Airfix AX04055

BAe Harrier GR.3 - Interior set (designed to be used with Airfix kits) Splendidly detailed set which contains a new cockpit tub, control column, side consoles and instrument panels for Airfix model. A Martin-Baker Mk.9 ejection seat with its harness is also provided as well as a PE-fret.

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BAe Harrier GR.3 - Engine set (designed to be used with Airfix kits) Detailed set which allows the modeller to open a dorsal inspection panel and put inside the fuselage a resin engine rendition. The cast parts of the set offer, besides the engine itself also the engine exhaust and compressor nozzles and appropriate panels.

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Bae Harrier GR.3 (designed to be used with Airfix kits) (made from yellow Japanese produced Kabuki tape)

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BAe Harrier Gr.3 (exterior canopy mask) (designed to be used with Airfix kits)

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BAe Harrier GR.1, GR.3, AV-8A EXPERT kabuki masks aircraft canopy including inner side masks, landing light, wheels, camouflage details (designed to be use with Airfix kits)

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BAe Harrier GR.1/GR.3 exhaust nozzles (designed to be used with Airfix kits)

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BAe Harrier GR.1/GR.3 (designed to be used with Airfix kits)

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BAe Harrier GR.3 - standard camouflage pattern paint mask (designed to be used with Airfix, Esci, Fujimi, Hasegawa, Marfix, Italeri, Matchbox and Seminar kits)

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Building The Harrier. Model Aircraft Extra #5 Building the Harrier The iconic Hawker Siddeley Harrier was the first of the so- called Harrier ‘Jump Jet’ series. It was developed in the 1960s as the first operational close-support and reconnaissance fighter aircraft with vertical/short take-off and landing (V/STOL) capabilities, and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose in that era, and at its heart was the innovative Rolls-Royce Pegasus engine with its thrust vectoring nozzles. The Harrier was developed directly from the Hawker Siddeley Kestrel prototype aircraft, following the cancellation of a more advanced supersonic Hawker Siddeley P.1154. Originally said to be ‘unable to carry more than a matchbox over a football field’ the Harrier matured into one of the most potent warplanes of its generation. The RAF ordered the Harrier GR.1 and GR.3 variants in the late 1960s, as well as T.4 trainers versions, and it was also exported to the United States as the AV-8A and TAV-8A, for use by the US Marine Corps as well as the Spanish Navy in the 1970s. Spain sold seven single-seat and two twin-seat Harriers to Thailand in 1998. The Sea Harrier FRS.1, which shot to fame during the Falklands War, was designed to fill the strike, reconnaissance and fighter roles for the Royal Navy, and the innovative use of a ‘ski jump’ allowed the aircraft to take-off from a short flight deck with a heavier loadout than otherwise possible. After the Falklands War, the Sea Harrier was upgraded to the F/A2 standard and featured the Blue Vixen radar and carried the AIM-120 AMRAAM missile. The Indian Navy was the only other user of the Sea Harrier aboard their aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Viraat. The BAe/McDonnell Douglas Harrier II was a second-generation of V/STOL aircraft designed for use by the US Marne Corps, RAF and the Royal Navy and continues in service with the USMC as the AV-8B and TA-V8B trainer and is also in service with the Spanish and Italian Navies. For the RAF, initial deliveries of the Harrier II were designated as Harrier GR.5 and subsequent upgraded airframes were redesignated accordingly as GR.7 and GR.9. The RAF Harriers saw action over Bosnia and Afghanistan before being retired in 2011. Most of the original US Marine Corps AV-8B ‘day attack’ aircraft were upgraded to either the FLIR equipped ‘Night Attack Harrier’ or the more capable radar equipped ‘Harrier II Plus’ and have participated in support of Operation ‘Southern Watch’, Operation ‘Allied Force’. USMC AV-8Bs also took part in Operation ‘Enduring Freedom’ in Afghanistan from 2001, and the aircraft also participated in the Iraq War in 2003, acting primarily in support of USMC ground units, and in 2011, they flew in support of Operation ‘Odyssey Dawn’, enforcing the UN no-fly zone over Libya. This fourth book in the MA Extra Series contains fourteen model builds, colour profiles and scale plans, and will be a must for the Harrier aficionado!

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RAF McDonnell-Douglas FGR.2 Phantom XV492/Q 9 Sqn Conningsby 1974; XV432/N 6 Sqn Conningsby 1969; XV432/H 14 Sqn RAF Bruggen 1974; XV462/462 17 Sqn RAF Bruggen 1974; XV422 and XV431 31 Sqn RAF Bruggen 1974; All Dk Gn/Dk Sea Grey/Lt AC Grey; BAC/EE Lightning F.2A XN781/B or XN724/F 19 Sqn; XN727/W 92Sqn; BAe Harrier GR.3 XV738/B 4 Sqn RAF Gutersloh 1987 75th Anniversary fin; Panavia Tornado F.3 ZE292/CA Conningsby 1988

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BAe Harrier GR.3 (11) Z971/G 1417 Flt 'Hod Carrier' RAF Belize 1993; XV760/K 3 Sqn with white fin RAF Gutersloh 1989; XV758/V 3 Sqn with red/orange fin RAF Gutersloh 1989; XZ967/D 1417 Flt 'Donatello' RAF Belize 1993; ZD668/3E 20(R) Sqn/233 OCU RAF Laarbruch 1993; XZ972/33 1(F) Sqn Flt/Lt Glover HMS Hermes Operation Corporate 1982; XZ778/16 1(F) Sqn RAF.Tromso Exercise Cold Winter 1979; XV787/V 1453 Flt RAF Port Stanley Falklands 1983; XW916/CW 4 Sqn RAF Gutersloh 1981; XZ133 32/239 233OCU Paris Air Show 1977; XV809/AF 2 Sqn Exercise Match Coat 1984 In NTO Green/Lichen Green.

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