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More work done :yahoo:

Fuselage put together

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Rear

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That's not where the cam said it was focusing! :wall:

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Radome. I've since removed the probe, before I broke it off :)

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A bit hard to see, but I've fixed the fin that came into contact with the gunpack

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All for now. Coming up is week three in a row of working two jobs. Good thing it's vacation time after that! But, don't expect much in the way of updates for the next week.

-unless my knee craps out on me again <_<

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Well, my knee did crap out on me again, so here's a bit more

I decided that, since I am going to be loosing much of the surface detail in sanding anyway, I might as well rescribe the damn thing.

The tail with the sprue attached is from the AJ/SF/Sk kit

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A bit difficult to actually see anything

So we'll try some of mr. Florys wonder-gunk :D

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Only the rest of the plane to go then :wacko:

Eventually, these two pieces of 2mm plasticard will become the extra elevon-actuators the JA have

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All for now :)

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Wow never knew you were into S&M :)

Good luck on the rest of the kit and well done so far!!

D

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Well, I'm now officially on a 4 week vacation :yahoo::partytime:

So, let's get something done :)

If you look at this picture, it shows that the Heller gunpack leaves something to be desired

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So we take an Airfix Slammer

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that has become surplus to requirements...

...and our razor-saw, and end up with this

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Extend the intake at the front end

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Sand it to shape

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Put what's left of the Slammer on there and get this

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It isn't done yet, but so far it has been somewhat easier than I thought it would be. It won't be perfect, but it'll be a damn sight better than the Heller effort!

More to come

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Martin if your IDF AH-64 was anything to go by your skills are improving rapidly!!

Keep up the good work mate!!!

D

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Martin, remember that the JA has a top and midline fairing on the AB shroud , like this, notice you can see exhaust petals through reverser gap !!Smaller gap due to difference in size of RM8B to the A

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Obviously an AJ but the fairing is the same ( looks lower on JA but it is the same) !!

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Nice job so far !! :thumbsup2:

Andy

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Thanks Andy. I was going to ignore the petals-whatever on the shroud and that's the first time I've noticed the ab-petals :banghead: I'll just leave it as it is at the moment, I want to finish it eventually :lol: When I get around to the AJ, I might do a bit more work on the shroud.

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Seeing as I'm building a Tornado for the Tornado GB and a Starfighter for the Naval Forces GB, I've been doing some small stuff on this :banghead:

No pictures to show, but I've done som spot-filling here and there. I have also decided that it won't be a JA after all, but rather an SH. I'll hang a pair of Rbs 15s, a long-range camera and an Rb 24J on it. This, of course, means that it is going to be in splinter-camo. I'll still make a JA too, I've gotten another kit for that. The Rbs 15s will come from an Italeri Gripen and the long-range camera is a resin part from Maestro Models. I'll figure an Rb 24J from somewhere :)

The tips about doing a JA that have been posted here will be put to good use when I start the next one :D

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Spän stand for recce, right?

Thanks for the maestro model linky anyway, there's some really cool stuff there for recce Draken and Viggen.

Sorry, got to leave, I have to search the net for an 1/48 viggen.

;)

Yup, Spän is recce.

Have a look here Antoine, #5 from the top ;)

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I can't understand how I missed this..BUT now that I have seen this thread, I am amazed at what I see,

your Viggen is coming along nicely.... :yikes::pilot:

Thanks Houston! You probably missed it because it got buried at the back :)
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