Gondor's Grumblings

[Captain Canada]

Lovely. I said Iwouldn't do it but I might findmyself at my LHS today to purchase the Italeri boxing of the Night Attack bird. I don't think there are any GR.7/9s in stock.

[Gondor]

The Hasegawa kit doesn't have all the lumps and bumps in 1/72 that the real aircraft does so it was easy to modify it as a Naval aircraft with a different equipment fit.

I have a set of decals for Thai Navy AV-8A(s) aircraft, however the instructions for the decals show a Sea Harrier FRS.1 so I might do a whiff by decalling an FRS.1 as a Thai Navy Aircraft and have it sitting on the decal instructions as proof of it being real!

Gondor

[Thorvic]

Thailand was suggested when the Shars went out of service so its not too implausible to build one 

BTW we actually get a hint of the Sea Harrier FA3 in BSP:4 Guided Missiles and Hypersonics as a big wing SHAR is shown with Sea Eagles

[Gondor]

BTW we actually get a hint of the Sea Harrier FA3 in BSP:4 Guided Missiles and Hypersonics as a big wing SHAR is shown with Sea Eagles

Ah yes, top of page 99 and one for Kit to build with its longer wings 

It would be nice for Airfix to bring out the FRS.1 in 1/72 to the same standard as the rest of their new Harriers, new fuselage sprues and a new weapons sprue but that's only three new sprues for a whole new version.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

I don't get it....don't they already do an FRS.1 ? The fuselage is not correct ?

[Gondor]

Its not in their catalogue Captain and they are churning out variations of the GR.1 at the moment.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

I had one or two. The FA.2 is the same kit only with the radar nose if I recall, both nice. I haven't seen the AV-8A kit here as yet, not sure what's different probably a few aerials and decals.

[PR19_Kit]

The FA2 has a fuselage extension between the wing and the tail, as well as the radar nose, compared to the FSR1.

[Gondor]

I had one or two. The FA.2 is the same kit only with the radar nose if I recall, both nice. I haven't seen the AV-8A kit here as yet, not sure what's different probably a few aerials and decals.

There is a new sprue Sprue G) with a new Ejector seat, the main pieces of two Sidewinders and two LAU-10 Zuni four chamber rocket launcher, there is also Sprue E from the GR.3 kit as well.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Cool. That's one thing I never did was compare all the kit bits. And truth be told, I had no idea of the fuselage differences between the two ! Better brush up on my Harrier development eh ?

[Gondor]

Cool. That's one thing I never did was compare all the kit bits. And truth be told, I had no idea of the fuselage differences between the two ! Better brush up on my Harrier development eh ?

Sounds like a good idea seeing that you like the Harrier  

One thing I have been doing recently is getting some painting done using the little pots of Acrylic paint supplied with the modern Airfix starter kits. There is a slight difficulty in getting the darn things to sit still and not fall over, however I did come up with a solution. Hope the following pictures help people looking at using up these small pots of paint.

The grips on the right in the picture are what I will use as a paint pot holder


The pots fit inside nicely without any problems


Probably better to make sure the lid is completely bent back to keep out of the way


Gondor

[Steel Penguin]

    now that is cleaver, and elegant   why didn't I think of it ?

[NARSES2]

   now that is cleaver, and elegant   why didn't I think of it ?

It is, isn't it 

[Gondor]

Glad I can be of help. Of course other types of clamp/grip are available in other colours and by different manufacturers.

As the clamp/grip doesn't actually grip the pot there should be no chance of the paint pot being launched into the distance over an almost finished model with an immediate change to its colour scheme 

I am actually starting to get to like these little pots of paint, or rather the Acrylic paint they contain. They dry quickly which is  a bit of a double edged sword, great to enable a second coat to be applied quickly, but also a pain as that also allows the paint to dry quickly in the pot 

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

Great idea, I can bet how tippy they would be ! I've never tried those paints, but am interested now. Is that the Humbrol colour marked on top ? 90 ?