drdjp11 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Here's the only remaining hole in the Orange Series aircraft line. I've been sitting on this for a week or so since it arrived, hoping to surprise @Rabbit Leader and @JOCKNEY in a good way. My favourite Saab of all time is the Draken, but the Viggen is a worthy successor and I can't believe nobody else was able to sign up for it. It wasn't easy or cheap to find, but well worth it, I think. The instructions look like they've been left out in the sun at Benidorm far a few years, but the decals look OK. As with the (P-38) Lightning, this won't get started until some other items are further along but it will be under way soon and I wanted to get the build thread up and running. Edited March 27, 2022 by drdjp11 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Brilliant, delighted to see this one here, best of luck with the build and I look forward to discovering the mystery of how you do that camouflage ! Cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 7 hours ago, drdjp11 said: Here's the only remaining hole in the Orange Series aircraft line. I've been sitting on this for a week or so since it arrived, hoping to surprise @Rabbit Leader and @JOCKNEY in a good way Now this Viggen is a very pleasant surprise, so I’m absolutely wrapped to see this kit and with it tick off our last remaining Orange series Aircraft kit. Honestly, this is just amazing stuff, with just two Green series aircraft remaining to complete the whole set. Great call and many thanks.. Dave 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: tick off our last remaining Orange series Aircraft kit Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but didn't @George Norman already build one of these? I'm sure I've seen one in the gallery... Edited March 27, 2022 by Galligraphics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Galligraphics said: Don't want to rain on anyone's parade, but didn't @George Norman already build one of these? I'm sure I've seen one in the gallery... That was the two-seat Viggen PK-131 : Saab SK-37 Viggen ...Re-Tooled from PK-119 (1987) - George Norman 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galligraphics Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 10 hours ago, drdjp11 said: That was the two-seat Viggen Ah okay - I wasn’t paying proper attention 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 21 minutes ago, Galligraphics said: Ah okay - I wasn’t paying proper attention No worries. I was surprised the two-seater was picked up very quickly and already finished, while the single seater was pretty hard to come by. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 I'm not surprised that it almost didn't get into this GB. It is hard to find and the price tends to be much to high. It was released 1978 and reworked into the two seater 1986 so it wasn't on the market for very long. Of my 17 Viggens built over the years only one of them was the Matchbox single seater. With the better Heller kit on the market I didn't think the Matchbox kit was worth it. When I finally built one, it was only because it was very cheap. Looking forward to see this built though. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted May 10, 2022 Author Share Posted May 10, 2022 Got a bit of a start on the Viggen. Did a minor bit of scratch building on the cockpit - side consoles and instrument panel extension. Giant gap down the instrument panel, though... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 More viggeny goodness. The wings are just dry fit for now. It looks like a pretty decent fitting kit. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Norman Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Good Work Chum! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 You can't help but like the Viggen shape, it just looks like an extra from a Star Wars scene Yours is looking the business Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Looks terrific! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted May 17, 2022 Author Share Posted May 17, 2022 More assembly and some light filling... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 Hi @drdjp11 It's only just occurring to me how many parallel builds you have on at the same time You might need to decide which you can finish before the deadline and which will be finished afterwards. Either way I'm looking forward to following them all Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdjp11 Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 5 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Hi @drdjp11 It's only just occurring to me how many parallel builds you have on at the same time You might need to decide which you can finish before the deadline and which will be finished afterwards. Either way I'm looking forward to following them all Cheers Pat A couple of them are more or less done, just waiting to do photos. Another couple are pretty close and will make it by the weekend, including this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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