HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.22

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.22 In this episode we do, painting highlights on landing gear, streaking effects with Mr.weathering liner and oil fading of the paint work. Special Tools: Tamiya : Modeling Brush HF Standard Set Consumables: Mr Hobby : Mr Weathering Liner Mud Colour Set Find Products In Store

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.21

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.21 The weathering stage begins, starting with a sludge was to fill in all the recessed detail on the surface of the model to bring out all the detail, we can now start adding our bits and pieces, which I start by showing you the perfect way to glue our tail section together.…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.20

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.20 The harrier now gets some weathering added by starting of with chipping, In this episode we look at the different colours for chipping we can use, from going down to bare metal to light subtle chips using multiple shades of our original camo pattern, we show you how to paint wheels with…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.19

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.19 The Harrier takes on a new look with all the decals placed down, we go over all you need to know about decaling, using products like Micro Sol and Set, we even tackle a tricky roundel decal around the air intakes, this will need some extra care. Special Tools: Tamiya : Decal Tweezers…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.18

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.18 We now in this episode get the Harriers exhausts all done with a natural metal finish, we use 3 different colours to achieve this, starting with MC-213 Stainless as a base with a bit of pre-shading of MC-219 Brass, and finally MC-214 Dark iron misted on top, all this is then buffet…

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HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 BY KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : INTERMEDIATE BUILD : EPISODE.17

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.17 Episode.17 we start our second camo colour H-330 Mr Hobby Dark green BS641, And go over some spraying basics of how to spray camo down and to avoid bleed though to our Dark seagrey and how to have everything nicely feathered in, we move on from this to bleaching which we use…

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BLEACHING & CAMO : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.16

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.16 Time to continue with removing our little blemish left over from a spraying mistake, we do this with a very very fine grit sanding stick, the ones you would use for canopies, this is to lightly sand at the area in question, so lightly that we sand away the blemish but still…

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PRE-SHADING : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.15

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.15 We look at pre-shading our model, in which to give our normal base coat colours some weathering via spraying as well as some airbrushing basic like cleaning airbrush, plus we begin looking at how to deal with some mistakes in the paint work, this will continue in the next episode. Special Tools:Eduard…

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AFTER PRIMING PREP : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.14

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.14 After priming your model you may have to do some touching up here and there with your filling sanding and scribing, so I will show to with some good techniques how to removing bits of dirt and debris that has got caught in your paint work as well as removing some gaps…

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PREPARING FOR SPRAYING : BUILDING THE HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 KINETICS : 1/48 SCALE : EPISODE.13

HARRIER GR.1/GR.3 EPISODE.13 Spraying beings now, but for a good spray job preparation is key, so we show you how to seal in your cockpit and begin cleaning the surface of your model ready to spray, which is followed by showing you how to prime your model before priming your model ?? Special Tools: Shesto :…

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