Works in Progress - Lots of Harriers!

Given my unintentional leaning towards buying model kits of Harriers at seemingly every opportunity - the stash has had an overabundance of jump jets for as long as I've been modelmaking. I have built more Harriers than any other kind of aircraft - the build count sitting just shy of 50 models.

Despite building and selling Harriers at a semi-regular rate - the shelf seems to always have a ready supply of them. It has gotten to the point that the 'Harrier Stash' is almost as numerous as all my other kits put together.

Step One to cure this malady is to not buy any more Harriers. Will do.

Step Two. It would also be wise to build up a few of the ones I currently have in stock and thus trim down the Harrier population before the stash shelf starts to buckle under the weight.

The Airfix Sea Harrier FRS.1 and FA2 are both close relatives in kit-form that can be built in tandem. The plan here was to do the first and last Sea Harriers - hence the Mark 1 being in operational evaluation colours and the Mark 2 being in it's final livery before retirement.

SEA HARRIER FRS1

SEA HARRIER FA2

Next up we have a pair of GR7/9 kits (also Airfix). Again, they're the same kit with a few subtle modifications depending on the version you want. I wanted to depict one (GR7) as it was in-service and the other (GR9) in it's special farewell colour scheme just before the Harrier Fleet was retired.

HARRIER II GR7A

HARRIER II GR9

If in around a month's time you discover the online marketplace is flooded with Jump Jet models looking for new homes - now you'll know why.

On the other hand, if you happen to be after a 1/72 Harrier of some description you'll be well catered for!