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Hey Richard,

 

To me (and my old eyes), when I look at other Viggen cockpit pics, the gray looks like that on the right-side console, where the sun is shining.  I BELIEVE it appears to be a little darker on the instrument panel and left-side because of the way the sun is shining on them.

 

Can't wait to get some MRP paints and start working on my 72nd Heller AJSH and JA-37s!

 

Take Care,

 

WARDOG

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The interior color is mainly a neutral light/medium gray. Photos of instrument panels taken at the Svedino Museum in southern Sweden below. Note the slight difference between the slightly more blueish grey panel for the JA 37Di and the other versions, including the regular JA panel. That looks like the same gray used in the Gripen.

 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ftxo8TSw3hocw9HYpy-7fescIfpDQhWy/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TPYUiCeNJ1SKV2ogZnsEukRu2XtakQd7/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iQL7VtHhlUyicj_Fb2BI_xk8EL6AdT6P/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x72nOoVSnK7K8gKpL2EAZWJcmDPMcmVK/view?usp=sharing

 

BTW, The second link from the top shows the AJ 37 instrument panel, the others are JA 37, JA 37Di (not D) and SF 37 (recce version, camera sight instead of radar)

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On a similar theme, what colour are the basic undercarriage legs? Is it the same colour as the cockpit or is it some kind of silver? I am aware that some of the struts and other parts attached to the legs are a fairly bright silver colour. I can also see the bays and doors appear to be a dull aluminium.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

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The main strut colour is grey, with various metal colours for varous parts. The doors are dull anodized aluminium. Except for the doors attached to the MLG, they look like they are light grey on my reference photos. Maybe they all are of a/c with composite doors.

The bays are a mixture of mainly anodized aluminium

(photos from a JA 37 and an AJ 37, both belonging to Swedish Air Force Museum. Note: Oleo compression/extention not typical of in-service a/c)

Main gear strut
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yyakqUhhfYl3zRCLbDTtusE-MD6pDOX/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16wzpO7op-VAch9taMqxh5yue4PrGhCjS/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JcWgd_QSRGdMs_jOwEIIH11avt2IEBWq/view?usp=sharing

 

Mlg bay
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18NKoWBCaSKcJZgCZaXA6ZVMvlkK7gHQc/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BL46Mpt9XQMBGySUngkZ0jWRym1RGor0/view?usp=sharing

 

Nose gear strut 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1trF5bmyN2QRU0Sjyy2MuGm6e65DVTvhq/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19R1K6X91C4kydfEcTlldDX9Um8gaYk1-/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r6G0C-ViDsE3B9I5sURYgJUxCwp2tNoz/view?usp=sharing

 

Nose gear bay
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oD7XFVdYIgSJDCnPvb6lnXk4hKes9mZ5/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_QEpqZNDmUeV4H5V6BjHaRpixxAbXGlU/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12flRXd_Pn3V2xfOg6nRZWU1QpLyiAWF4/view?usp=sharing

 

Cockpit photos (from an AJS 37 Viggen at Aeroseum in Gothenburg, open to the public to set in, so it´s a bit worn, and ignore the worn ejection seat.)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rlpfW_X8IsbaPBOc3v_BFrnmisdOKLWR/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pJki7ML2uRYbM4Z-KAKl8TUY5KSLl8TN/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1npkVnFA6yG-51fBM3K-045uFubljHs8h/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mYIqvSIzVAAWLGcqj9x_P_FgeAxI6d0Y/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ipU2UnBFXSFL1GzZsaX_b-hsLN4JpBh/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VqBy4sHS8asmMxWeJXLfJAXqjAsKzaiG/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LqFCDPySv2tl5ulk4PEmARSNASWRu7kv/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13s3SEHZPnuZ9TCYh3_YzUMCFx1Xf_6iX/view?usp=sharing

 

A pair of landing gear pictures from the SH 37 Viggen at Aeroseum. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1htem8PL3sKJj1CuUQLxeCeWX7qKiatKs/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DrKd-msfZ4YNECum1VlS7ukHN6vWndHi/view?usp=sharing

 

I hope the pictures will help.

 

/E

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5 hours ago, erik_g said:

BTW, The second link from the top shows the AJ 37 instrument panel

 

Thanks for the pics.  The second link shows a gray with a slight yellow tint.  Is the yellow tint from lighting or is that how the color looks in real life?

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Its the flourecent lightning that gives the gray a slightly greenish tint. In the photos from Aeroseum the same grey is slightly blueish due to camera flash. It is a quite neutral grey to the eye.

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