Old large scale Harrier aircraft, remember it?

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It would have been an MPC boxing of the old Airfix 1/24 Harrier. I still have one in storage I believe.

Yes, I believe it is an Airfix kit, the kit itself fit horribly.

That big 1/24 Airfix/MPC Harrier is a GR.Mk1, which was upgraded with GR.Mk3 parts in later boxings.  I think a Sea Harrier variant was also offered.  Despite having a blah cockpit and landing gear wells, it is impressive when built.  Funny thing is that the pilot figure is pretty nice compared to his office, almost like they spent their tooling budget on him and had to skimp on the cockpit.  A comprehensive aftermarket cockpit would go a long way to improving the kit.  Need resin landing gear and tires too, but a better ones than the one currently available.

I have the GR.Mk3 boxing and have a PE set as well as the tires.  More is needed though if one does not want to do some heavy scratchbuilding.  Fit of the plastic is atrocious.  Even the ordnance halves don't line up!

I remember the Airfix boxings. I thought about getting one years ago, but never went thru with it. I did build the Revell 1/32 kit back around 84 or so. Had it displayed at the LHS in Leesville LA, but when that shop closed somebody took it. They left all my armor builds that way had displayed there  though for me to get back.

I remember seeing that kit in the hobbu shop, but considering its size I ernt with the Revell kit.

I also thought of the 1/32 Revell kit. 

Airfix had a series of 1/24 aircraft that varied in quality, some were also sold as Heller kits.

I remember, sadly, the FW-190 A where the cowling did not fit over the completed engine. I did like the P-51, Heller had a recon version.

Very cool!  I never knew of that kit.  The largest one I knew was Revell's 1/32 kit.  I spent a lot of time looking at that in the catalog, but never got to build it.