Welcome! This site
was created to chronicle my lifelong model aviation hobby, and to provide some valuable resources for visitors.
- Kirt Blattenberger
AMA 92498

My Models:
Airplanes, Boats,
Helicopters, Rockets
Airplanes and Rockets
Modeling in Erie, PA
 
Airplanes & Rockets
Modeling Forums
©1996-2012
Kirt Blattenberger with E-flight Taylorcraft on Snow Skis - Airplanes and Rockets
Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) | Int'l RC Helicopter Association (IRCHA)
League of Silent Flight (LSF) | National Association of Rocketry (NAR) | National Free Flight Society (NFFS) | Society of Antique Modelers (SAM)

Harrier Jump Jet

Airplanes and Rockets - Harrier plastic model by Philip & Kirt BlattenbergerAs part of my attempt (unsuccessful) to get Philip interested in building models, we built this Harrier kit. It was sometime around 1996, when we were living in Palm Bay, FL.

You can't see it from this picture, but scale camouflage was done using a cardboard cutout mask of the pattern outlines, then holding it just above the base color and spraying. It produced a nice blended line rather than a sharp edge that using masking tape would have left.