Kinetic’s Two Seat Harrier Out of the box and onto the workbench

PREVIEW

By Rick Greenwood

In for review is the soon to be released Kinetic two seat Harrier. We have beer provided with an unboxed production sample in advance of its official appearance, so a massive thanks to Kinetic for providing the kit. Bear in mind that the kit has not hit the shelves of your favourite retailer so the usual caveat applies in regards to things changing before release.

As far as Harriers go this is the first 1/48 mainstream injected moulded two seater of the famous jump jet, so an important release to say the least. The only alternative for modellers in the past was to turn to the aftermarket conversions that have been periodically available.

The review kit arrived in the box of the FA2, and uses some of the sprues from the earlier kit as well as new sprues relevant to this mark. The new trees were quickly located and inspected. The parts map reveals the new runners labelled J, K and L provide the new two pit fuselage for the T2, T4 and T8 versions, amongst other parts needed for the type. The fuselage features a slightly different shade of plastic than the earlier Harriers and mirrors that found in the F-18 and Su-33. Detail is comparable to these as well in terms of engraved panel detail that is sharp and well defined.