Sarcococca Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) The Gripen I`ve built is finished as s/n 39210 "500 Fh", tail number 210 in the typical swedish airforce colours. I used JPS Colors CN003 N.10 for lower surface and CN010 N.9 for upper surfaces. All inner areas like the undercarriage or the airbrakes are painted with Aero Master 1085 Overall Grey. No. 210 is a so called PRI airframe for the C/D series, it is intended to be flown more frequently than average airframes in order to gain expierience from long term effects on airframe, systems and components prior to the rest of the fleet reaching the same number of flight hours. 39210 was flown well above 20 hours per month, this is (of course) unusually high. During this time the aircraft had also undergone frequent service and repairs, and two 200 Fh overhaul. Nine month after it had entered with F17 wing 1000 flight hours was exceeded on June 20, 2005. (Source: Two Bobs, Colorful Gripens, 48-145) The WIP thread you will find here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235001039-saab-jas-39-c-gripen-148-kittyhawk/page-2 Please feel free and criticise my model if you find evident construction mistakes or omissions. One never finishes learning, thx in advance. Dirk Edited May 6, 2016 by Sarcococca 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcococca Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 (edited) The safety pin is shown inserted in place beneath the rear wingroot, to enable the airbrakes to be opened on the ground. (Source: Saab JAS-39 Gripen, Photo Hobby Manual, page 23.) Edited May 6, 2016 by Sarcococca 41 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Absolutely STUNNING, this has to be one of the best builds that I have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Very inspiring build! The extra details you put in really do add a lot of interest to the model, excellent job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Wow! You do know that posting photos of the full-size machine and pretending it's a model is cheating, don't you?!? Beautiful finishing and simply amazing attention to detail - well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Really nice work there, looks almost real in front of the hangar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 That is stunning. Absolutely outstanding job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Extremely impressive work, really nicely done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I was looking at the pictures waiting for the ones of the model to appear instead of the real life jet. Fantastic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Looks 1:1 !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow 65 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Are you sure you just didnt use pics of the real thing...absolutely outstanding, up there with the best of all time on here. well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I can't believe it!!! Stunning!!! :wow: :wow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMP2 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yea, erm, thats rather very quite special is that! Very well done, most impressive and inspiring. I am equally intrigued by the hanger, do you have a WIP for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Flawless!! Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 sweeeet work, looks almost real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HartDeco Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 That's simply incredible. René Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Top notch. Fabulous work plane boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Incredible modelling skills going on there. I must say that your Gripen is only half the story, what about that hangar as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madhatter Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I couldn't find a single thing to fault even if I tried. Amazing build! I'm also keen to know about the hangar. Is that an actual build or is it photoshopped in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I honestly looked at the first few pics and thought these were reference pics of the real thing! I got to the end of your pics and I'm still struggling to believe this is a scale model. Probably one of thes best model/diorama/photo combinations I've ever seen, truly incredible workmanship all round. Stunningly beautiful. Rgds, Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Really nice build, I love all the extra little details you've added, I don't think you could have done any better! Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Superior modelling. Like others, I took the first handful of photos to be reference pics… Respect! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagyarMatt Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Wow I thought you had shown us a load of reference photos! That's jaw droppingly good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 What an amazing build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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