Stephen Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 In stock at Hannants http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TAR48003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Two bobs is back http://www.twobobs.net/index.html with a dedicated decals sheet for the Viggen - ref.48245 Source: https://www.facebook.com/pages/TWOBOBS-DECALS/288530280032?sk=photos_stream Coming in a few weeks from Two Bobs!! V.P. Edited January 21, 2015 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 In stock at Hannants http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TAR48003 Ouch. That's worse than Hasegawa prices... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 A lot of work went into making this kit available and in the quality that we are expecting these days. For a small company releasing the Viggen, into what is really a niche market, is great news for us interested in Swedish subjects. But they are not going to shift millions of these and I fully understand that their costs need to be covered as well as for them to make a profit. Well done Tarangus! Now what about those camouflage masks...??!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Pilot Replicas is apparently working on a few detail bits for the Tarangus viggen as well. source: http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6439&p=51659#p51656 And more decals are in the works from RBD Decals. /Johan Edited January 21, 2015 by flarpen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 A lot of work went into making this kit available and in the quality that we are expecting these days. For a small company releasing the Viggen, into what is really a niche market, is great news for us interested in Swedish subjects. But they are not going to shift millions of these and I fully understand that their costs need to be covered as well as for them to make a profit. Well done Tarangus! Now what about those camouflage masks...??!! Mark, Totally agree with your sentiments….I'm not sure a Hasegawa variant would work out that much cheaper in the current pricing/import environment and in spite of having the 'clout' of a long established company with multi-million $ turnover each year etc. The Tarangus kit may not have the refinement of a Tamigawa offering but it is still a nice kit which will build into an impressively big model…..and, of course, for those who want to push the envelope, there will be a raft of aftermarket goodness to tempt us all, as we have already started to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Ouch. That's worse than Hasegawa prices... A lot of work went into making this kit available and in the quality that we are expecting these days. For a small company releasing the Viggen, into what is really a niche market, is great news for us interested in Swedish subjects. But they are not going to shift millions of these and I fully understand that their costs need to be covered as well as for them to make a profit. Well done Tarangus! Now what about those camouflage masks...??!! I've been wanting a decent Viggen in a decent scale but, I'm afraid at that price it will not be this one. The total lack of underwing stores is especially disappointing in such an expensive kit. Mark - your comment is very reasonable. I'd love this kit it certainly looks great but, unless the price drops to the £30 - £35 mark it will not be coming to a stash near me soon. Of course they have to make a profit and, I accept that the manufacturers have set a price accordingly. However, my personal view is that it is priced at a level that may put people off with sales and future releases suffering accordingly. My own reservations notwithstanding, I hope this does not happen. Allan Edited January 21, 2015 by Albeback52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 If people want it they'll buy it.Just don't buy those two £30 kits you may never build and buy the one you want.If I want a kit I'll save for it and maybe give some other kit a miss. To keep saying a kit is too expensive won't make the companies lower their price, they know what the market will stand and I'm sure have priced it accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) I got mine today!!! I have to say that i am positively surprised by the surface quality! a vast improvement over their Lansen and Saab Safir kits! as mentioned by others before, the wheels are not so nice and the canard flaps are wrong shapewise! That is strange considering the correct depiction in the painting instructions! I definitely like the kit! pilot replicas seat is definitely welcome, although the plastic one does not look bad! Twobobs lives! nice to hear that news! https://www.facebook.com/288530280032/photos/pb.288530280032.-2207520000.1421881301./10152917499790033/?type=3&theater decals: I think the promised schemes look very nice, but as already in the first Viggen sheet the red on the numbers looks too red.... it should be bright or faded orange imho! http://wall.alphacoders.com/big.php?i=104216 still, very welcome! Edited January 21, 2015 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedeInSiam Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Hope the print quality (and color) is better this time from TwoBobs (Microscale). Was awful last time. Could be very nice decals otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedeInSiam Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Pilot Replicas is apparently working on a few detail bits for the Tarangus viggen as well. source: http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6439&p=51659#p51656 And more decals are in the works from RBD Decals. /Johan That's nice. Hope the finished product will be the same as the picture. Looks much better than the Maestro resin for the Airfix Viggen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurent Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Hope the finished product will be the same as the picture. I believe it will depend on the 3D printer as the picture looks like a CAD rendering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 If people want it they'll buy it.Just don't buy those two £30 kits you may never build and buy the one you want.If I want a kit I'll save for it and maybe give some other kit a miss. To keep saying a kit is too expensive won't make the companies lower their price, they know what the market will stand and I'm sure have priced it accordingly. Well, equally, I could buy THIS kit and may never build it either!! You are absolutely right about saving up. I could but, if I were to save up for EVERY kit I wanted it would either (1) take more money than I earn or, (2) take me at least 3 average human lifetimes to buy everything!! No, I will pass on this one. My loss of course!! Allan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) Maestro Models upgrade sets: http://www.maestromodels.com/catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=desc&order=sku&q=150201 Maestro Models http://www.maestromodels.com/> Greetings! Now the first detail sets for Tarangus 1/48 scale SAAB JA37 Viggen are ready for delivery. Photo etch: - MMP4817 - SAAB JA37 Viggen cockpit detail set http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-ja37-viggen-cockpit-detail-set-tar.html - MMP4817A - SAAB JA37D/DI Viggen cockpit detail set http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-ja37-viggen-d-di-cockpit-detail-set-tar.html - MMP4819 - SAAB 37 Viggen 37 exterior & airbrakes set http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-37-viggen-37-exterior-airbrakes-set-tar.html - MMP4821 - SAAB 37 Viggen 37 trust doors set http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-37-viggen-37-trust-doors-set-tar.html Paint mask: - MMK4876 - SAAB 37 Viggen 1-seater splinter camo paint mask http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-37-viggen-1-sits-splinter-kamo-malningsmask.html - MMK4879 - SAAB 37 Viggen 1-seater canopy & wheel paint mask http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-37-viggen-canopy-malningsmask-tar.html White metal: - MMK4888 - SAAB 37 Viggen metal landing gear struts http://www.maestromodels.com/saab-37-viggen-landningstallsben-i-metall-tar.html(...) (...) Max Nykvist Maestro Models www.maestromodels.com V.P. Edited February 4, 2015 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Ouch. That's worse than Hasegawa prices... Really? The new tool Viggen is £65. Hasegawa's F-18s are around the £70 mark, F-15s around the £60 mark. They even have some Fw190s at the £50 mark. £65 for a new tool kit, considering all the development that went into the kit, and that its probably never going to move as many units as a hasegawa F-18/15 etc seems reasonable to ask for the kit I think. Will I buy one? probably not at that price. However I hope they sell them as its good to see a company doing well. Bottom line if you don't like the price dont buy it. Julien 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Really? The new tool Viggen is £65. Hasegawa's F-18s are around the £70 mark, F-15s around the £60 mark. They even have some Fw190s at the £50 mark. £65 for a new tool kit, considering all the development that went into the kit, and that its probably never going to move as many units as a hasegawa F-18/15 etc seems reasonable to ask for the kit I think. Will I buy one? probably not at that price. However I hope they sell them as its good to see a company doing well. Bottom line if you don't like the price dont buy it. Julien Only that a Hasegawa Hornet and Eagle in 1:48 scale cost around 27 GBP in Japan, while the Viggen is around 50 Pounds in Sweden at a reduced price (normal price is about 57 Pound). The high Hasegawa prices here in Europe are not something that Hasegawa invented. But Hasegawa is a completely different company than Tarangus and they can calculate quite differently. Still it is a lot of money for a plastic kit which is not the revelation I hoped for. Rene 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Sometimes there is a kit/aeroplane/tank/car that one really wants. The Viggen is one of those for me. It's all down to an amazing display by one at Finningley that started with a slow roll on take-off and got better. I am waiting for the aftermarket bits to appear (the splinter scheme will be a challenge) and flarpen's news about RJB Decals then, once I get a job, I'll have myself one. I also intend to get the two seater when it arrives but there are a hundred other kits that Allan has in his stash that would never interest me. I suspect that the well known internet market site will have Airfix/Esci kits with the extras up soon. That may be cheaper.... Horses for courses people. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Only that a Hasegawa Hornet and Eagle in 1:48 scale cost around 27 GBP in Japan, while the Viggen is around 50 Pounds in Sweden at a reduced price (normal price is about 57 Pound). The high Hasegawa prices here in Europe are not something that Hasegawa invented. But Hasegawa is a completely different company than Tarangus and they can calculate quite differently. Still it is a lot of money for a plastic kit which is not the revelation I hoped for. Rene No argument here! Julien is of course also quite correct in stating that if you don't like the price, then don't buy the kit. Even at £50 I would consider this model overpriced & therefore won't be buying - much as I would love a decent size Viggen in a decent size scale.. AN earlier poster said (again, quite correct in my view) that complaints from modellers would not compel the manufacturer to cut the price. However, poor sales might. Regardless of how good this kit is (and I admit it looks nice) if it does not sell, the manufacturer will end up making a loss with inevitable results for future projects. At £65 and, including the accessories which so many modellers seem somehow to deem "essential" this could end up one hideously expensive model. Just a personal perspective of course. My choice (and loss!) . As Sleeper Service just said, definitely horses for courses! . Allan Edited February 5, 2015 by Albeback52 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwedeInSiam Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 It's a decent Viggen kit so even if it was £100 (plus resin etc) I would buy a few of them and BUILD them. Would not buy to put on the "pile" of kit I'd never finish. £60++ is still cheap for something you really want and spend a few months building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate Products Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 We are now selling the full Tarangus range including the Viggen for just £59.99 if you're interested http://www.umpretail.com/collections/tarangus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Twobobs decals for the Viggen are out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) some new Viggen stuff: decals, etc: http://www.rebell.com/saab-ja37-ja37d-ja37di-viggen.html http://www.rebell.com/saab-aj-ajs-sf-ajsf-sh-ajsh-sk-sk37e-viggen.html pilot replicas ejection seat: http://www.rebell.com/saab-37-viggen-ejection-seat-1.html canards with flaps, with seeminglee correct angles: http://www.rebell.com/canards-with-lowered-flaps-for-saab-37-viggen-tar-sh.html fin: (whats wrong again here with the kit one?) http://www.rebell.com/fin-for-saab-ja37-viggen-tar.html wing flaps - great they are normally lowered on resting aircraft! http://www.rebell.com/lowered-flaps-for-saab-37-viggen-tar-sh.html the missing RAT: http://www.rebell.com/rat-ram-air-turbine-for-saab-37-viggen-tar-sh.html and some really cool update, a fin folding set!; http://www.rebell.com/fin-fold-set-for-saab-ja37-viggen-tar.html and a wheel bay set: http://www.rebell.com/saab-37-viggen-wheel-bays-tar-sh.html $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ! EDIT: I just noticed we have to Viggen threads here.. on for the JA and one for the AJ versions.... some double info , hope that at least nothing is missing! Edited April 23, 2015 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) comparison between kit (Tarangus, below) and the new Twobobs decals: a part from the obvious dayglow color difference (as on real aircraft as well, see this thread e.g.: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234980596-tarangus-148th-saab-ja-37-viggen/page-4) the roundel yellow is different ans the FARA intake warnings also slightly Edited May 1, 2015 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 (edited) Source: https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/TARSPRUE A completely new sprue which is added to new versions of the Viggen kit - designed to be used with Tarangus kits   V.P. Edited September 26, 2018 by Homebee 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 ...and Special Hobby's releases. This sprue is included in the Special Hobby SK 37 and most Tarangus AJSF 37 boxes. If you have bought the AJSF 37 release, and this sprue is not included, contact Tarangus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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