theplasticsurgeon Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Joining with this Saab Draken kit. According to Scalemates it's the Revell 1957 kit. Cleaned up and without the pilot and seat. Really basic - as expected. Given to me by a Jet Age colleague to build as this Ghost Tail option. Great quality decals. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Nice choice my favorite SAAB Jet. I was looking under Revell and it doesn't come up with Mistercraft. Yet you look up Mistercraft and it links to Revell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 11 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Nice choice my favorite SAAB Jet. I was looking under Revell and it doesn't come up with Mistercraft. Yet you look up Mistercraft and it links to Revell. I came close to pulling this build yesterday. The instructions don't match. MisterCraft has redrawn them, with new locating lugs - which don't match the parts. The parts and locating lugs do match the Revell instructions that I found, I hope that's close enough. The pilot and seat has been lost along the way, so those from my spares. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwomack Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I'm sure you can do it; I'm battling with Valom instructions and no locating lugs on a Viking in the Jubilee GB and you're a far better and patient modeller than me. Come on, we will not be beaten by styrene Or if we are, there's always the rematch that is KUTA, straight after this GB finishes 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I well remember the seventies boxing and it's great artwork beckoning to me from the Newsagents shelf! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 Much as I'd like to be able to say that this will be an OOB build, the kit has lost its original pilot and seat. Adding those from my spares then, here with the rest of the parts on start day. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 Well a bit more prep, before I start assembling. Pilot and seat are painted. A bulkhead to rear of the cockpit, and some ballast lead in the nose. A very primitive kit - this one doesn't even have the cannons. Raised detail. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Gordon Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 There's something about a Draken.Be wary of the decals,my experience of Mistercraft decals is disintegration on contact with water.It's a shame because some of their sheets are splendid looking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Alex Gordon said: There's something about a Draken.Be wary of the decals,my experience of Mistercraft decals is disintegration on contact with water.It's a shame because some of their sheets are splendid looking. Thanks for the warning about the decals. Forewarned and all that. In the meantime the airframe is being pulled together. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share Posted June 28, 2022 Nose, tail and exhaust fitted, and airbrushed red. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Good progress Tim,take care I've been burned twice with their decal's look great on the sheet but can be troublesome hopefully not in this case. maybe try the Swedish spares. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Give the decals a coat of decal fix like microscale, that should help them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 Underside airbrushed Humbrol 166 light grey. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Good progress Tim. All the best when it comes to the transfers! Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Canopy fitted and masked up ready for the grey topside camo. Airbrushed Humbrol 144, bluish grey. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Camo day. Masked with AK masking putty. Then airbrushed Humbrol 155 Olive Drab. And underside with 27001 matt aluminium. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 1, 2022 Author Share Posted July 1, 2022 Decals, which all stayed in one piece. Taking ages to release from the paper. Secured with loads of good old Klear. and that spooky tail 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Hi Tim, impressive Draken! Hard not to love such a scheme. Looking forward to see the finished beauty. JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Agreed thats a good looking Draken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 That is looking stunning, I could almost be tempted. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 14 hours ago, stevehnz said: That is looking stunning, I could almost be tempted. Steve. Don't do it Steve! Undercarriage fitted. A mismatch of parts looking nothing like the instructions - or the real thing, AND different part-numbers. Also missing is the tail-bumper wheels. In the absence of anything to positively locate any weapons pylons, I'm leaving this model clean. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 Declaring completion for this one. Cannon ports are gelpenned. Flygvapnets F10. Tail painted specially for an air show at Vasteras, 17 June 1990. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Good work on this one Tim, I am glad the transfers played ball for you! Ray 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 2, 2022 Author Share Posted July 2, 2022 On 6/20/2022 at 11:05 AM, Mjwomack said: I'm sure you can do it; I'm battling with Valom instructions and no locating lugs on a Viking in the Jubilee GB and you're a far better and patient modeller than me. Come on, we will not be beaten by styrene Or if we are, there's always the rematch that is KUTA, straight after this GB finishes I never had any doubt that I could tame this viking, more doubts (at the time) about its provenience. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 2, 2022 Share Posted July 2, 2022 Nice My very favorite and it does look the part. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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