lgl007 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Looks really good 🙂  -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Found some nice detail pictures in the intakes, to modify from the kit. Let’s see if we can replicate this/   Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Started with priming the first parts to get the cockpit and ejection seat done. Next to that, the fuel drop tank and the air duct with fan also in a nice black coat. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Working on the cockpit details with the Maestro photo etch set, really brining things to live: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 And the front screen built up in 2 layers: Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Making steps with the ejection seat and the air duct fan: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 And the sawing guide to put the plug in and make it the length of the JA version. Never done this with a kit, so hope it will work 😱  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lgl007 Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 Looks really amazing. The cockpit photo etch set looks really nice!  -Greg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 No way back, she’s split.   Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Starting with the hood modification acc Maestro Model cockpit modification: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 And the hood in the primer, new side plates make a big difference. As there was totally no support for the hood, glued some sprue on for better fit once the fuselage is glued together and the hood can be glued in the pit: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 And making the extension plug to fit into the cut fuselage, extending the kit in length from AJ to JA length: Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Pre-shaded the fuel tank in 3 phases white, brown and tan yellow : Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Working on the right side panels of the cockpit tube. Maestro pieces are excellent to fold and glue in place in 2 stages on the right hand side. Â Tub is also done with gloss coating and first wash. Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 And the ejection seat in gloss coating and first wash as well: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Very nice work. Always a pleasure to see a Viggen. But why do You people must make me want to build one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 (edited) 2 hours ago, Thadeus said: Very nice work. Always a pleasure to see a Viggen. But why do You people must make me want to build one. Thanks @Thadeus  Cos there are enough Cats, Vipers and Hornets that are already built. This Swedish Thunderbolt deserves more builds! Edited February 26 by BastianD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted February 27 Share Posted February 27 How did the extension of the fuselage work out? Do you have some pictures of before, under and after possibly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted February 27 Author Share Posted February 27 15 hours ago, Niels said: How did the extension of the fuselage work out? Do you have some pictures of before, under and after possibly? Extension has not been made to fit yet, fuselage is into halves but will make pictures once cockpit is in and front fuselage part glued together. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Thanks, will be wathing this space 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Looking good there! I have to warn you however that the drop tank looks a bit different between the AJ and the JA. The JA drop tank has 4 little fins and the AJ have 3. It is because of the gun housing on the JA. https://the48ers.com/saab-37-viggen-fuel-tank-with-pylon-1-piece.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 8 hours ago, Aigore said: Looking good there! I have to warn you however that the drop tank looks a bit different between the AJ and the JA. The JA drop tank has 4 little fins and the AJ have 3. It is because of the gun housing on the JA. https://the48ers.com/saab-37-viggen-fuel-tank-with-pylon-1-piece.html Thanks, I checked the reference pictures and see you are correct. well, that will require some modification then, early enough to change it. Italeri would have been so kind to notify this in the instructions too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 14 hours ago, Aigore said: Looking good there! I have to warn you however that the drop tank looks a bit different between the AJ and the JA. The JA drop tank has 4 little fins and the AJ have 3. It is because of the gun housing on the JA. https://the48ers.com/saab-37-viggen-fuel-tank-with-pylon-1-piece.html Found these 3 fuel tanks in my stash, top and lower are 72 and 48 scale drop tanks of an F-111. Thin fins which allow me to re-shape for the Viggen drop tanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 Ejection seat done, and in matte coating. Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BastianD Posted March 8 Author Share Posted March 8 And glued in the tub: Â Â Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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