Bjorn Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 (edited) This one may look strange, but the camouflage and colours are actually correct! The first Drakens were delivered in bare aluminium, but in 1961, Swedish Air Force painted a number of Drakens, Lansens and Tunnans in different patterns of green and blue, to find a substitute for the traditional Swedish camouflage in green with blue-grey undersides. One was even painted blue with green stripes! Someone might remember this ones from the old Revell boxart: Since this was the first production version, J 35A, a few modifications had to be made. One of them was a slightly different seat (the "normal" seat to the right). J 35A-C had shorter air intakes, so the long Hasegawa ones were replaced with short ones from Maestro Models: The nose also had to be a bit sharpened due to that early Drakens lacked radar. Scratch-built FOD covers were added to add interest. Also note the different fin tip on the pictures above (from Maestro Models) and that the radome was grey, not black. The lack of radar also made the instrument panel quite different (this one also came from Maestro Models). The pattern was more simple than on later Drakens... ...and the underside was painted quite a different - and nice - way: A few additions were made to the landing gears. For instance, different wheel sides on the main wheels (also from Maestro Models). Thanks for looking! Edited April 22, 2014 by Bjorn 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazza31b Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very lovely work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very nice model and very interesting subject ! Thanks for showing this, I'm very tempted to build one of these early Drakens now, the colour scheme in particular is very interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That's one beautiful model! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 great work looks great, very nice job on the paint and great scheme , nice build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That very nice indeed. Well done. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy wood Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 that underside is quite striking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 great work and lovely details. i like the turbine near the front u/c leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Exquisite work, Björn! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BomberBrit Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I love the Draken. Such an unusual, unique but great looking aircraft. Nice job, love the colour scheme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Very cool build, nice and different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Wonderful! I like very much the well known a/c with a rare paint schemes (the interesting and exotic!). Also it is an exellent modeling work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy da fish Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I like it very much, another version to add to list of Drakens to do. Well done chap. SF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 very nice! what did you actually do to the nose (not a radom , no?), is it slimmer? the new (old style) canopy is from Maestro too I suppose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Nice job Bjorn. May I ask what colours you used to paint the camouflage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Beautiful Draken. Very impressed!! Weathering bottom side and panel shades are sublime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 A great model that gets better in each picture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2wheels Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I've always loved the box art and colour scheme of the Revell Draken. And I wasn't even sure if it actually existed! Great to actually see a model of it now, and some background to the scheme. Inspirational stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radleigh Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Tasty, good looking model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Thanks, all! very nice! what did you actually do to the nose (not a radom , no?), is it slimmer? the new (old style) canopy is from Maestro too I suppose? The radome is somewhat more pointed. And the old style canopy is from Hasegawa's S 35E/RF-35 edition. However, I once used the Maestro one on another Draken, and it fits very well. Nice job Bjorn. May I ask what colours you used to paint the camouflage? I used Gunze colours. It is a bit tricky to get the perfect match, since nobody seems to know how they actually looked like. It differs a lot from different pictures. However, I once read that the green should be a bit less brown than the traditional Swedish green, which is about Gunze 309. So I mixed that one with a more grass green colour (can't remember which). The blue is the same as on later Drakens, I used Gunze 54 Navy Blue mixed with Gunze 55 Midnight Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 This is completely lovely. Great work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Great job, Very nice work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaker Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Great work all over mate! Have you find a correct replacement wheel for a 1/72 J35A? Looks like colose to Tunnan,but different diameter? Also those wheels was only on A? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Very nice build of a special plane. Great paint job. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 looks really strange, haven´t seen that Draken camo before, sweet work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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