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You mean the canard flaps? they point to the main wing roots...so they should droop enough

Since the canard flaps are the only flaps on the 37, yes those are the flaps I'm talking about! ;)

The flight controls on the main wing are called elevons. And although they do move 4 deg. with the flaps, they do so to counteract the pitch up moment of the flaps. A sort of auto-trim, if you wish.

It was hard to tell from the pics, if they were pointed at the root or not. I had hoped I could catch you doing something stupid... Rats! ;)

Jorgen "Troll" Toll

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Since the canard flaps are the only flaps on the 37, yes those are the flaps I'm talking about! ;)/>

The flight controls on the main wing are called elevons. And although they do move 4 deg. with the flaps, they do so to counteract the pitch up moment of the flaps. A sort of auto-trim, if you wish.

It was hard to tell from the pics, if they were pointed at the root or not. I had hoped I could catch you doing something stupid... Rats! ;)/>

Jorgen "Troll" Toll

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LoL

I do plenty stupid :P one of these days you'll get me.

Thought the innermost rudders were flaps in thr main wing and the outer were ailerons....then again they don't move separately on the JA, do they?

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The weathering continues...

I made a thin wash from black and burnt umber and put it on the panellines...

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I put on the wash yesterday and started removing it today with a cotton cloth made from an old T-shirt

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The wash really stuck to places and I had to use white spirit and cotton wads to get to the wash....

what little remains gives a nice filtering effect.

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Next up is the realy interesting stuff with pigments and make up :D

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Cheers!

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Interesting to note, after looking over my kit: the Tarangus have the canards more or less correct in the decal drawings, but wrong in the plastic. Weird. The tail is wrong in both, though.

Also on the subject of canards, what's with the weird, curved tips? I thought that Viggen canards had straight tips?

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Let´s finish that weathering now shall we?

Here´s the look I´m going for...

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Here´s the other side... note the dirtier look on the rear of the aircraft, it´s due to to oil leaks from the finfolding mechanism, it gathers dirt and smears all over the rear.

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Anyways time to get dirty!

I use a strip of tape to illustrate the structural ribs and how dirt acumulates along their rivets, in this scale the rivets are really too small to be seen so this really a nice way of illustrating the effect of fuel and oil seaping through and gathering dirt.

I used the Tamyia black pigments for this, applied them with a wet brush and smeared them with a makeup applicator spunge.

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I worked my way along the fuselage keeping an eye on the refs...

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Here´s the right side done as well.

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And the bottom...really grimey belly on this beast.

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Not that much grime on the top side tho...

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Then I sealed with a flat coat and this is how it looks all finished :D

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There´s dirty and grimey for you :P

What´s left top do now? Well the wheels, lights, antennas and the weapons...so we´re not done yet :D

Cheers!

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Janne! That weathering is sensational!!!! :salute:/> Bravo! Absolutely beautiful! Love a dirty bird. Mate I'm going out to but one of these kits right now. WIP pinned!. Thanks for sharing dude.

Thanx Andrew :D

Kind of pleased as well... it´s not an over the top weathering but I´ve still got to use my artistic side. A lot of techinques comes together to a one whole and it´s not done until the last flat coat is in Place.

I´ve worked my way up from under the paint with preshading, postshading, washes and finishing with pigments.

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Janne! That weathering is sensational!!!! salute.gif Bravo! Absolutely beautiful! Love a dirty bird. Mate I'm going out to but one of these kits right now. WIP pinned!. Thanks for sharing dude.

I resembled that remark—about three weeks ago.:thumbsup:/>

Janne, you are a master, and an inspiration.:worship:/>

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I resembled that remark—about three weeks ago.:thumbsup:/>/>

Janne, you are a master, and an inspiration.:worship:/>/>

Thanx Triarius :D

LOL don´t know about master tho but I do like to inspire, that is the greates praise :D

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Janne,

Absolutely your best overall weathering to date. As you said, your process of Pre-shading, post shading, washes, and finished off with pigments is certainly a complete package. Most of which I intend to incorporate into my up coming builds other then my up coming NMF P-47D.

I really like your technique of using masking tape to control bleed through to just one side. Certainly a interesting approach and effect.

Joel

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Janne,

Absolutely your best overall weathering to date. As you said, your process of Pre-shading, post shading, washes, and finished off with pigments is certainly a complete package. Most of which I intend to incorporate into my up coming builds other then my up coming NMF P-47D.

I really like your technique of using masking tape to control bleed through to just one side. Certainly a interesting approach and effect.

Joel

Thanx Joel :D

Every new kit is another point on the learning curve towards perfection :)

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Janne,

I've been using Glosscoat and Dullcoat since the early 70s, but I've been very slowly substituting Future/Pledge for the Glosscoat applications. But I still use Dullcoat as I really haven't found anything I like better that works every time. I've heard the good, the bad, and the ugly about various acrylic flat Clear coats, so I've stuck with Dullcoat. What did you use for your flat coat?

Joel

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Janne,

I've been using Glosscoat and Dullcoat since the early 70s, but I've been very slowly substituting Future/Pledge for the Glosscoat applications. But I still use Dullcoat as I really haven't found anything I like better that works every time. I've heard the good, the bad, and the ugly about various acrylic flat Clear coats, so I've stuck with Dullcoat. What did you use for your flat coat?

Joel

I've always usef Model Master flat varnish before....until I ran out 2 years ago. Since then I've used Life colors acrylic flat varnish. It took some getting used to to get the mixture right but when I did I could apply it the sameway I did the Model Master, in very thin coats that dry instantly on the surface. You can almost not see the spray from the air brush.

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I've always usef Model Master flat varnish before....until I ran out 2 years ago. Since then I've used Life colors acrylic flat varnish. It took some getting used to to get the mixture right but when I did I could apply it the sameway I did the Model Master, in very thin coats that dry instantly on the surface. You can almost not see the spray from the air brush.

Janne,

Thanks. I'll order some and test it out.

Joel

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Got on with the fiddley stuff today...

First of all, it stands on it´s own legs now! ...yay!

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Here are the spine antennas, two dogtoothed antennas that are typical for Di mods and a little datalink antenna....the data link is in the wrong place however, I should have checked that before I painted and weathered :/

The correct place is to at the other end of the panel it´s on, that is between the rear of the air outlets instead of the front....and it was the wrong shape to so I made the antenna from plasticard. You wonder why I didn´t put it in the correct place since I made a new antenna...well the antenna in the box comes with a base that fits into a big hole in the spince.

I should have filled the hole but I didn´t notice it was wrong until it was too late....sorry :P/>

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The rear radar warner, it´s does not come inb the box so you have to make one from a bit of sprue and sand it round. The radar warner in the JA is a ball but in the AJ and earlier versions its a triangular box....probably why it´s not molded on, Tarangus forgot to make the parts tho :P/>

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MLG doors...I had to do some surgery on decals again to make zeros, the company markings are wrong...I stole them from the two bobs sheet for a F13 Viggen but they look better than nothing.

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The extra tank weathered and ready :D/>

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Made the rear antenna from plasticard since the one in the box didn´t look right....

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The landing gear doors in place...

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And the small pipe thingies are added to each side......fragile stuff.

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A little over view of todays progress :D/>

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Not done with the antennas and probes yet....a GPS bubble need to be made for the spine and IFF antennas for the belly. Then we have the ground speed pitot, angle of attack probe and surface temperature probe to put in place...not to mention the pitot tubes :D/>

Cheers!

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