nimrod54 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Just a place holder for now, I have a couple of builds from last year to complete before starting, but I will photograph the box and its contents tomorrow. This is the 1990 boxing of the Airfix kit and as promised here are the photographs of the box and its contents. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr I think that one of the first jobs will be a sand and rescribe of the wings and fuselage. 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Great choice John I think we are all guilty of needing to finish other builds first but the next new one is for some reason always more attractive ! Good luck Cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Nice! Draken is the most beautiful Swedish aircraft there is. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reini Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 44 minutes ago, Christer A said: Nice! Draken is the most beautiful Swedish aircraft there is. Gotta agree. And I'm not even sure you need the word 'swedish' in that sentence 😎 Good luck with the build @nimrod54 ! Whats on your table now that you are working on finishing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted January 12, 2020 Author Share Posted January 12, 2020 31 minutes ago, reini said: Good luck with the build @nimrod54 ! Whats on your table now that you are working on finishing? Thanks a lot @reini, I am currently trying to wrap up this Airfix 1/600 HMS Ajax and a Matchbox 1/72 Fairey Seafox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 12, 2020 Share Posted January 12, 2020 Nice choice John I remember this kit from way back always great to see an Airfix oldie in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 welcome along and first in with a Draken as well, one of many to be seen here I think. It's a bit hard to say which aircraft is the most iconic in shape and associated with Sweden the Draken or Viggen. An interesting bit of trivia, the Draken was one of the aircraft in the early selection process for the RAAF replacement of the Sabre, ultimately the Mirage IIIO/D was the winner. I wonder how it would have gone if it had been selected?? Anyway, good luck with the build, looking forward to seeing what you build. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Good to see the old Airfix Draken here and no doubt John will bring out the very best of what this kit has to offer. For mine, the Mirage III probably takes the honours for best looker, however I’d probably fall in love with Saab’s Draken should I ever view one up close. Can’t wait to see what you do with this kit John. Cheers and good luck.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Nice choice good buddy. Looking forward to you starting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 I thought that I would look for a couple of extras for this kit and picked up a Quickboost air scoops set and this Aries cockpit set, which says that it is suitable for the Heller kit, so I hope that I can tweak it for this one. by John L, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I was playing with the idea of a complete cockpit set for mine, but decided I would just get a more accurate bang seat and scratch build the rest as I was not sure the cockpits on offer would fit. I will be interested to see how you get on. I wonder how many variations on the colour scheme we will end up with! Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 28 minutes ago, PeterB said: I was playing with the idea of a complete cockpit set for mine, but decided I would just get a more accurate bang seat and scratch build the rest as I was not sure the cockpits on offer would fit. I will be interested to see how you get on. I wonder how many variations on the colour scheme we will end up with! Pete I looked at the bang seat option too Peter, but after browsing the website of that well known Lowestoft retailer I stumbled across this, so I thought that I would see if it was possible to fit it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I'd forgotten how nice this old kit was and it looks as if you're going all-out to produce a great model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 In between working on the Seafox, I have managed to squeeze in some time on my Draken build, doing got most of the planned rescribing of the major components yesterday. The fin, outer wings and inner wing areas of the fuselage halves have all had the initial work done. Once I have finished the upper and lower fuselage sections I can wash the parts, prime them and fill and repair where needed. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hockeyboy76 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Ooooh nice work. What do you use to rescribe the lines? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Tidy work John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted February 17, 2020 Author Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Hockeyboy76 said: Ooooh nice work. What do you use to rescribe the lines? Cheers H. to rescribe the lines on here I have used a Tamiya Plastic Scriber, which is great where access is easy but where things are tight, like the fuselage to wing join, I've used a rescribing tool from Trumpeter. 1 hour ago, Col. said: Tidy work John Thanks for the kind comment Col. It doesn't look that tidy when you are close up to it mate, but I'm sure that some superglue and a sand will sort out the areas where I have overrun or made a mistake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 I have finished the rescribing of the major parts - completing the upper and lower fuselage and spine areas yesterday afternoon. These have all had an initial coat of primer and that has highlighted a couple of areas that will require further attention, but overall it has turned out OK. Time to push on and start some assembly work now. by John L, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 That rescribing has just transformed this old kit into the modern age! Looking very good from here John. Cheers.. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: That rescribing has just transformed this old kit into the modern age! Looking very good from here John. Cheers.. Dave Thanks a lot Dave, next job is to see if I can get the resin cockpit tub to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 As Dave says the act of scribing in the panel lines makes a massive difference to the old kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 wow that's a major bit or re-scribing work and it all looks so neat and made a huge difference!!! That's something I do struggle with....my straight lines seem to wander off most of the time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Col. said: As Dave says the act of scribing in the panel lines makes a massive difference to the old kit Cheers Col. It's not perfect but it has made a difference. 29 minutes ago, trickyrich said: wow that's a major bit or re-scribing work and it all looks so neat and made a huge difference!!! That's something I do struggle with....my straight lines seem to wander off most of the time! Not quite finished yet Rich, there's still a bit to do around the nose - which I'll tackle once I have glued the fuselage together. I find that plenty of superglue to fill in any scribing mistakes helps, and the most important thing to keeping the lines straight is 'less water more single malt'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, nimrod54 said: ...the most important thing to keeping the lines straight is 'less water more single malt'. Like the sound of that formula 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Share Posted March 6, 2020 I made a start on fitting the Aires resin cockpit parts this afternoon which is designed for the Hasegawa/Revell kit, but with a bit of sanding and some adjustments of the kits parts I managed to get it in. This is the original kit part. by John L, on Flickr And here is the result after a couple of hours work. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr There will be a bit of finessing to improve the fit and check that the seating of the Airfix canopy is OK. Following on from the initial cockpit work, I set about removing the flaps and ailerons so that I can add some deflection to those later. I kept the cuts simple, and as can be seen, I have started to reinstate the counter balances to the port control surfaces, I'll also be adding a couple of actuators to the underside of these, along with the missing fuselage structure later in the build. by John L, on Flickr 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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