Last update before she'll be finished, hopefully tomorrow.
So far I'm fairly happy with it considering it's a 40 year old Monogram kit that I built in basically 3 days. Decals are a mix of Aeromaster Sea Harrier stencils and Eagle Strike A-4 sheets with the national markings from a generic sheet and the BuNo from Kinetic's TAV-8A markings with the "T" cut off.
You don't realize how little vertical surface the Harrier has until you start trying to fit USN markings on it. Having all those nozzle thingies taking up all the fuselage side area definitely cuts down on options. The A-4 markings are for VA-106, "The Gladiators". The original markings had a yellow arrow with the helmet, but just no room for it on the Harrier so I decided to add some color by painting the tanks to match the blue in the helmet and putting the arrows on the tanks. I feel like that adds to the USN 70s feel of the build.
Still torn on the weapons load...Leaning towards Shrikes, just for something different for a Harrier.


