HOBBY 2000 HARRIER GR7 GR9 1/48 scale - what's in the box? 1080p HD

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Today I'm looking at what you get with the much anticipated HARRIER GR7/GR9 in 1/48th scale from HOBBY 2000. Thinking of buying one? See here what you get for your money!
00:00 Introduction
03:40 What's in the Box?
12:04 What's the plastic like?
21:10 The Competition
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@julianmhall Жыл бұрын

GMTA (again) regarding a 'there's not much we can be lazy' attitude versus 'there's not much we can set the bar high and dare others to match us' philosophy [my wording in quotes].

@lordguirk Жыл бұрын

very excited for this build! the harrier is my favorite.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Same eher, I've been looking for a reasonable 1/48 late Harrier for a while.

@petermerz2704 Жыл бұрын

Looks good! Waiting on tomorrow’s video. Thanks for sharing. Happy days and model on! 😎🇨🇦

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter 👍

@basingstoke63 Жыл бұрын

Hi, Gary . I have been away for a while , but now catching up with your videos . This looks like a nice kit . Back in the early 1970's , a friend had an Airfix Harrier GR 1 . Pretty sure it was 1/24 scale . ( ? ) . In my time away , someone gave me a half built , half painted Vulcan , that makes four now . ( Not sure what air force scheme they were after ; A bright yellow ,Blue steel Missile , and sky blue wings . ) Hoping to paint it in anti flash white , Just got to find the right shade , I shall check out your Vulcan build . Kind regards as always .

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Hi Tony, welcome back! Yes the Harrier was done in 1/24, in fact they've just re-released it. Not doing it myself... Best of luck with the Vulcan! Cheers, Gary

@FinsburyPhil Жыл бұрын

The various Hasegawa 1/48 aircraft weapon sets are good if you can find them in stock. Set D has some great smart bombs.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Cool - provided it has the Mk.IV Paveway and the CRV7 rocket pods!!!

@Reactordrone Жыл бұрын

From the late eighties Hasegawa had a tendency to separate the aircraft kits from the weapons so kits would have few if any stores and there were separate weapon kits that you could buy to load up as you please.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm, pity they don't have a modern RAF weapons kit then!!

@crazybrit-nasafan Жыл бұрын

Great, honest review. It is a good looking kit. I do know that Tiger Hobbies will be at Telford with this kit.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Cool, nice to meet them in person!

@darrenhillman8396 Жыл бұрын

Hmm! Looking forward to seeing you work your magic on this one, Gary! The Harrier is one of my favourite aircraft. I was gutted (along with many others) when they were scrubbed from RAF / RN service by PM David Cameron. They were combat-proven and highly versatile aircraft despite the high pilot workload. Your 800NAS model will be, I’m sure, a fitting tribute to the types service. No pressure, then! 😂 Best wishes from Wirral.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Yeah, cheers mate. Like the day that Airfix told me that there design team all watched my Buccaneer videos. No pressure! Have you read "Joint Force Harrier" by Ade Orchard (sorry, Cdr Adrian Orchard, RN)? Brilliant book about operating Harriers in Afghanistan.

@randalscott7224 Жыл бұрын

Nice out of the box review Gary and looking forward to the build! I see the plastic is unchanged since Hasegawa first produced it. The canopy seam is a sign of the limitations of mould technology in trying to reproduce the "bubble" effect of the canopy. This was before "slide-mould" technology was available. Relatively easy to remove with careful sanding and polishing, four-way nail polishing pads are good for this. Currently working on the CMK T.12 conversion for this kit but fitting the two part vacform canopy is giving me, er, "fits"!

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Might try to do some sanding on soemthign else first... The T.12 will look cool when it's done - maybe post some pics to my FB at Gary's Friends' Stuff?

@marksinthehouse1968 Жыл бұрын

Sorry to say this but you put a GR9 Harrier next to the F-35 the harrier wins hands down ,one engine and it looks mean and ready to do some damage as for the F-35 that aircraft looks like it would fold up under the strain,no, it’s the Harrier for me all the time ,shame BAe didn’t go on to do a GR10 imagine that , Great video looking forward to seeing it built Mark 😃👍🏻👍🏻

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

For my money, an improved late Harrier (like the ones in Spain) and F-35Cs on a "cat and trap" QE2 class carrier was the way forward. The F-35B suffers too much in terms of range and weapons load by being VSTOL, let alone reliability and serviceability at sea.

@marksinthehouse1968 Жыл бұрын

Back to cat and trap blimey ,it’s going backwards it’s on par with saying to my grand children we use to fly to new york in 3 and a half hours now 8 ,should of done a new updated harrier mate

@typhoon2827 Жыл бұрын

That Tamiya sea harrier, though.... But for £14 if you don't mind a lot of sanding, makes a fair representation... 😜

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

I have heard it's not the best...

@crazylocha2515 Жыл бұрын

Just went down a few rabbit holes looking for more info. Did manage to get it on my wishlist on Scalemates 👍. Ahem.. £30 ?? Are you kidding me? Wowsers. ($35 to us) really decent price for what I've seen so far. Revell earlier version mentioned was $40 in local shop that I'm glad I avoided (been sitting there for a while by the looks too) and thought that was overpriced, for a usually crappy flash filled mess. Now knowing it was probably an older Hasegawa kit still wouldn't buy it. Looking forward to seeing how this comes out. ☕🐢

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Thanks Locha! Should be an interesting build!

@Jelly-B Жыл бұрын

Should be a nice looking model when finished. My mum used to work for Rolls Royce so I grew up constantly hearing about the fabled Pegasus engines. She even brought me home parts off of damaged ones although I'm not sure the M.O.D. would approve. I've no idea where they went to

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

I remember being allowed to borrow a HP turbine blade from BA for photo shoot once - off an RB.211-524 - but I had to give it back that day as the scrap value was $10,000! The design of the innards of modern jets is truly incredible.

@gavinbooth Жыл бұрын

Wont mention the seam line marra you must be worn out by now 😉A well constructed honest review as always , all the best . Regards Gav.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Cheers Gav!

@juliangriffiths7298 Жыл бұрын

£30 is pretty good, but by the time you've added aftermarket parts, eg a new canopy, the value begins to look not that great. Very enjoyable and informative video, as ever.

@glencwilson Жыл бұрын

Nice objective review and the extra details about other kits and aftermarket are useful bonuses. For the money it seems to be a decent enough kit though could do with some extra weapons.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Cheers Glen, I agree a comprehensive UK weapons/sensor set is really needed at this scale.

@randytaylor1258 Жыл бұрын

I can't remember seeing such a polished kit -- primer with some bite will be required. That canopy seam is disturbing -- it can be rectified on the outside but very difficult if on the inside.. I saw the Sidewinders and cannon pods -- are those all the weapons provided? Iconic aircraft -- looking forward to the build!

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

I know, very shiny! The Sidewinders and guns are the only weapons - which is a pity because finding Paveway IVs in 1/48 is tricky (I think L'Arsenal do them) and no-one does the CRV-7 rocket pod in 1/48. Also, the gun pods are not very well modelled.

@randytaylor1258 Жыл бұрын

@@HughGordon124c 👍

@philipway7562 Жыл бұрын

Hi Gary, really enjoying your channel and learning a lot from your builds. One thing I have never seen and would love to know more about is how they actually mould the kits. From drawings to tool making and finally the actual injection moulding. I can’t find anything online about this, even the Airfix Model World programme seemed to skip over it, it’s almost like a black art. : )

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Try this one - from a day of info from Airfix to YT creators... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g5aSeLmgnsiVoXU.html There will be more on this subject in the future...

@philipway7562 Жыл бұрын

@@garys_stuff Thank you, I have actually seen that one it’s more the process, machining, moulding, a video on the Airfix production plant would be great, am I right in thinking the U.K. is only design and distribution?

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

@@philipway7562 mostly yes, but the new 1/24th Spitfire is being produced in the UK. In essence the whole thing of the plastic moulding plus the box printing and the packing (by hand) is far cheaper overseas - in India to be precise. But Airfix say the new Spitfire is being made in the UK - not sure about the boxes and instructions. The decals are Cartograf these days, printed in Italy, but the research and design is done entirely in the UK. The production tools (moulds) are made in China. I'll see what I can do...

@philipway7562 Жыл бұрын

@@garys_stuff thanks Gary it would make an interesting article and as far as I can see hasn’t been done. Maybe it would make us appreciate the process and why we get the odd bit of flash!

@geordie_mech Жыл бұрын

Canopy seem lines are present due to not being able to mould the complex Omega shaped canopy. There are no seem lines on any aircraft.

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Likely so - mould technology has improved since these were designed!

@geordie_mech Жыл бұрын

@@garys_stuff even the likes of GwH kits have seem lines, Gary. Slide moulding these brittle plastics has not been mastered yet

@toboldlygosmodelworks1973 Жыл бұрын

as far as I'm aware the canopy seams are not there on the real thing(think there was an issues with the canopy cracking around the fasteners)- Yep I built the real 1 to 1 scale ones at Kingston and Dunsfold Aerodrome, both closed (politics) and the powers that be moved the production up North (couldn't build or maintain them, as they lost the skills sadly - the harrier's death knell in UK service so to speak)

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

I used to work at Nikon, directly opposite the Kingston site, back in the 80s. I was at school there too and learnt aerodynamics in one of Tommy Sopwith's old sheds (then used by Kingston Poly).

@toboldlygosmodelworks1973 Жыл бұрын

@@garys_stuff small world, Nikon house is gone now sadly.

@julianmhall Жыл бұрын

Seams: Does glue stick to / mix with filler? I'm wondering if it's possible to mix filler and glue, spread the mix between two halves, like those nozzles, then when it's dry carefully sand off excess filler? Would that make the seam invisible?

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

Don't know if they mix. I'd just uise filler and mini sanding sticks, I guess, or I'd buy aftermarket. But they're not as bad as the Airfix ones!

@julianmhall Жыл бұрын

Agreed the cockpit decals look a bit bland. May I suggest for the cockpit instrumentation, when you get around to making this kit, using a sharp knife cutting the black centres out of the screens, and you can then carefully paint the gaps in pale green as if they're on. [Edit: GMTA you mentioned painting the screens green :) ] Do any kits have decals for the canopy HUD in front of the pilot, and/or the explosive strips to shatter the canopy in an ejection?

@garys_stuff Жыл бұрын

This kit comes with decals for the MDC on the canopy. I'll probably cut the decals up for the instruments and only use the ones I really need, then rely on dry brushing and spots of colour for the rest.