SAAB JA37 Viggen, Jetmads 1/32

[coneheadff]

Great job again!!!

[Aigore]

Work that body!

 

 

Going to be lots of fitting and sanding today....oh joy!
First sanded by the wheel wells.

 

 

 

Then I primed the whole rear fuselage.

 

 

Sure enough, I had to do a wee bit of bettering there.

 

Put down a big slap of putty around the seam in the drop tank....the work will continue on that in a few days

 

 

 

Then I cut out the canard flaps, of course I managed to break one of them...like I don´t have enough to do.

 

 

No worries, I just CA-glued a piece of plasticard to it.
 

 

 

 

Cut it to shape and sanded it smooth.

 

 

 

next it was time to add some 3D printed stuff to the fuselage but before that I mixed Tamyia white putty with thinner to get a liquid filler.

 

 

First victim is this rear fillet of the KCA gun....you see the printing layers.

 

 

I used a wide flat brush and put down 2 layers on the fillet and the belly strake.
 

 

 

Shitty picture I know 😕 but anyway, I polished the parts and shot primer ontop, polished a bit more and glued them in.
There is a gap where the strake meets the fuselage but that is a minor thing I´ll get to it in time.

 

I went on to the wing parts and did the same to them
 

 

 

Looks rather nice with primer on, had to rescribe and redo all the rivets...of course

 

 

 

I only hav e one wing to work on yet so I dry fitted the part....and well it needs tweaking.

 

 

To remove the step I had to sand the bottom of the part and hoping I wouldn´t destroy anything.

 

After a long while of sanding and fitting I got the step removed...but there are other issues..it doesn´t line up correctly.

 

 

 
 

I scraped one edge until I got alignment

 

 
 

And glued it in place...will have to do the same process on the  other wing when I get it.

 

 
 

Now it was alrigt to lightly sand around the wheel wells in the fuselage.

 

 

 
 

The fit between the wing and fuselage isn´t stellar....

 

The top side even worse.

 

Well after a while of scraping, sanding and fitting I got this far...still some work to do but that´s for another day
 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[RicardoD]

Super work! This monster is getting nearer with every update to its magnificent shape.

[Aigore]

2 hours ago, RicardoD said:

Super work! This monster is getting nearer with every update to its magnificent shape.

Thank you so much, Ricardo 

Precisely what I need to hear, almost everything is about sanding and filling right now.....and it's so boring!!

[Silenoz]

But it pays in the end....

[Aigore]

17 hours ago, Silenoz said:

But it pays in the end....

Thanks, Silenoz let's hope for the best

[_alfisti_]

Wow, I just scrolled through your whole thread,I love the Viggen so it´s a joy to watch you building this extraordinary kit.  Even when I will stay in the 72nd scale for my next few Viggens to come, I will follow your progress for inspiration.

 

Daniel

[Aigore]

8 minutes ago, _alfisti_ said:

Wow, I just scrolled through your whole thread,I love the Viggen so it´s a joy to watch you building this extraordinary kit.  Even when I will stay in the 72nd scale for my next few Viggens to come, I will follow your progress for inspiration.

 

Daniel

Thanks Daniel

the more the merrier, just grab a seat and joint the fun!

[Aigore]

Winging it...

 

Ah, Friday again...ready for a little update?

 

As I mentioned earlier I finally got my replacement wing. It was seriously wrapped in plastic foam....... I think they could have played football with it without anything happening to the wing

 

 

 

 

Armed with both wings  I set out to make them fit!

 

 

 

 

 

The fit isn´t fantastic, you have some joyous hours of work with sanding, dremelling, scraping and filing to make them mate decently to the fuselage.

It pays to be thorough here is my thought.

 

 

 

 

 

The fit is worst on the upper side where that thin fillet meet the fuselage.

 

 

 

 

 

When I felt it was close enough I fitted in the part for the wheel well...a bit of sanding and scarping to make it fit flush.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I glued the wing in place..... I got a decent fit but I will have to work with some filler. There is a slight step on the underside towards the rear tail cone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Both wings glued in place, tomorrow I´ll start blending them in.

 

 

 

 

 

Dryfitted the front fuselage....it´s fast becoming large and unwieldy

 

 

 

 

 

With that todays labor was done!

 

 

 

Cheers!

[exdraken]

Great progress!

But you look more like a craftsman than a scale modeller

 

[Silenoz]

Very nice work...

[Aigore]

4 hours ago, exdraken said:

Great progress!

But you look more like a craftsman than a scale modeller

 

 

Hahahaha, thanks...indeed, will take some crafting to get this done

 

 

4 hours ago, Silenoz said:

Very nice work...

Thanks

[Tomjw]

Very, very impressive build.

 

Cheers,

 

Tom

[John_W]

It's a big beast, but masking splinter will be so much easier on a kit that size😀

[Aigore]

7 hours ago, Tomjw said:

Very, very impressive build.

 

Cheers,

 

Tom

Thanks Tom

it's a big bottom Viggen...boende to be impressive. More so if I manage to do it justice.

 

6 hours ago, John_W said:

It's a big beast, but masking splinter will be so much easier on a kit that size😀

 Masking will be a breeze...not so bad in 1/48 either

[Aigore]

Puttying it forward..

 

It´s sunday and updatey time! This update is a bit picture intensive so I have to divide it into 3 parts.

 

 

Ah...sweet gaps!

 

The wing fillets are incredebly thin and that´s why it looks like a rat has munched on it. I will have to putty it royally! 

 

 

 

 

 

Looks a little better on the other side but it will need putty none the less.

 

 

 

 

 

Same for the underside...

 

 

 

And some repairing here and there.

 

 

 

 

I begun with masking and puttying...

 

 

 

 

End of part one more in part 2
 

[Aigore]

Part two

 

Leaving the wings aside for at least 24 hours I started looking at the canards.

The fiting of the canards flaps are really smart. It´s a printed part that fits into a groove in the flaps and...

 

 

 

 

And the other side fits perfectly into a groove  in the canard, a strong bond is possible.

 

 

 

 

Now the canards themself are a bit fragile and care needs to be taken when removing them from the casting blocks!

First you need to remove the block it self, it´s easy enough just run a x-acto blade along the straight edge on both sides.

 

 

Then a pair of pliers with long thin prongs are really practical.

 

 

 

 

You just grab as far as you can and start wiggeling until the resin gives way along the line you just drew with the knife. This is what engineers call a calculated fail point or predicted fail point, by design you can break something clean off without loss of material. Perfect for brittle materials like resin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now it gets tricky, to remove the goods from the part wihtout breaking the fine details or the really thin fillets you got to be really careful.

I pulled a knifeblade along the seam and then I used my nippers at the thin end and carefully just made a cut.

 

 

 

 

This gives you a small strip that you can bend with your finger until the failpoints give. you will probalbly not make a clean break all the way tough.

 

 

 

 

Again I use my thin pliers and grip it across instead of along and bend to snap off pieces along the part.

 

 

 

 

 

Lost a little piece at the root and a bit of the thin fillet ...oh well it is survivable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next I brought fourth THE DREMEL! and cleaned the edges.

 

 

 

 

 

Until I got a good fit to the fuselage.

 

 

 

 

 

Added the vortex generators to the canards... JA has two on each canard and  AJ, SH, SF and SK has one on each canard. 

With that the canards are put to rest for now.

 

 

 

 

End of part two, more in part 3

[Aigore]

Part Three

 

The wheel well doors really needs some TLC too, the layers shows through something fierce....on both sides.

 

 

 

 

 

A bit worried about the small bulges on the doors...will probably ruin them 

 

 

 

 

 

I made liquid putty from green stuff and sloshed on.

 

 

 

 

The repaired flaps got some too.

 

 

 

 

Sanded...

 

 

 

 

And finished off with primer.

 

 

 

 

 

That´s all for today.

 

Cheers!

[Bobby No Mac]

You're making great progress and following your build is very educational - using masking tape to protect panel lines from excess putty is something I've not seen before, but makes perfect sense. Brilliant.

[Biggles87]

Great job on the canards, I'd be on my third set by now!

I think I'll wait for the injection moulded version. 

 

JOhn

[Aigore]

3 hours ago, Bobby No Mac said:

You're making great progress and following your build is very educational - using masking tape to protect panel lines from excess putty is something I've not seen before, but makes perfect sense. Brilliant.

 

Thanks Bobby

Everything that gets sanded away must be restored...so covering details means less restoration work

 

2 hours ago, Biggles87 said:

Great job on the canards, I'd be on my third set by now!

I think I'll wait for the injection moulded version. 

 

JOhn

Thanks John

I guess you will have to wait for a while then unless Tamiya or GWH surprises us 

[Aigore]

Ugh,involuntary build paus....we're getting new floors, so everything will be a mess for a while

[Pete in Lincs]

Domestic mess stops modelling desk mess. Shame, It's coming on nicely.

It's big and you have lots to do by the look of it. Good luck with the rest of the build.

[Harrier/ViperFan]

I was really thinking about getting this kit but know, i think i will pass. It's beyond my skill right no matter how much i love the Viggen. Which is a shame really. But i love the work you are doing to this beast i look forward to every update.

[Aigore]

19 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said:

Domestic mess stops modelling desk mess. Shame, It's coming on nicely.

It's big and you have lots to do by the look of it. Good luck with the rest of the build.

Hope they are quick about it... though I will start dismantling my mancave since my oldest daughter needs a room of her own....