Piero Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) Hello, this is the first Harrier GR.5 to be completed and flown, the ZD318 alias DB1, as took the air for the first time on 30 April 1985 at BAe Dusnfold flown by the company’s Chief Test Pilot Mike Snelling. This was a Development Batch machine that was never handled to the RAF and remains to BAe for his entire life. Now he is preserved as a GR.7A in the Harrier Heritage Centre inside Royal Air Force Wittering. The colours denote the work-share between the main manufactures, Bae in the UK and McDonnell Douglas in USA. The following photos are posted for modelling discussion only. All the rights are by the authors. The model is the 1/32nd Trumpeter GR.7 kit converted/backdated to a GR.5. All the conversion parts are made from scratch by me: MIRLS bulged nose, instrument panel with the Moving Map Display, MB Mk.12 ejection seat, rear ventral chaff&flare dispenser box, wing pylons and ventral pylon. I’ve made the FOD air intakes too. I’ve also correct: all the undercarriage legs, the wings profile, the ventral strakes, all the ECM/RWR lumps and bulges, the four engine nozzles. Aires resin sets were used for the front undercarriage bay and the main cockpit tub, the IP cover and the canopy frame. Some PE parts came from the Eduard set, as for the hot-nozzles shield plates and minor details. All the fuselage, wings, tail planes panel lines were completely rescribed correct. All paints are from the acrylic range of Tamiya for airbrushing and Vallejo for bush use. As I said before, the colours denote the materials used in the construction of all the Harrier II: front fuselage and main wings are made with Carbon Fiber Composite, the rear fuselage section is made with metal alloys, other in aluminium, fiberglass, titanium, acrylic, steel and others. The few decals for the necessary safety/resque markings, the cold-nozzles angle calibration and the serial number/identification number are from various spare decal sheets. CIAO! Piero Edited April 10, 2022 by Piero Christa, Supersonic, Out2gtcha and 45 others 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Absolutely incredible Harrier Piero! Your collection is growing leaps and bounds each time you produce another masterpiece to the Harrier Legacy! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Very impressive! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Rademaker Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Nice job, very impressive build. Jim Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Superb job as usual. Would love to see a gallery shot of all your 1/32nd Harriers Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Fleischmann Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 How cool is that!? love it. great job Piero! cheers P GreyGhost and Piero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyGhost Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Excellent Harrier ... I love your choice of subject ... -Gregg Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Best Harrier I’ve ever seen!! Some beautiful paint there! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Very interesting subject, and well executed too. Well done. Cheers, Michael Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O.W Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Really love the paint job! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Superb, a nice change from an in service aircraft. MikeC and Piero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevepd Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) What a great rendition of the aircraft. I was at Boscombe Down when ZD319 “the grey one” when it came for testing. It definitely felt like a new era was upon the RAF, super modern shape and thinking. This is why I’m keen for a copy of the resin parts before I get too old…. Nope there we are. Edited April 13, 2022 by Stevepd MikeC and Piero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Superb work Piero! I always love a build that is different and has some history to it, and this beautiful aeroplane and model has both in bucketfuls! MikeC and Piero 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Whow ! A Harrier is always welcome . I really like your Super-Model . And now start the Engine and take off vertically from your Workbench and take some pictures outside . I want to see more of this masterpiece. Stefan Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Wonderful build Piero! Congratulations and thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers, Rockie Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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