Got a 'quick build', out of the box job as a commission for a friend, or at least I thought it would be a 'quick build' !
It's the 1/48th scale Airfix Harrier GR3, of 1417 Flight, RAF, Belize, where my mate served in the 1980's. Overall, it's quite a nice kit, somewhat simplified in its' layout, but should look quite nice when done. When first released in 2002 (now out of production), I seem to remember it got some poor reviews, I think concerning accuracy. Well, I haven't checked it against scale plans or whatever, but it looks like a Harrier to me! However, the decals for the Belizizn nose flash have the colours the wrong way around, and the fit of some parts is far from perfect. It took about three hours of filing, cutting, and trimming, just to dry-fit the cockpit area, and the locating tabs on the main wings are around 25% thicker than the slots they are supposed to locate in! No probs though, it all went together eventually, including the fitting of the rather nice pilot figure (my mate wanted 'him' in place), and I'll post some more pics as I finish the model.