Subject: Re: Harrier Part II
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "Bill Clark" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:34:27 -0800

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Clark 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 2:55 PM
  Subject: Fw: Harrier Part II

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Clark 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 10:32 PM
  Subject: Harrier Part II

  Hi Steve, I'll give up on trying to re-send the old article, so here it is new (and hoping!)

  Regards Bill

  "Esci's 1/72nd scale Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR1a - XV801/"Y" No 20 Sqn., RAF Gutersloh - West Germany 1973-4.
   
  This model uses Esci's excellent kit as the basis. A white metal bang seat - from Chota Sahib- has been added. I've lowered the flaps and opened up the auxillery air intakes - no parked Harrier kit looks respecable without these mods! 
  Decals come from Modeldecal. All paints are from the Xtracolour range.
  The GR1a had an uprated Pegasus engine and other minor modifications. Most, if not all GR1's were converted to GR1a's - and then on to GR3's - but thats another story!!!
  The scheme depicted is the "toned down" version; the national markings have had the white areas removed. RAF's No. 20 Sqn., have had a varied career over the last three decades, they had their ageing Hunter FGA9's replaced by the Harrier GR1, then converted to the Sepecat Jaguar, and then onto the Panavia Tornado GR1. Now nearly thirty years later are back flying Harrier GR7's (albeit as a "shadow/OCU" squadron).