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Ratch · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2008 09:26 am Post subject: Ratch's 1/72 Harriers

Progress of Ratch's build will be reported here

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 06 Feb 2008 14:09 pm Post subject:

These are the 1/72 Airfix kits I have in my stash

GR.3 XZ992 No.1 (F) Sqn, 1982
GR.3 XZ964 No.233 OCU, 1984
GR.5 ZD329 No.1 Sqn, 1988
GR.7 ZD432 No.20 (R) Sqn, 1992
T10 ZH665 '113' No.20 (R) Sqn, 1999
T10 ZH659 No.4 Sqn, 2002
T10 ZH664 No.20 (R) Sqn, 2004
GR.7 ZD407 No.20 (R) Sqn, 2005

Let's see how many I can get through

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Ratch · Posted: Sat 15 Mar 2008 21:45 pm Post subject:

Today I dipped the canopies in Klear and started painting the pilots

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Ratch · Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2008 18:12 pm Post subject:

Just to prove I've got them

02072 x 2

04038

04039 x 2

04040 x 3

and the pilots

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airfixteen · Posted: Sun 16 Mar 2008 19:18 pm Post subject:

Looks like your going to war with Argentina again there Ratch

Nice Pilots
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 17 Mar 2008 20:36 pm Post subject:

Today has been spent mostly painting cockpits and Martin Baker Mk 12 ejector seats

I'm also making handles for them

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Ratch · Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008 17:17 pm Post subject:

The GR.3's have been progressing today

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Ratch · Posted: Tue 18 Mar 2008 18:04 pm Post subject:

This is the painting profile of what's been done so far

Pilot
C61-18: Dark Flesh / C61-70: Tanned Flesh / C61-21: Dwarf Flesh / C61-22: Bronzed Flesh / C61-76: Flesh Wash = skin tones
XF-58: Olive Green = flight suit
XF-62: Olive Drab or XF-2 Flat White = helmet
XF-51: Khaki Drab = life preserver, G-suit
XF-1: Flat Black = boots, gloves and oxygen equipment

Aircraft
Hu: 166 Satin Light Aircraft Grey = wheel bay interiors (but get very dirty), interiors of air brakes/speed brakes, undercarriage
Re: 71 or Hu: 5 Gloss Dark Admiralty Grey = cockpit interior
Hu: 33 Matt Black = instrument dials, switches, cockpit panels, frames to Martin Baker Mk. 12 Ejector seats
Hu: 72 Matt Khaki Drill = seat cushion
Hu: 69 Gloss Yellow = stripes to ejector handles (below the seat cushion on the Martin Baker Mk. 12 Ejector seats)
Hu: 21 Gloss Black = stripes to ejector handles (below the seat cushion on the Martin Baker Mk. 12 Ejector seats)
Hu: 32 Matt Dark Grey = head box cushion
Hu: 53 Metallic Gunmetal = engine intake compressor face
Hu: 56 Metallic Aluminium = intake compressor blades
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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 21:47 pm Post subject:

The GR.3's are going together

There is a small gap at the wing root

So I put some masking tape on,

leaving a gap at the wing root,

and spread Humbrol Filler

This will protect the detail when the filler is sanded back and minimise the ammount of sanding

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 22:04 pm Post subject:

Some questions, what are these

Are they 28lb practice bombs

What colour(s) should they be

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 22:08 pm Post subject:

What are these

Are they 100gal drop tanks

What colour(s) should they be

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 22:10 pm Post subject:

What is this

Is it the reconnaissance pod

What colour(s) should it be

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 22:13 pm Post subject:

What are these

1,000lb HE bombs

BL755 600lb cluster bombs

What colour(s) should they be

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 21 Mar 2008 22:19 pm Post subject:

I presume these are Matra 155 rocket launchers

Presumably these are the same green as the camouflage

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 28 Mar 2008 20:09 pm Post subject:

A little more done to each of them

All the bonedomes are now green with silver crosses atop

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Ratch · Posted: Sun 30 Mar 2008 13:34 pm Post subject:

The GR.3's have had their wing roots sanded

The GR.5 has progressed a bit further

And progress on the GR.7's & T.10's has been less significant

I've just marked the panel lines on one of the GR.3's

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Ratch · Posted: Wed 02 Apr 2008 15:23 pm Post subject:

I've put the canopies on the GR.3's and masked them up ready for airbrushing

The GR.5 is assembled and masked ready too

just re-charging the camera

Now onto the GR.7's & T.10's

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Ratch · Posted: Thu 03 Apr 2008 07:39 am Post subject:

This was the first of the T.10's I joined the fuselage

Clamping actually caused more fit problems

The other two went together without clamps or fit issues

Back to the GR.5, the weapons load is quite different from the GR.3's

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Ratch · Posted: Thu 03 Apr 2008 17:56 pm Post subject:

ZD432 ‘N’ of No.20(R) Squadron will have a full load

I've only found pictures of ZD407, assigned to Flt Lt C.P Rogers of No.20 (R) Squadron, in the following arrangement Think

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Ratch · Posted: Sat 05 Apr 2008 08:53 am Post subject:

Yesterday was spent researching and assembling the three T.10's Think

ZH665 will only carry drop tanks and sidewinders

At this point the undercarriage had not been fixed

ZH659 was found in this configuration, with no armaments

ZH664 had a full set of pylons, but no armaments

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