Rescued and rebuilt Revell 1:72 J-35OE Draken

[jonf45]

Hi,

I picked up a very damaged 1:72 Draken a little while back, and have had enough of it now so am calling it done!!!( have just started a Hasegawa one, a tad better )

The revell model is a long way from accurate, but this one had its nose was broken, no pitot tube, no wing numbers, no front wheel, no tanks and several other cosmetic bits......

I gave it a Model-master pitot tube (which i sprayed yellow and then hand painted the black and silver stripes after attempts with decals didnt go so well!), bit of paint, sprayed some big numbers onto  the wings, rebuilt the nose and back end, tried to repair the canopy, found a vaguely acceptable nose wheel etc etc!!

Its not brilliant, i know, but has been a bit of fun to do while building other proper kits!

 

Revell 1:72 Saab J-35OE 14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Revell 1:72 Saab J-35OE 14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Revell 1:72 Saab J-35OE 14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Revell 1:72 Saab J-35OE 14 by Jonathan Francis, on Flickr

 

Thanks for looking

Jon

Edited November 13, 2019 by jonf45

[Spitfire31]

That's an inventive and successful rescue operation!

 

At first glance, I thought that your Draken's stance looked a bit unusual. It's because of the slightly backward tilting, custom built nosegear 😉 – IRL, it's tilted a bit forward, like so:

 

Nice work, giving a Draken a new lease of life!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[Roman Schilhart]

Nice to see "one of ours".

Saab Draken, coded 14, was in service from June 1987 to November 2005, operating with 2.Sta/ÜbwGeschw.

It is currently on display at LOXZ - Zeltweg airbase.

https://gotech.at/saab_j35_draken.htm

 

 

[F-32]