Aigore Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Across the line... Well finally the beastie is finished! it was an epic build and my first all resin kit. Jetmads did a piece of wonder there even though it shows that they still have kinks to work out. For a resin kit it was humanely priced at $190 for a preorder. They kept the price down with using 3D printing technology and that was a mixed blessing. Even though it got cheaper it demanded more work to remove printlines, I suppose you have to reach compromise of speed and resolution when you have to fill hundreds of orders. Though I think they could have done things a bit better by aligning the parts as to minimize the printlines. For example the cockpit and it's parts suffers greatly from printlines and they are hard to remove. It was actually so bad that the printlines in many cases ruined the fantastic details they put into the model. I found that the best way to remove lines was to brutally scrape with scraping tool or knife. This meant in turn that details on the fuselage had to be removed to asure the best surface treatment. The hardest part was the joining of the fuselage and main wings, it ate lots of putty and was hindered by the hot air exhausts on the fuselage as they were always in the way and got damaged in the blending process. They would have benefitted from being separate parts. The next thing I didn't like that much was the decals, The big sheets were good quality and printed by Cartograf, though they skipped a lot of stencils! As a nerd I frown upon such short cuts! But the air wing insignias were terible, I had a friend print new ones for me that truly made them justice. The resin pitot tubes and probes was another headache...they snapped as fast I looked at them, I finally managed to replace them with brass from Masters 1/32 Gripen set It sounds like I bash Jetmads but I don't really, their product is fantastic and with a wee bit of extra tinkering it would be absolutely, incredebly awesome! My suggestions for improvement is as follows: New instruments, preferably 3D printed acrylic ones like Red Fox or Quickboost. Metal parts for pitot tubes and probes And add the fuselage hot air exhausts as separate parts instead of molded on to the fuselage. Improve the decal sheet These are the big things....all the small things you just have to deal with as a model builder 😛 Finally, I truly enjoyed the build and I learnt a lot about working in this media and in the end I got pretty close to what I wanted to achieve.... This is NOT my last Gigant Viggen! More in part 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 Part 2 More in part 3 Part 3 Cheers and thanks for all the support during the build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 The build thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ExchefAndy Posted July 27, 2022 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Finally seeing it off the work bench... and WOW!!! You've nailed it, fantastic finish to the beast Well done 🍻 Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 27, 2022 Author Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 hours ago, ExchefAndy said: Finally seeing it off the work bench... and WOW!!! You've nailed it, fantastic finish to the beast Well done 🍻 Andy Thanks Andy :D I may have overdone the chipping a bit but I'm pleased with the whole imoression of it :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Impressive 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 28, 2022 Author Share Posted July 28, 2022 9 hours ago, habu2 said: Impressive 👍 Thanks habu2 :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Splendid result of a great plane, well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 7 hours ago, BastianD said: Splendid result of a great plane, well done! Thanks so much Basitian 😄 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viper-dc Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Really great work. I like all your Viggens. I've been following this build thread with great interest. 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 2, 2022 Author Share Posted August 2, 2022 7 hours ago, viper-dc said: Really great work. I like all your Viggens. I've been following this build thread with great interest. 🙂 Thanks so much Viper :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 I'm with You on the chipping. Looks very cool. Magnificent build with a killer scheme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 22, 2022 Author Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 10:17 PM, Thadeus said: I'm with You on the chipping. Looks very cool. Magnificent build with a killer scheme. Thanks Thadeus :D really kind of you :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted September 5, 2022 Author Share Posted September 5, 2022 The Gigant Viggen did well at the last weekend model show It got me a Special Honorary Mention, or a Silver if you want :D Otherwise I dominated the ScifiFigure class with winning the class with my Mando and Grogu figures, Special Honorary Mention with a Warhammer 40k Warglaive and a Honorary Mention for a Warhammer 40k Palladin...so gold, silver and bronze :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 Congratulations and she deserves gold! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted October 22, 2022 Author Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 9/15/2022 at 7:47 AM, BastianD said: Congratulations and she deserves gold! Thanks :D well it might if things were straight on it :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Not really sure what to say... does "WOW" sum it up? A truly spectacular build. Gratz! -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 On 10/27/2022 at 11:41 PM, lgl007 said: Not really sure what to say... does "WOW" sum it up? A truly spectacular build. Gratz! -Greg Thank you so much, Greg :D I'm happy you enjoyed it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dustiepal Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 This is a fantastic build and was the inspiration to finish mine! Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 On 7/1/2023 at 2:43 PM, dustiepal said: This is a fantastic build and was the inspiration to finish mine! Dave Thanks Dave :D Happy to inspire! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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