Tamiya 1/48 Sea Harrier Build - SPOILER ALERT -Its RUBBISH! 

They totally are. One of my favourites, this kit not so much but I love a good old harrier.

Its not that bad tbh. Glad you enjoyed it.

Its a pretty poor kit. There are most likely better harrier kits out there tbh.

Yeah. I just think for the money there are better quality kits for beginners. The corsairs tamiya offer etc. But this ones not too bad depending on your expectations. If you want a well detailed final piece its junk but if youre ok with that its fine for beginners.

From your video and response to comments, I'm assuming you might be a bit new to scale modeling. @@RedFiveScaleModels. Fact is, you will NOT find a better kit in 1/48 for around $15 USD. It's simple and lacking detail but the fit is fantastic. You would have to spend 2x or more for a bit more detail.

@@uzzlefddsafdsafa6445 erm no im not new to modelling. Ive built a tonne of kits and standby what i said about this kit. It isnt great, for the money its ok but id rather keep my cash and get something else. Considering its not a huge leap to a tamiya Mk1 spit which is a fantastic kit id rather get that. Ir an eduard weekender kit

@@uzzlefddsafdsafa6445 oh and its renowned for being the wrong shape too. But thanks for taking the time to comment, 👍 It would be great seeing some of your builds if youve got them up anywhere?

Thats why i addressed it. I did say it would be fine for a beginner but there are better kits out ther for beginners for the price. Its very dated and u less ypu specifically want a harrier then there are better options.

@@RedFiveScaleModels It's all courses for horses of course. I liked it and got to a nice result. It's limitations where actually the reason for me to dip my toes a bit deeper in kit improvement then usual. So I gues it was ""just in time"" for me. Furthemore it does not seem to have any discernable mistakes in its shape and only very minor detail issues (The navigation light on the back should for instance be offset). By the way: I left the engine out and built a maintanance stand for that. On the real aircraft the engine can also be taken out while the exhausts are still in place. The openings on the engine are then capped of with bright red covers, which I also added. The entire wing however has to be taken off so I gues my engine is a spare one or from another jet. : -)

@@marcbrasse747 100%. I went backwards into this being used to kits with more detail. Wasnt overly impressed but if people wanna build it then great stuff. Anything that engages people.

As a (reborn) beginning non-anal modeler, thank you for this comment 😊

Exactly. Its great for a beginner/practice but if youre hoping for a good harrier model this aint it.

If anything give it a go. Its not too bad. Plus if youre just starting out there will be kits youll need to practice on.

Tbh its ok. Has issues. But for the price its ok. Ive bought kits 5 times the value that are as bad or worse.

What scale tomcat? If its the 1/32 i wouldnt bother. Well atleast the tamiya one. The detail for the money is very lacking. Cant speak for the 1/48s though but theyre supposed to be excellent. This kits fine tbh especially for the cost.

Yeah. By that point i really didnt care. I knew i went way ott. If they even came close to being that beaten up they wpuld have been painted in the grey scheme by then anyway. Just messing about tbh.

Its a rubbish fit. Trust me.

@@RedFiveScaleModels oh yea I saw it was horrible i was just saying maybe its supposed to be like that with how bad it was

Haha yeah thanks. Enjoy messing about with videos etc learning new stuff.

Tamiya for me are either excellent or dog shit. No in-between.

preferring Revell over Tamiya? You are joking!

@@DrWhom Tamiya are good kits but not the best I've shelved two because they had huge fit issues, and Tamiya are over priced, I built a Revell F-14 perfect fit came out great.

God speed! Its meh. I just got incredibly bored of it.

I think the paint and canopy masks cost more that the kit itself. I’m going to build it simultaneously with another poorly designed 1:48 Harrier kit because it is what one does during a pandemic. I am currently torturing myself with decaling four (4) 1:144 Minicraft 737-300 kits... I will then treat myself to the Tamiya P-38!!

I did the same; loads of great kits in front of me in the shop..... Bought the sea harrier 😂

@@archerry6457 oof you chose....poorly

@@RedFiveScaleModels 😂

Not this kit hopefully? Think hasegawa make an av8b

Cant bring my self to do it. Sounds too American.

Put it another way, thank got i dont call them transfers and I dont pronounce the J in Vallejo. VALL-AY-JO!😂

@@RedFiveScaleModels they say deeecals, even worse. And if you're over a certain age, definitely transfers 😂

French woud be décalco (day kal ko), right? Not a fan of deckle either. I always day dee-kal...

@@DrWhom it's an abbreviation of a French word, hence décal.

Ya cannit bring a donkey into the Grove, Geoff'll gan ballistic!!

@@RedFiveScaleModels 😂

Wow the airfix is that bad?

@@RedFiveScaleModels I think its ok for shape but it takes ALOT of work ( and aftermarket kits) to polish that turd! I have one. Not worth it. Looking forward to getting my mitts on the Kinetic GR3.

@@AubreyStJohn3000 yeah the kinetic one looks interesting. I might have to partake at some point.

Might want to adjust your contrast if its washed out. You also seem awfully bitter. Why you felt the need for negativity idk. But next time just dont bother commenting and move on. Its also an INCREDIBLY basic kit so not much to show, if youve made it you would know. But thanks for your feedback. It will be filed in the relevant recepticle.

i see ... so only positive comment allowed... telling others to praise or shut up won't make your videos more praiseworthy ... @@RedFiveScaleModels

@@martinmengh not at all, but the video isnt washed out. And i dont know how much you expect to see on a kit that has a minimal number of parts. The cockpit is made up of 3 pieces? Short of hand holding through literally every snip of my cutters i dont know what more you expect to see. So to come and comment and call other peoples efforts mediocre just strikes as bitter. Its certainly not constructive. It doesnt help anyone. Id love to see your efforts 👌