plane is finished now btw here's the link to the post

Took a while huh?

I finally got around to working on the harrier again! At this point it was kind of old and in need of updating to work with all of the new systems that have been added like: cockpit glass, funky trees, smoothing etc.

I originally built the new front section, cockpit and new ejection seat sometime last year after glass was first added.

Originally my plan was to just graft the new front section onto the old body, unfortunately that ended up being harder than expected..the problem was that I'd built it at a different angle and it wouldn't properly line up...so yeaah.. I ended up redoing most of the body. At least this let me fix some of the issues with the old version to be more accurate.
Most parts were then also rebuilt to look better and fit the new fuselage sections, the only parts I brought over from the old version were the wings, missiles, stabilators and gun pod...except technically I did build these wings after the original teaser....and the same goes for the landing gear..and the gun pod..AND-

ok so yeah basically I've just rebuilt the entire thing.

If I wasn't a complete idiot I would've just posted the first version instead of slowly remaking everything and then posted the newer version later! For more points!
AAAAAAA
I'll probs link the old version unlisted except it is uglier and doesn't work properly.
Any how, here's some screenshots of the finished build:

A lot of this was built by guesstimating, I used multiple blueprints not all of them aligned in which case I'd use those that most closely matched images. For example the main blueprint I had was off in places ie. the gun pod and doesn't have the many changes made to both the NA and Harrier II variants of AV-8B. The nose also seemed to be too down slanted and it looked off no matter what I did with it. the final front section is based off of a detailed top view blueprint of the harrier in DCS world for accurate length and placement and a sideview illustration I'm taking with somewhat of a grain of salt.

I think maybe the front section isn't quite as tall as it should be, but it's barely noticeable and I think I'll leave it as is considering how long it would take to fix.
My final result still lines up pretty closely with my references

Very close to being able to post, just need some help with funky trees code for the ejection seat.
after that idk I'll probably post in at least 1.7 years

what am i doing??