1:144 Harrier: Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, apparently.

[Sticky Fingers]

Another "but why?" question answered with a "because why not" answer...



A wise man once said: "Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings."
Well, there you go. One high altitude, unarmed Harrier II on the way. As I've got no spare 1/144 decals I don't know what nationality it will be. Maybe I will leave it stateless, with just some 'no-step' stuff. It's Revell (of Germany)'s 1/144 AV-8B, with 1/700 C-141B wings, a new nose from a bit of 1/35 Gundammery, a V-tail and some added bits of styrene for the small canards and antennae.

[JayBee]

That does look "interesting". However I will wait until I see : the final build, the u/c, the load out, and the finished markings, before I make a final coment.

Jim

[Cobra]

Just an Idea:why not Make Your Harrier into a World Air Force Jet like You'd See in a Thunderbirds Episode? that work for You? Dan

[PR19_Kit]

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh! 

[The Rat]

LOVIN' IT! 

[Captain Canada]

Not bad not bad....still Harrier enough to keep me happy and pretty cool looking too ! Neat idea and something to stick in the idea bank.

[zenrat]

Oh yeah.  Harrier PR something or other.
Spackmanitis is spreading...

[PR19_Kit]

Oh yeah.  Harrier PR something or other.
Spackmanitis is spreading...

It'll be classed as a pandemic soon, whatever that means. 

[NARSES2]

Wings and tail look slightly Soviet/Russian to me, not sure why but Myasishchev comes to mind when I look at the wings especially the outer ones

[PR19_Kit]

Wings and tail look slightly Soviet/Russian to me, not sure why but Myasishchev comes to mind when I look at the wings especially the outer ones

This is why.........



"Myasishchev M-55" by Rebrov Aleksandr - Russia MAKS-2005 Geofisika. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myasishchev_M-55_in_2005.jpg#/media/File:Myasishchev_M-55_in_2005.jpg"

Sometimes I think this attribution goes a TAD too far............. 

[Sticky Fingers]

Wings and tail look slightly Soviet/Russian to me, not sure why but Myasishchev comes to mind when I look at the wings especially the outer ones

I thought the same  , mostlly regarding the wings, and after you mentioned it I did a bit of searching and found the 'shoulders' and wings look a bit like a Tu-22 or Tu-160 with their wings extended.

[jsport]

over super coolness 

[NARSES2]

Glad I wasn't the only one with his "Russian" hat on a the time 

[comrade harps]

I do see a high flying recce bird here, like a Canberra PR9. Over Afghanistan maybe. Looking good.   

[Captain Canada]

Wonder if it could still be controlled in the vert in that configuration ? I know it's whif so anything is possible, but I like the idea. Especially for the Afghan ops.