Subject: Re: ARC gallery submission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Scott Solomon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 00:48:09 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Scott Solomon 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 1:46 PM
  Subject: ARC gallery submission

  Steve, I've renamed the pics  with .1, .2 etc.  But to be honest I don't really care what order you place them.  Thanks!

  "1/48 Monogram AV-8B Harrier" 

  by "Fly-n-hi" 

  Please include your ARC Discussion Forum Name with your submission 
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  This is the 1/48 Monogram AV-8B Harrier.  I think this is a great little kit!  Monogram did a fantastic job of capturing the lines of the Harrier.  

  There are a few area that need a little filler an sanding but nothing terribly difficult.  In fact, for an old Monogram kit I think the fit is surprisingly good.  Some of the trouble areas are the seams where the wing assembly sits in the "saddle" of the fuselage.  There will be a slight gap at the front seam or the rear seam.  It just depends on how you place it in and which seam you'd rather deal with.

  Another issue is the raised panel lines.  They are not symmetrical on each side of the fuselage.  The locating detents for the pitot tubes do not match up...one is much lower than the other.  I filled the detents and sanded off the panel lines.  

        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg 

  The kit includes two fuel tanks that are molded with the inner pylons.  I cut off the fuel tanks so I could add the TERs with the Mk. 82 bombs that were left over from an Academy kit.  The TERs are from the Hasegawa Weapons Set as well as the LAU-3s.

        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here  

  This particular paint scheme was only worn for about a year or two when the Marines first flew the Harrier in the later 70's.  Shortly afterwards they painted the camo in a wrap around pattern eliminating the off white underside.
  "Fly-n-hi"

        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 07.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 08.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 09.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 09.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 10.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 10.jpg