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J21 & J29 Double build in Swedish Colours - Pilot Replicas 1/48


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Hi.

These two Pilot Replicas J21 and J29 will be my contribution in this GB.
49107890623_24d9400b44_k.jpg156 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
48364835606_ba0fd5bb20_k.jpg097 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
I plan to build them side by side and they will be straight OOB


The J21 will be "Röd Martin" (Red Mike) from wing F12 in Kalmar. 
One of the few ones that had roundels on top of the wings.
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And the J29 will be "Gul Johan" (Yellow John) from wing F15 in Söderhamn
Just because I'm a sucker for dayglo markings. 
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And since I'm going to participate in some other GB's I'll give myself 4-6 week to have these two at the paint stage. 
That way I got time to start building my entry for "In the Navy" when that starts.

To be continued.....
/Bosse 

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welcome along Bosse with a couple of wonderful models!

 

I have been looking at these myself, they do look rather nice, can't wait too see them built. Plus this lots have been teasing use with the SAAB SH60's for a while. Gosh I hope they release them soon, I'll definitely have one of them!

 

Well good luck with the build, am dying to see these being built.

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Thanks Rich. 

I'm more than eager to start them both. 

So you won't have to wait that long before I can show some progress shots. 

As for the SK60's I'll be standing in queue with you for 1, or 4 of them. :D

/Bosse

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A cracking pair of subjects :speak_cool: I'll be watching your progress on the J 21 in particular as I'd love to get a copy of that kit for myself but the J 29 is an equally worthy subject.

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Hi.

A bit of a chaos.
49404265932_3bc20716e7_h.jpg110 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
49403591248_5ae2e3176e_h.jpg111 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
49404265482_d1ae40d415_h.jpg112 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
49403592563_f6c9f45b37_h.jpg113 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
49403592998_6888a3903b_h.jpg114 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Most of the small parts have been painted, and later todays I'll start glueing up as many subsections I can.
To be continued.....
/Bosse

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These two kits do look to be quite special and I too will take a back seat to watch them both come to life. The upper wing roundel explanation on the J21 is quite interesting, so I wonder how many didn’t have upperwing roundels in service, seems like not as many in this case? 
 

Cheers and best of luck getting these built.. Dave 

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Hi, and thank you Gentlemen. :D 

You don't have to worry about mixing up the sprues. 
I've marked them with some small tape flags stating which sprue goes to which aircraft. 

 

This is what I spent my Sunday with. 
A lot of sub sections on the J29 have been glued together. 
49410506932_f9b80f8eeb_k.jpg115 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Intake and fan front. 
49409826713_f594d7152f_k.jpg116 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Four fuselage quarters.
49410506052_3c64cd7831_k.jpg117 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Lower nose section and Intake
49409829018_d3bd56664e_k.jpg118 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


Rear fuselage glued together. 
49410507832_762559c3aa_k.jpg119 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


And the cockpit is almost done. I've got to finish the seat and IP and then I can glue it to the fuselage. 
The flash on my mobile darkened the colours, they are much brighter in real life.
49409829978_4742007204_k.jpg120 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


I've used Akan and Hataka acrylis on all part that have been painted. 
To be continued.....
/Bosse 

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Gosh if they go together as nicely as they look like they will then I will have to get a J-29.....and then start hassling them for the 105 they have been promising forever!!

 

That will have to go to the top of my wise list.....along with a proper model (done by someone that actually  looked at one!!! :rant: HB!!) of the F-111 in 1/48th!!

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Bummer. :angry:

I was about to finish the ejection seat on the J29 last night. 

But I feed the Carpet Monster with one of the PE belts.

So I had to put an emergency order to my local dealer.

And thankfully a resin seat was avaliable for immediate order. 

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So perhaps I'll have it, and some other goodies, in the mail by friday.

 

/Bosse 

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Thanks Hewy. :D 

It sure does, should have ordered the seat from the start. 

But I will not loose any time before it lands in my mailbox. 

I'll just have to work on the J21 instead for a couple of days. 

/Bosse 

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ooo that's a shame though the new resin seat does look rather nice!

 

Interesting the see that the Swedish carpet monsters like the same things as the downunder ones!  

 

Maybe Sir David Attenborough could do a series on them......he's done one on everything else!!   :D 

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4 hours ago, trickyrich said:

 

Interesting the see that the Swedish carpet monsters like the same things as the downunder ones!  

Scandinavian carpet monsters are devious and sneaky beasts - I mean my stuff gets lost on the floor and I don't even have carpets!

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15 minutes ago, reini said:

Scandinavian carpet monsters are devious and sneaky beasts - I mean my stuff gets lost on the floor and I don't even have carpets!

Same here, no carpets. 

So perhaps this is the Nordic Floor Monster in action? :wicked:

/Bosse

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18 hours ago, desert falcon said:

IKEA floor?

Nope, not in the living room where I do my building.

50+ year old oak parquet floor. 

But I do have a plastic convering to protect the floor from my swivelling chair. 

And when I come to think about it, that, the chair and the worktable are from IKEA. :undecided:

/Bosse :rofl:

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Hi.


The resin seat has arrived. :yahoo:
49435847761_b1e1f7d00a_h.jpg158 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


And what a difference from the kits seat.
49435374843_16ab4eb9ec_h.jpg122 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr


I've primed the seat this evening, and will paint it tomorrow.
And since I've been doing some work on the J21 while I as waiting for this to arrive the amount of lost time isn't that mesurementable. :D

To be continued.....
/Bosse

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