how the main canopy turned out - I had managed to crack it whilst cleaning up the seam line and tried to glue it... made a right ol' mess of it and ended up dipping it in floor polish hoping it would clean up the marks left from polish44
January 12, 2020So it had a bath in some cloudy ammonia to remove the floor polish, then spent some time with the polishing bit on the dremel. A marked improvement, but had to repaint the frame again.45
January 12, 2020Much better!46
January 12, 2020Canopy installed and pretty much done. Last thing to do is vinyl cut out a det chord for the canopy and added the PE mirrors.
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