so i have ordered the airfix 1/72 sea harrier kit, i hope it’s a new tooled version and not the one from the 80’s. does anyone have any experience with this kit?
can anyone recommend some Argentinian aircraft kits, be they 1/72 or 1/48? also are there any good sea harriers in 1/48… i heard the kinetic kit is pig and the old Tamiya kit is awful as i built it years ago?
The Airfix A-4 Skyhawk comes with markings for an Argentinian Scooter:
https://www.scalemates.com/nl/kits/airfix-a03029a-douglas-a-4b-q-skyhawk--1189955
The current Airfix SHAR is the new tooling. Have a couple in the stash but haven’t gotten around to building it yet.
Along with the kits posted above, Italeri have also done an Aermacchi MB-339 in a Falklands boxing. Currently oop sadly. This boxing is the only one with the cannon pods. The current Frecce Tricolori boxing doesn’t have them unfortunately.
You might be able to track one down.
There are three that I’m aware of: Tamiya, Airfix, and Kinetic. The Tamiya kit is easily one of their worst 1/48 aircraft kits. I have one sidelined partially completed. I can’t say anything about the other two, aside from having the Airfix 1/48 Harrier GR.3 and Sea Harrier FA.2 in my stash. Both of those look better than the Tamiya kit. Probably the best way to get a good Sea Harrier would be to graft the nose and cockpit of the Tamiya or Airfix kit onto the fuselage and wings of the old Monogram AV-8A/C kit.
well the airfix scooter looks good and is a new tooling so i might get one, the pucara looks good as well, so I might have punt on those.
it looks like tge kinetic 1/48 is the only real viable option, so I will put on my wish list.
