172flogger Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Special Hobby working on SAAB VIGGEN scaled down to 1/72 metal mould made with 3D CAD-CAM CNC technology like Vampire, Gnat, Mirage etc. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Finally a new Viggen in my preferred scale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Oh yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Another Viggen ain't too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyboy72nd Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Ooooooh!! Damn now I have drool all over my keyboard!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Fantastic news! And we can hope for a variety of versions!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Oooh! A Viggen I'll be able to afford (probably). bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Ohhhhh noooooo, I'm not supposed to be buying any more kits.....!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Evil Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Ohhhhh noooooo, I'm not supposed to be buying any more kits.....!!!! A couple more on top of all the other kits you've bought since announcing the above isn't going to make much difference now, is it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 And now hope that someone will do some masks for the Swedish splinter camo! Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DominikS Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Interesting. All kits from metal moulds are post war jets, all II WW are short runs...really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 A couple more on top of all the other kits you've bought since announcing the above isn't going to make much difference now, is it? I don't need any encouragement from you, thank you very much...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Oi, Special Hobby - stop nibbling at my wallet willya? Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvrle Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 That is very good and welcome news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceB Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 And now hope that someone will do some masks for the Swedish splinter camo! Alex Maestro Models already does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICMF Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 So, obviously there's a really good chance it will be based on the 1/48 kit. Hopefully they'll fix the various accuracy issues and don't just scale it down - I *really* hate the fact that the corrections for the 1/48 kit cost almost as much as the kit itself... *and* were released by the same guys who designed the kit in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViggenFan Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hope they fix the horrible shape issue of canard nosewing and intake airframe shape that thye got totally wrong on the 1/48 kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hope they fix the horrible shape issue of canard nosewing and intake airframe shape that thye got totally wrong on the 1/48 kit. First I've heard of it, what's wrong with the intake airframe shape? I'm building a 1/48 right now and trying to correct the most obvious faults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Hope they fix the horrible shape issue of canard nosewing and intake airframe shape that thye got totally wrong on the 1/48 kit. I'm with flarpen. Please illustrate so that each members can decide if the issues are important to them or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Great news! Canards are easy to fix in 1/48, even easier in 1/72. And I am happy to do that if I have to, a new Viggen in 1/72 almost 40 years after Heller's release is really fantastic! And I would not call the shape of the canards (or more correct: the elevons on the canards) on SH Viggen 1/48 horrible. Yes, they are not correct, but "horrible" is a bit too strong in my opinion. Regarding the intake airframe shape, at least I cannot say where there is a problem. Perhaps someone else can? Compare this... ...to: At least to me, there are no major issues here. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 To my eyes the curve of the top of the intake blending into the top of splitter plate is flatter on the model and appears to make it look more pronounced and the splitter plate look longer. BUT....that could well be because the photos of the model & real one are at slightly different angles & more than likely were taken with different focal length lenses which will introduce different 'distortions'. And to me is why I find comments that model shapes are totally wrong can sometimes be very misleading! Anyway, doesn't matter to me if the 72nd one is 'correct' or not as I will not be buying any. Yeh right....!! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertlundin Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Could you please build the kit and show all the "fatals"? Really don't want to waste my money having waited 40 yrs for a proper kit only to find out it won't fly! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foghorn Leghorn Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 From the pic it looks like the intakes are not round enough at the top, there seems to be a kind of pinch at the top. Not a deal breaker AFAIC and the canards will be a fairly easy fix. As Bjorn says, it'll be a damn sight better than the alternatives on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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