Hawker Siddeley Harrier-Hawk

[Caveman]

Hey, crack on. I certainly wouldn't want anyone to not build something because I've mentioned I intend to do something similar.

[Caveman]

First steps:

Chopped out the nozzles and associated contouring on the harrier and lopped off both birds tails. (On the right hand fuse half of each)

A bit of PSR - much more to come - and a quick fit check





Bottom pick shows the profile difference at this point. I'll fair it in with some styrene and filler.

[Devilfish]

Having seen Harriers & Skyhawks sitting next to each other in the hangar at HMAS Albatross just after the Falklands, the Scooter tail looks to be slightly under-scale.

However, the Scooter has a pretty narrow exhaust, as is, & its Pratt & Whitney J52-P8A gives less than half the thrust (9,000-ish lbf) of the AV-8's Rolls-Royce F402-RR-408 (23,000-ish lbf).

If you want to go coaxial turbine, perhaps you could "fit" a Spey (12,000 lbf - 20,000 with a/b) or Allison TF-41 (14,000 lbf) into the design for better thrust?

Yes, but remember, the Harrier has so much thrust because it needs to be able to lift itself straight off the deck.  With the engine only providing thrust backwards, the wings do a lot more of the work.

[Old Wombat]

My point was that, if you wanted a faster jet than either the Skyhawk or Harrier, you had the choice of the massively over-powered F402-RR-408 or one of 2 lower-power engines, each considerably more powerful than the Skyhawk's J52-P8A.

[Captain Canada]

I'm liking the look of this one already !

[Caveman]

A couple of mock up shots to keep me motivated. Sorry about the poor quality.







This last shot shows where my main concern is.  Its going to need a fair amount of blending to get these 2 profiles to meet and I want to make it look smooth and not kinked.  If anyone has any recommendations I would be happy to hear them

[PR19_Kit]

Strips of styrene of varying thickness and depth laid over the 'bumpy' areas. Then file, sand and PSR to choice?

[Old Wombat]

Build up the low-lying bits with thin strips of styrene, file down the high bits, blend with putty, PSR until you get the profile you like & (Yuck!) scribe new panel lines.

[kitnut617]

maybe an exhaust nozzle from an F-18 would be more appropriate ----

[Captain Canada]

For sure it's going to be a challenge but so worth it !

[buzzbomb]

nice looking bird

There is always the "area Rule" type fuselage like the Buccaneer. That form wanders all over the place and with scientific grounding.. and looks great to boot

[Captain Canada]

That's a great idea there !

[Caveman]

Progress! Lots of PSRing done, more to come. I'm thinking about landing gear options (and wussing out by modelling her in flight).

[zenrat]

Starting to come together nicely.

[Captain Canada]

Sure is. Defo gives her a nice shape ! I'd go standard gear as the wing is so thin, no ? or F-104/ F-16 type ?