The 'Quick Build' of the Harrier is turning out to be not so quick! After eight hours of applying decals, I ended up cross eyed, aching, and p*ssed off! Not only did most of the decals curl and wrinkle, resulting in the total loss of a few, but the register is terrible, although only really visible on the red areas. And, of course, I had to alter the Belizian nose flash, by cutting each decal into three parts, and swapping the 'bars' around, in order to orientate the colours the correct way. this will be re-touched as required later.Still, for better or for worse, it's done now and, after clean-up, I'll touch-up those areas needing it, and paint in the missing markings. Then, it's a coat of semi-matt clear, and finish the detail painting, including the vectored thrust nozzles, before moving on to the landing gear, underwing stores and canopy.
The pics show the decals, with the mis-register clearly visible even at the range the pics were taken. The canopy has had the MDC's engraved into it, and just awaits polishing and the frame painting. I'm not sure yet whether this will be posed open (have to ask matey), as it should have extensions on the rear which form the top of the air intakes, and dosen't quite like being in the fully open position. I'll post some more pics soon.