1/72 Hasegawa Harrier Gr Mk 3

Gallery Article by Carlo Morelli on Sept 23 2009

 

Hi everybody! This is my Harrier Gr Mk 3 which belonged to No1 Squadron RAF based in Norway during the 80's for training in artic environment.

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Reading an old aviation magazine I found a photo of this particular plane (the Harrier N° 29) painted in a very interesting winter-camouflage. Harriers and Jaguars were often deployed in Norway at the time of cold war in order to prevent a possible Soviet attack in the artic region. 

I built this model straight from the box. Only add-ons are some stratch built details I used to improve cockpit and ejection seat, air intake covers and remove before flight stripes.

Colors are Gunze acrilics.

Weapon loadout consists of 2XMk-13 unguided bombs, 2xMatra SNEB 68mm air to ground rockets and a single Bl 755 cluster bomb.

Hope u like my arctic Harrier.

Carlo Morelli

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Photos and text © by Carlo Morelli