coneheadff Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Niiiiiiiice!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Great job, she looks fantastic! Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby No Mac Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 She's really looking the business now 😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 20 hours ago, Navy Bird said: Great job, she looks fantastic! Cheers, Bill Thanks Bill Slowly getting there. 19 hours ago, Bobby No Mac said: She's really looking the business now 😍 Thanks Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 And Sunday is upon us and you get an update! Weathering part 2 OK, here is where I left yester day..... I feel it´s over weathered. I don´think I have good enough lights in my hobbyroom. Well let´s do it severly over weathered....The decades haven't been nice to this jet in it's reality! Time for pigments! I like this City Dark Dust pigment...sort of a generally dirty feel There after a first dusting. Next for some grime coming off joints and rivets. Then some dark pigments around hatches and stuff. Then some scaving with zinc chrome yellow on a sponge followed by aluminium on leading edges. Then I finish todays session with another flat coat to seal everything . Almost done with the fuselage now it needs some detail painting here and there and then antennas and probes...not to mention an under carriage and loadout Cheers! 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyingdutchman Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Very nice progress on the weathering. Love the looks of it! Cheers Evert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 3 hours ago, Flyingdutchman said: Very nice progress on the weathering. Love the looks of it! Cheers Evert Thanks Evert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 I got some bad news from Master No turned brass pitot tubes for Viggen in 1/32 are planned by Master. I have asked Maestro too but still waiting for an answer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 Oh btw I have happy news, Maestro agreed to make the pitot tubes for Viggen in 1/32! I just need to get correct measurements and refs 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 The Friday update is upon you! Nosey Geary... Hot damn, I'm running out of space, fast! Ok, let's begin with small stuff... I brush painted the tires with flat black And the belly brakes got some flat rust... The antenna behind the cockpit was painted in dayglo orange. the IFF antennas and the temperature probe in alclad steel. Alfa probe in aluminium and the fighterlink antenna in alclad steel. The extra tank got weathered and flat coated, Time for todays real project, the nose gear. This is how I left it. I used citadel metal paints for warhammer to paint the different metallic hues all over the strut. Gloss coated and put down a darkish wash to make the details pop a bit. I put on the wheels an flat coated the whole thing and dusted some pigment on the tires. Cheers! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 That nosegear is perfection itself. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 You obviously are an artist! Great results you are getting!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 13 hours ago, TheBaron said: That nosegear is perfection itself. Bravo! Thanks TheBaron Picking off the different hues in the strut really makes it pop and makes it look busy. 13 hours ago, exdraken said: You obviously are an artist! Great results you are getting!! Thanks exdraken I do like making struts...nice struts on a kit makes the whole seem so much better just like with a realy nice cockpit pops by adding a resin seat. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Right, Sunday again and time for a report. Wheeling dealings Time to get the main gears done! Here are the struts as they look at the beginning of todays session. A total Viggen nerd imediately spots a big nono....besides me not cutting off the last print support. Yeah I experimented with a chrome pencil on one of the struts...wasn't happy with the result. Ok, the problem is this little box, it is the fuel control panel and it's only present on the right strut... so off with it! I reprimed the struts in black and then put on a coat of gloss black....and added the piece of kable I cut off along the fuel control panel. THen I painted it all in Alclad airframe aluminium to have a great metal base. Then I shot Alclad polished aluminium on top of all the oleos and other shiny parts and a bit of magnesium and steel on some details. To do something else I decided to cut the ladder free of the printing supports...thought I'd get by with this wild idea without breaking anything. Huh, who knew....nothing broken! Back to the struts and some tricky masking....would have been easier if the strut wasn't printed in one glorius piece. I shot some FS36322 on top and unmasked. Next detail painting with Citadel Leadbelcher on the darker metal pieces and some dark gray on the cables. Then some details with brushpainting on chromesilver from the pencil....it is solvable in acrylic thinner, who knew. With the details painted on the struts I had a look at the wheels.... added a small red decal next to the hub. I just cut up a red decal since there wasn't any decals for the wheels in the box. Glued oin the wheels and gloss coated them Next a few washes and some pigment before I put down a flat coat and sealed it all. The wheels are done! Cheers! 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Yes, I almost forgot the Friday update but here it comes! It stands! Time to put on the legs on this beast! It wasn´t a snug fit so I had to sand off a bit to make this two pronged fork fit in the nose bay. With a very satisfying "CHUNK" the nose gear popped into place.....lovely. Hmmm...what´s this in the groove? Hehehe...turned out to be some left over tack-it by my own device....whoops. No satisfying "CHUNK" this time but the struts fits securely into the wheel bays. And the other one in place as well! IT STANDS! Enough of that... I glued in the big doors, when a Viggen is parked they are closed but a bit ajar. Yeah yeah, here´s a few more pics of the standing Viggen There... Well what's left to do now? A lot of small stuff to begin with, antennas, lights, rear radar sensor, pitottubes and probes. The slightly bigger stuff are the canopy and the weapons, oh and the rest of the landing bay doors and the ladder. Cheers! 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Always a milestone! Looking mighty fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Hook said: Always a milestone! Looking mighty fine. Thanks Hook indeed it is 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marklo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Looks amazing to me. I’m looking at the photos and wondering how big your desk is in order to accommodate the real thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 It looks fabulous. The small stuff always adds that final accuracy to the model. Great landing gear, BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 hours ago, Marklo said: Looks amazing to me. I’m looking at the photos and wondering how big your desk is in order to accommodate the real thing Thanks Marklo it's huuuuuge 4 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: It looks fabulous. The small stuff always adds that final accuracy to the model. Great landing gear, BTW. Thanks Pete Indeed the details makes the whole believable 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Indigo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Getting closer to the goal – I admire your stamina. I always find the Viggen has skinny legs for such a big aircraft. I guess the impression will change once the remaining doors are in place. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 9 hours ago, Electric Indigo said: Getting closer to the goal – I admire your stamina. I always find the Viggen has skinny legs for such a big aircraft. I guess the impression will change once the remaining doors are in place. Thanks Electric Indigo Actually viggen has quite sturdy legs, they where designed for a drop speed of 7 meters per second, it's comparable to carrier based aviation with their 9 to 10 meters per second. Though the rumour has it that there was a special prize for pilotss who managed to punch the struts through the wings........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 14 hours ago, Hook said: Always a milestone! Looking mighty fine. I agree also, and always satisfying when something with multiple wheels stands with all of them on the ground. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 7 hours ago, Biggles87 said: I agree also, and always satisfying when something with multiple wheels stands with all of them on the ground. John Thanks Biggles87 indeed....and on the weighted parts of the tires 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 And then it was sunday and time to realease another update. Details, everywhere!!! I´ll use the day to right wrongs and create new ones..... However I started with cleaning the windscreen. Nice , eh? On to the messy dielectric panel on the spine. The good thing with painting laquer on top an acrylic varnish is that you simply take a swab, dip it in turpentine and just rub away the offending color. Do varnish you kit when you are happy with something you´ve added it might save your bacon later on! Mask, paint, unmask ...done! Then I glued the windshield in place with some white glue. Added the small red antenna behaind the cockpit.... And a position light, there is one more antenna that goes on the spine but it's so thin I don't want to risk it yet...I´ll save it for final touches, same with the alfa- probe and temperature probe. NOw it´s time for belly rubbing...added the airbrakes, remember these are bolted shut on the JA but not on the AJ! Forward and rear IFF antennas. they are not a drop fit so do dry fit and sand until the drop into place. Added some grime on the landingbay doors as to blend them in with the rest of the fuselage. Then I glued in the nose wheelbay door actuators. On with the little supports for the air inlets... they do need a little fiddling before they fit. Hmm I miss a support that goes on the underside.... Out with the plasticard and make a new one. And glue them into place. And when it was time to paint the insides of the remaining wheel well doors I managed to break a door! A long stream of profanities exited my mouth.... Then I repaired it....... I don't want to end on an angry note so I finish todays session with a sweet pic. Cheers! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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