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The decals are designed by Robert Bergwall (Moose Republic Decals) and printed by BOA. I built the two pre-production models seen on the pictures so I have tested the decals. They are thin and conform well to panel lines and rivets. The white UN markings worked great and responded well to micro set and sol.

I can confirm that two marking options are Congo-versions. One in camouflage colors with UN-markings and one bare metal and olive green fin with ONU-markings. No release date yet. The SAAB 105/Sk 60 is no 1 priority at the moment but they are working on it! 😊

Have this model so I will follow this closely!

Released! http://shop.tarangus.com/front-page/saab-ja37-viggen-october-31

What a great build! Looks fantastic! What color did you use for the red?

Wow, what an excellent paint job!! What color did you use for the dayglow sections? / Regards Pekka

I just received a mail that my Bulldog is shipped from Rebell Hobby. So both versions are now released. http://www.rebell.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?manufacturer=876&q=bulldog

Great job on the J 21 Björn! 😊

Pilot Replicas is a small company run by two guys who works with this on evenings and spare time. Small series gives a higher price since a swedish plane dont sell like a Spitfire Mk.Mcxiv or a Messerschmitt 109. And if you campare their J29F with Hobby Boss, it's almost cheaper since you at least have to buy new decals for the Hobby Boss kit. Yes it is expensive but it's a wonderful kit with surface detail and fit of parts equal to a kit from Tamiya, that's really nice!

Thank you all for your kind words!

The Flying Barrel is done! I really enjoyed this build. Excellent surface detail and fit of parts. Highly recomended! The pilot before he was glued in the cockpit. And now in place... The pilot and his plane. The external fuel tanks in resin and the brass pitot tubes are also from Pilot Replicas. The engine exhaust. I used the engine exhaust from an old Revel Airbus A319 i 1/144. Hope you like it! / Regards Pekka

And it´s done! More pictures in the Ready for inspection-section. Thank you for watching!

It is released, Reini78. I bought my directly from Pilot Replicas. http://pilot-replicas.com/product/saab-j29-f-austrian-fliegende-tonne/

Great build!!

Nice!! 😀

Thank you!

Some more work done! Painted the dayglo-markings with Mr Color fluorescent red (Gunze white as a primer). Fitting the resin pilot in the cockpit. Decided to paint the yellow division markings on the nose. I made the masks from Tamiya tape. Making the masks for the nose. It turned out quite nice. Moving on with the rest of the decals. They settled down with very hot water followed by a few layers of Micro sol. Very nice in register. I have a few small stencils left... That´s all for now!

Hi Christer and thank you! Thank you Martin!

Thank you exdraken, I think you´re right about the sunlight! Some more work done, first painting the small intakes on each side of the body. They were in some sort of glass fiber or plastic. After that it was time for a few coats of Johnsons polish. And as stated earlier, the different panels depends on the angle of the light. That´s it for now!

Looking good!

It's time for Alclad and then some masking. I started with white aluminium. For the first time I used Tamiyas masking tape for curves, highly recommended!! The different shades are hard to see. I also used dark aluminium, duraluminium and airframe aluminium. Since the fit of parts was so great, there were no problems using alclad over the seams. That´s it for now!

Finally time for some paint. I have started with a coat of Alclad grey primer. Next up is polishing with micro mesh.

Wow, that is truly a great job on the pilot figure! The colors look spot on, great work!

Hi, yes I removed them! / Regards Pekka

Thanks! A bit weird yes... 😀 I took the easy path on this one to win some time, I kept the original exhaust although I regret it now since it's rather thick. But I will put a 1/72 rear engine bit in the bottom of the exhaust. There is a resin exhaust on the way from what I have heard so I will buy that for my next J 29.