Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Wheew! Finally done! Well this was my first encounter with a Tarangus kit and I liked it...the kit sis good, albeit you do need to add some details....then again there are few kits that don´t... The only real issue I had with the kits was the price...it´s severly over priced and that could come back and haunt them. I f you compare the old Esci and the new Tarangus there isn´t even a competition.....however, the Esci looks quite Viggenish and with a few aftermarket stuff you can get it to look really Viggenish. Here´s the bottom line; the cost of one Esci kit and some aftermarket together with some elbow grease is still cheaper than the Tarangus kit....and it would benefit from one or two after market items as well. With this kit I tried to show how to handle with its shortcomings and add some details. The weak spots are the rear tailcone/exhaust are....totally devoid of any details :/ The canard flaps are straight instead of angled, and the tail fin leading edges should be parallell above and under the dogtooth....and the wheels. I put in a modified neomega seat, Master pitot tubes and Maestro resin wheels...the rest I scratched and detailed myself. I decided to make the 37398, from the F4 fighter wing at Frösön...I just happened to do my military service there, chasing spetznas in the bushes :P It´s a JA37Di and the last iteration of the Fighter Viggen. It was quite capable in those final years, able to carry 4 AMRAAMs and two winders it wouldn´t be sneezed at in a BVR fight. A lot of the "bling" found their way into the Gripen as well. Viggen was used to rugged conditions at faraway road bases with only conscripts servicing it and it showed in the lovely patina that built up on the grey Fighter Viggens, some where painted in the splinter scheme as to confuse an enemy to think they were attack ships instead of fighters. It was a beast with the improved RM8B engine, they added a fan stage at the front to increase the power, at the same time they put a seal on the throttle so in peace time it could never go to full military power...so the AJ remained the faster of the two in fact. Anyways, want to see some pics? I have a few............ MOre in part 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Part 2 Even more in part 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Part 4 and yes there is a part 5 :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Part 5 There my friends :D Thank you all who followed and commented on the build...really makes it more fun to build when you know there´s ppl interested in it :D See you in a another WIP :D Cheers! Build thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denstore Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Love it! Great work, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Janne, Absolutely stunning! Amazing photos of a fantastic build. Inspirational stuff. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Love it! Great work, Thanx Mange :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 8, 2015 Author Share Posted March 8, 2015 Janne, Absolutely stunning! Amazing photos of a fantastic build. Inspirational stuff. :worship:/> Thanx CSC :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Janne, that model is absolutely stunning! Nice job on the weathering and good attention to detail. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paolo Maglio Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 You made a masterpiece my friend, easily the best Viggen I have ever seen, my very best compliments! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Janne, that model is absolutely stunning! Nice job on the weathering and good attention to detail. Thanx Lancer :D You made a masterpiece my friend, easily the best Viggen I have ever seen, my very best compliments! :thumbsup:/> Thanx Paolo :D Really kind words coming from a master builder like yourself......soon your Viggen will be done tho ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ex-USMC_Hornet_WSO Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 AMAZING work!!! I love the weathering. Congratulations on this masterpiece!:worship:/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 AMAZING work!!! I love the weathering. Congratulations on this masterpiece!:worship:/>/> Thanx ex-USMC_Hornet_WSO :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JFVicente Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Outstanding work, as always, friend. The only downside that I could point is that the bird is not on splinter scheme... ;) Nicely done! What,s next? rgds Juan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Outstanding work, as always, friend. The only downside that I could point is that the bird is not on splinter scheme... ;)/> Nicely done! What,s next? rgds Juan Thanx Juan:D There's no pleasing some ppl :P I'm taking a viggen break now....will be doing a Me-410 for a change :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 (edited) Janne, I've been tagging along since day one of your build, and I've enjoyed every update along the way to the final one. Simply a truly outstanding build. Your painting and weathering is just spectacular. It has what I deem as that "used but not abused" operational look to it. One of, if not your best work to date. I'm looking forward to joining you on your Me 410 build. Should be a major change of pace. Joel Edited March 10, 2015 by Joel_W Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Janne, I've been tagging along since day one of your build, and I've enjoyed every update along the way to the final one. Simply a truly outstanding build. Your painting and weathering is just spectacular. It has what I deem as that "used but not abused" operational look to it. One of, if not your best work to date. I'm looking forward to joining you are your Me 410 build. Should be a major change of pace. Joel Thanx Joel :D Been good having you along the ride, I really appreciate your comments and questions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Madhatter Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hey Janne I've been silently watching you bring this to life over the past couple of monhs and it's inspire dme to buy one for myself - although without all the mods you did (I am not that much of a stickler for accuracy :) ) Beautiful paintwork, nicely weathered and a well documented WIP thread - can't do much better than that. Great work all round! Thanks for sharing it with us :) Looking forward to your next build MH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hey Janne I've been silently watching you bring this to life over the past couple of monhs and it's inspire dme to buy one for myself - although without all the mods you did (I am not that much of a stickler for accuracy :)/> ) Beautiful paintwork, nicely weathered and a well documented WIP thread - can't do much better than that. Great work all round! Thanks for sharing it with us :)/> Looking forward to your next build MH Thanx MH :D great that some inspiration was gained from this build. Best praise I can get :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wonderful job, Janne! Your best, yet. I hope Tarangus will someday decide to downscale it and not charge a fortune for it! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Wonderful job, Janne! Your best, yet. I hope Tarangus will someday decide to downscale it and not charge a fortune for it! :D/> Thanx Seb :D Got together pretty nicely this :D Sure there are more things I could have done but models are like art...they are never finished just abandoned :P Looks like Special Hobby will release the Viggen in 1/72nd scale acording to their face book page at least Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vesthepes Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Top notch, just like the previous one... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 [vesthepes' timestamp=1426175537' post='2695891] Top notch, just like the previous one... Thanx vesthepes :D was actually quite fun to compare the two Viggens I've made, since I took the pictures from pretty much the same angles.You notice quite obvious differences...... give it a try: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=264004&st=0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Der Grüne Punkt Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Awesome! pure rock n' roll Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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