SK 37 Viggen

[najkos]

As a follow up on my JA 37 Viggen, I just finished the two-seater, an SK 37 Viggen from Special Hobby. 

Same kit as Tarangus, with all the pros and cons of that kit. The biggest setback of the kit being the fit of the upper air brakes and the intakes. I used thin plastic card to shim the airbrakes, and managed to get a good enough fit, instead of filling, sanding and rescribing that area. The intakes I just dealt with the "old school" way though, with filling, sanding and rescribing.

 

Paint from Mr.Paint from Slovakia. Chipped the wing, air intakes, fin and canard leading edges with some masking fluid after painting them aluminium. Then painted the black, and rubbed off the now dry masking fluid. I think it turned out convincing enough. Added some fading to the paint as well, although I think it's more visible IRL than on the pictures. Also added the ejection seats safety handle at the right side of the headrest, and some seatbelts. The flying surfaces were also cut a bit to make them hang. Above the exhaust I added the RWR. Pitot tubes and AOA probe were replaced with Master brass items. Decals from the excellent Moose Republic Decals range.

 

Now on to the pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[WhiskySierraKilo]

Wow, I love this scheme.  I hope to garner the courage to try it one day.  Great job.

[Spitfire31]

Skitsnyggt bygge, Niklas! (That's polite Swedish for 'exquisite build').

 

The old lady looks very convincing indeed, with the slightly hanging control surfaces, the RAT out and the very typical wear on the black LE paint. Bravo!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[djos]

For all modellers, i think, most problematic camouflage scheme, and you done it perfectly.

Great work and beautiful model

Regards Djordje

[kiseca]

The paintjob on that is impeccable. That camo is so well done, and the panel lines - I can't tell if you highlighted them or not but they show up with just the right amount of definition - for my tastes at least. Very subtle. Marvelous work, beautiful result.

[John B (Sc)]

Is the RAT the object hanging down just in front of the port wing root?

 

What scale is this please - 1/72nd  or 1/48th?     Superbly done.

Edited August 20, 2021 by John B (Sc)

[binbrook87]

Absolutely stunning. Great work on the complex splinter camo (I've also built one in this scheme and can appreciate the work involved!)

Yours has turned out superbly. Well done and thanks for sharing your photos 👍👍👍

[Alpha Delta 210]

Excellent job on this Cold War warrior!

[RichieW]

Great paint job, that must have taken a lot of careful preparation. Well worth it, the result is just stunning. 

 

Richie

[najkos]

11 hours ago, John B (Sc) said:

Is the RAT the object hanging down just in front of the port wing root?

 

What scale is this please - 1/72nd  or 1/48th?     Superbly done.

 

Affirm, that's the one.  

 

Scale is 1/72.

 

Thanks!

[najkos]

Guys, thanks for all the kind comments on this one.

 

 

11 hours ago, kiseca said:

The paintjob on that is impeccable. That camo is so well done, and the panel lines - I can't tell if you highlighted them or not but they show up with just the right amount of definition - for my tastes at least. Very subtle. Marvelous work, beautiful result.

 

Panel lines are enhanced with some light pre-shading, and a subtle wash afterwards. As you say, it's tricky to get it "right", not showing too much. 

Thank you for all the kind words, I appreaciate it.  

 

[Mig88]

Simply outstanding!!

 

Miguel

[ianwau]

Great aircraft, great scheme!  Have this in my stash with similar intent.... One day...

 

[robgizlu]

Beautifully executed Camo scheme

Rob

[petetasker]

Beautiful build - that scheme is something else. Very nicely done

[najkos]

5 hours ago, ianwau said:

Great aircraft, great scheme!  Have this in my stash with similar intent.... One day...

 

 

It looks really cool sitting on the shelf. This is my second one in this camo, have made an AJ 37 before as well. On the AJ 37 I actually cut my own masks from a scale drawing and Tamiya tape, but on this one I "cheated" with pre-cut masks from Maestro Models. Made life a little bit easier, and saved me a good few hours of tape cutting...  

[arfa1983]

Awesome. This aircraft in this scheme (though maybe not this model based on your description) is definitely on my to do list! 

[Ruskin Air Services]

Very nice build, takes me back to when I was a teenager and building the Heller viggen and hand painting that camouflage pattern 

[HOUSTON]

Sublime  build. 

Love the colors.

All looks AMAZING. 

[opus999]

Gorgeous!  The subtle weathering is so convincing and I admire anyone that can pull of that camouflage so well.  Nice work!

[Wulfman]

Lovely build and superb paint job, something I would never attempt !

 

Wulfman

[kapam]

Excellent work!

The in-scale camouflage tones look so realistic!

A beautiful result all-round.

[F-32]

Very very nicely done, a classic scheme on a classic jet!

[Rob Sutto]

That's really impressive, top work. The Viggen is my favourite aircraft, I hope I can do justice to the, um, four Special Hobby kits in my stash!

 

I've often thought that any modeller having doubts on attempting that scheme needs to channel JFK's moonshot speech as motivation... "We choose to paint the Viggen splinter camo. We choose to paint the Viggen splinter camo and the other things - not because they are easy, but because they are hard!"

[Bertie McBoatface]

Nice one. What a challenge that camo is!