Harrier GR.1A/AV-8A/C 'First Generation'
Harrier GR.1A/AV-8A/C 'First Generation'
Description: One injection-moulded kit is supplied in this box; it contains 54 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.1, XV741, White XV741, Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE), MoD/RAF, Boscombe Down Air Base, Wiltshire, U.K., flown by Flt.Lt. T. Lecky-Thompson during the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race, May 1969
2) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.1, XV759, No.233 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit), RAF, Wittering Air Base, Cambridgeshire, U.K., 1971
3) AV-8A Harrier (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.50), BuNo 158707/WH12, White 12/Black WH, VMA-542 (Marine Attack Squadron 542) 'Tigers', US Marine Corps, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina (detachment MCAS Yuma, Arizona), U.S.A., 1974
4) AV-8C Harrier (Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk.50), BuNo 159374/KD14, White 14/KD, VMAT-203 (Marine Attack Training Squadron 203) 'Hawks', US Marine Corps, MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, U.S.A., mid-1980s
| Ref. No.: | MKM144086 |
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Harrier GR.1A/AV-8A/C 'First Generation'
The Hawker Siddeley Harrier "Jump Jet" is a British V/STOL aeroplane developed in the 1960s. The initial version, the Harrier GR.1, was based on the pre-production P.1127 (RAF) fighter, of which a batch of 60 was ordered for the RAF in 1967. A similar model" designated Mk.50, with simplified navigational/attack system, was exported to the United States as the AV-8A, for use by the Marine Corps and a total of 102 aircraft were delivered during the early 1970s. Some 60 aircraft were upgraded as the AV-8Cs by mid 1980s.
The Harrier GR.1/AV-8 was a single-seat fixed-wing all-metal monoplane powered by a R-R Pegasus turbojet (US designation F402), used for ground-attack, close air support, reconnaissance and fighter roles. It was fitted with two air intakes and four vectoring nozzles for directing the thrust generated by the engine. It had a tandem undercarriage and two outrigger landing gear units. External store hard points were installed for carrying a variety of weapons and external fuel tanks: two under each wing and one under the fuselage, while two Aden cannon gun pods could also be fitted beneath the fuselage.
The Harrier was a very innovative aeroplane and the only truly successful V/STOL design of the many that arose during that period of time and it became the versatile warrior of the RAF.
The Harrier GR.1 is also known to have won the Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race between London and New York in May 1969, commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the first transatlantic crossing.
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Sea Fury FB.11/FB.60 'Commonwealth Service' (2in1)
Mark I Models 1:144
Colour schemes included in the kit:
A: Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk.11, WG596/144-T, No.898 NAS, Fleet Air Arm, HMS Theseus, during Exercise ‘Grand Slam‘, the Mediterranean Sea, February/March 1952
B: Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk.11, VH589/115-NW, No.724 NAS, Royal Australian Navy, RANAS Nowra (HMAS Albatross), New South Wales, Australia, 1958-60
C: Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk.11, WG567/133, VF871, Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Magnificent, Canada, mid-1950s
D. Hawker Sea Fury FB Mk.60, L953(WE740)/7, No.9 ‘Griffinsʼ Sq., Royal Pakistan Air Force (Pakistan Fiza’ya), Peshawar Air Base, Pakistan, early 1950s
Harrier GR.3 'Laser Nose'
Description: One injection-moulded kit is supplied in this box; it contains 53 parts and one clear part (the cockpit canopy). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, XZ130, Red 27, No.1(F) Sq., RAF, Wittering Air Base, Cambridgeshire, U.K., during Exercise 'Cold Winter', Bardufoss Air Station, Norway, March 1979
2) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, ZD667, No.4 Sq., RAF, Gutersloh Air Base, Germany, late 1980s
3) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, XZ990, Black F, 'Foxy', No.1417 Flt., RAF, Belize Airport, Belize, Central America, 1990
4) Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR Mk.3, XV809, Yellow AF, No.3(F) Sq., RAF, during Exercise 'Match Coat', Gutersloh Air Base, Germany, September 1984
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Colour schemes included in the kit:
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Colour schemes included in the kit:
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2) Goodyear ZNP-K-112 (K-type) Blimp, BuNo 33504, Blue K-112, Blimp Squadron ZP-14 (Blimpron 14, “The Africa Squadron”), Fleet Airship Wing 1 (FASW 1), Fleet Airships Atlantic (FASA), US Navy, Craw Field, Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, French Morocco, North Africa, July 1944 and Cuers-Pierrefeu Naval Air Base (Base d’aéronautique navale, BAN), Var Department, France, September/October 1944
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