Jabba Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 This will be my entry for this GB. It is the Special Hobby SAAB JA-37 Viggen, and will be mainly out of the box. I may just get some other decals, but they will be for a grey aircraft as I do not think that I will be able to cope with the splinter scheme this time around. I will save that for another model, when I have more time. The box. The parts The instructions and kit decals. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 The lure of the Viggen is still going strong! Nice to see another Special Hobby kit as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 welcome along Jabba, and with a Viggen to add to the growing ranks of them. The Special Hobby model is turning out to be a popular choice. Mmmm the splinter scheme isn't something you really want to do in 1/72nd as it's very time consuming even though the results can be awesome. So good luck with the build, good to have you along and look forward to seeing her in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Another Viggen will always find a welcome in this GB Even in grey they're an awesome looking machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 Some parts have now been built up, the cockpit, nose U/C bay and the intakes. I have also been painting some other parts so that they can be built up such as the exhaust. I have read through a few reviews of this kit and they mention about the fitting of the intakes and how they have to be in a specific place, so with that in mind I will probably not glue them when I glue the Fwd fuselage halves together just let them float if that is possible until the actual intakes are trial fitted. Some pictures. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 Nice start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 I now have the three major parts of this model together ready to be glued as one. Before I put the Fwd fuselage parts together I tested that the intake trunking was in the correct place. As I fitted the spacer piece at the rear the trunking moved forward, so much so that the intake would not fit. So I did it visa versa with the space then not fitting. So I removed the trunking and tried to fit to the spacer o no avail, until I found out that I had the trunking upside down. So with the trunking in the forward fuselage correctly I did the trial again with success, so I then glued the Fwd fuselage together. Fwd Fuselage. Rear Fuselage. The wings. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Excellent work so far Jabba and great advice on how to tackle the intakes as I've got the twin boxing of this in the stash. Don't blame you for not tackling the splinter camo in 1/72 and the grey camo scheme looks good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Good progress and thank you for documenting some issues to watch out for with this one. Although that isn't doing my resolve to avoid adding this kit to my stash any favours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Thank you both for your comments. I have now put all those parts together, but unfortunately I am unable to upload them at the mo, will try again tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Nice start Jabba. So many Viggens and Drakens on here I’m kinda surprised that they are so popular on a typically British modelling forum. Having saying that, I too have recently been lured in to the mystique of hese beautiful Nordic subjects so I see where the popularity and enthusiasm comes from. Looking forward to the new pics. Cheers and all the best.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted February 25, 2020 Author Share Posted February 25, 2020 23 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Nice start Jabba. So many Viggens and Drakens on here I’m kinda surprised that they are so popular on a typically British modelling forum. Having saying that, I too have recently been lured in to the mystique of hese beautiful Nordic subjects so I see where the popularity and enthusiasm comes from. Looking forward to the new pics. Cheers and all the best.. Dave Thanks, I used to enjoy seeing Viggens fly at many an airshow, especially the landing where on a few occasions the pilot would use the reverse thrust so that the aircraft would travel in a circle backwards on the runway. I am now able to upload the latest photos fuselage and wings joined together and filled. I am not going to add the intakes until I have sanded down that area. I have also got the nose together and have added the part at the front of the fuselage to aid fitment. Although the instruction say that no weight is required if no weapons are added, I have put some weight in the nose because I may do, even though there are none in the kit. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 Coming together nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 filler in the usual spots I see, but she's coming along nicely. Due to the mains being that duel wheel config you can actually get away with no weight in the nose! I didn't add any to my 1/48th build. Check first, worse case you'll just need a wee bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 8, 2020 Author Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 25/02/2020 at 22:53, trickyrich said: filler in the usual spots I see, but she's coming along nicely. A few years ago when doing the MiG-21 GB many of us making the Eduard kit found that we all had filler in the same places. Sorry to say that I have not been doing much on this one over the last week or so, been trying to get another kit ready for club night tomorrow. Anyhow I have been sanding down the filler and also adding a few parts including the nose, tail and intakes. I have added the vents and such like to the fuselage, but these do seem to protrude a little bit above the fuselage. I think that I should have taken a bit more time when fitting them possibly sanding the base down so that they fitted into the indents a bit better. But my excuse is that I was modelling on my mother in laws kitchen table, I did not have tooling with me and I wanted to add something now.to the model so that it looked that I was making some progress. I will sand them down from the outside now. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 least she's still underway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 A lot of sanding and scrapping I am now here. The areas around the small intakes in the last picture shows what I have done, not brilliant but better than what is was like. I have also added a few more parts including the foreplanes. I am thinking about weapons but the main thing that I am not sure about are the launchers for the Sidewinders and Skyflash missiles. Also I am also thining about the paint scheme, I have roughly changed the instruction paints to Humbrol ones apart from the undersides colour. Does anyone know what this might be? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Nice progress again For the underside colours Two Bobs decals recommend Hu-122 alongside Hu-33, 117, 120, and 187 for the upper surfaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Col. said: Nice progress again For the underside colours Two Bobs decals recommend Hu-122 alongside Hu-33, 117, 120, and 187 for the upper surfaces. Is that not for the splinter camo, as I am doing the boring Grey one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 28 minutes ago, Jabba said: Is that not for the splinter camo, as I am doing the boring Grey one? Oops! Yes you're correct Hu-147 undersides and -127 uppers in that case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 4 hours ago, Jabba said: Is that not for the splinter camo, as I am doing the boring Grey one? where's your sense of adventure young man!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 10 hours ago, Col. said: Oops! Yes you're correct Hu-147 undersides and -127 uppers in that case Thanks you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 16, 2020 Author Share Posted March 16, 2020 19 hours ago, trickyrich said: where's your sense of adventure young man!!! I was taking the advice of the person below. On 10/02/2020 at 22:08, trickyrich said: welcome along Jabba, and with a Viggen to add to the growing ranks of them. The Special Hobby model is turning out to be a popular choice. Mmmm the splinter scheme isn't something you really want to do in 1/72nd as it's very time consuming even though the results can be awesome. So good luck with the build, good to have you along and look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Hmmm did I say that???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) Another small update. I have added the U/C, something that I do not noramlly do at this stage, but I felt that it would be better especially as it is slightly more complicated than usual and I was not sure how it would go together after the U/C had been painted. It was whlst fitting the nose U/C that I noticed that the torque link was mis formed, so I am going to try and manufacture one from plasti-card. I have also fitted the upper air brakes and the windcreen in readiness for painting. The lower airbrakes had the holes drilled slightly deeper than as depicted, a few not quite in the right place. Last two photos a bit blurry, so I will try and do them again at a later date. Better pictures now added. Edited March 22, 2020 by Jabba Better pictures. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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