Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Back in 2006, Hasegawa released this boxing of their Draken kit. It had two kits in the box! I built one at the time and the second has lain in The Stash for seventeen years. Now is its moment in the sun. I will be converting this into an Sk35C, using the two-seater parts from the Heller kit. Why didn't I just build the Heller kit as a t-bird? Well, the subject I have in mind is in a natural metal finish and I thought that the engraved panel lines on the Hasegawa kit would be more suited to that. Here are the sprues. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Isn't the Hasegawa fuselage actually primed for the twin-seater conversion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted February 27, 2023 Author Share Posted February 27, 2023 5 minutes ago, vppelt68 said: Isn't the Hasegawa fuselage actually primed for the twin-seater conversion? It looks like it to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 It's a pity Hasegawa never progressed with a two-seat version but at least we'll all get to see what it would have looked like now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Ah, I have a couple of Hasegawa J35 kits, a Maestro resin conversion for the Sk35C and a Heller two-seat canopy that I really should be building! Mine is intended to be a natural metal Swede Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) On 2/27/2023 at 10:33 PM, vppelt68 said: Isn't the Hasegawa fuselage actually primed for the twin-seater conversion? Yup. It is ready for all different versions but utilized so far only for Filip and Johan, Danish RF-35 and Austrian Ö. Cheers, AaCee Edited March 6, 2023 by AaCee26 Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 The engine exhaust section was different for the Sk35C. It is shorter with no retractable tail bumper. Maestro models provide a nice resin conversion set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 The Heller t-bird spine fits perfectly onto the Hasegawa fuselage. The rear cockpit needs some plastic card shim to bring it up to a decent height. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 54 minutes ago, Enzo the Magnificent said: The engine exhaust section was different for the Sk35C. It is shorter with no retractable tail bumper. Maestro models provide a nice resin conversion set. All the Sk35C:s were converted from A-models. D*** you can't believe how much I think I have learned of the Drakens lately, and how much, I know, there'll still be I will never learn! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 9 minutes ago, vppelt68 said: All the Sk35C:s were converted from A-models. So that means early fin and short intakes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, Enzo the Magnificent said: So that means early fin and short intakes? The book by Laukkanen has line drawings of B, C and F models. They seem to show short intakes and different fin in B and C than F. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 minute ago, vppelt68 said: The book by Laukkanen has line drawings of B, C and F models. They seem to show short intakes and different fin in B and C than F. Exactly. Early prototypes, A, B and C-models had the short intakes. Also air intakes in the spine were different in early single-seaters when compared to later. And E-type could have either early or late canopy. Cheers, AaCee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 7:09 PM, Enzo the Magnificent said: So that means early fin and short intakes? Yes, Enzo, they were/are quite different in many ways 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 On 07/03/2023 at 20:09, Enzo the Magnificent said: So that means early fin and short intakes? And also just one (central) pylon for a tank on the underside of the body. If you do not build an early one, do not forget the small fins on the under the wings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 16, 2023 Author Share Posted March 16, 2023 17 minutes ago, Bjorn said: And also just one (central) pylon for a tank on the underside of the body. If you do not build an early one, do not forget the small fins on the under the wings. Thanks Bjorn. Although I am aware of the fins, I have yet to find a decent photograph which shows their location. From the side their position and shape is clear, but I can't work out how far along the span of the wing they are located. Can anybody point me in the right direction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted March 16, 2023 Share Posted March 16, 2023 2 hours ago, Enzo the Magnificent said: Thanks Bjorn. Although I am aware of the fins, I have yet to find a decent photograph which shows their location. From the side their position and shape is clear, but I can't work out how far along the span of the wing they are located. Can anybody point me in the right direction? A (probably pretty bad) explanation: They were located almost in the middle of the area between where the outer wing starts and the first one of the three small fins on the outer wings. Behind the roundel on the underside of the wings, there is a panel line. If you extend that line to the outer wings, you will find the correct position for the aft part of these fins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 Resin fin and intakes to go with the resin tail cone. Fuselage assembled. The Heller spine fits perfectly! I feel that Hasegawa originally intended to release two-seater and early options. Why else would the fuselage be set up for a two seat cockpit and the rear fuselage is seperate? You even have to open flashed over holes to fit the tail bumper fairing. I wonder why they never went ahead with it. Arframe components ready for assembly. Like so. I used the Heller seats and dressed them up with Eduard harnesses. The canopy will be closed on my model, so very little will be visible. The rudder does not meet the rear fuselage as it should, so I have added some plastic card shim which needs to be faired into place. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Just realised you have replacement intakes and fin, which explains why it looks a bit different! Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 I fitted the Heller windscreen to this model, simply to ensure that it lined up with the Heller canopy. The canopy itself required some minor trimming to fit. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 How did the Heller winscreen fit into the Hasegawa kit? It has very poor fit to the Heller kit! Cheers, AaCee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 1 hour ago, AaCee26 said: How did the Heller winscreen fit into the Hasegawa kit? It has very poor fit to the Heller kit! It seems okay, but I'll confirm that when I have the model primed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 She is looking great, Enzo. It is all very encouraging for when I get to starting mine! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 9, 2023 Author Share Posted May 9, 2023 Primed with a coat of clear lacquer followed by grey plastic car primer from a rattle can. My rattle can paints are by a company called Autotek. I have used their aluminium paint a lot, but it seems that Autotek have now decided to rationalise their range. They had three different silver spray colours which have now been withdrawn and replaced by a single colour called "Alloy wheel paint". The old aluminium paint was great for representing painted surfaces such as High Speed Silver. The new colour is slightly darker and greyer. It is perfect for natural metal interiors and also the matt surface on this Draken. I bought up all the aluminium paint that I could. If I eke it out and only use it for HSS finishes, I should have enough for three years. Various panels have been masked off and sprayed with a 50:50 mixture of Xtreme Metal AK179 and AK480. The "darker" panels are Alclad ALC-117 Dull Aluminium. They are not actually darker. They just look that way because the dull aluminium is quite matt in comparison to the other colours. And we're ready for the decals. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 She looks very good, Enzo 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted May 12, 2023 Author Share Posted May 12, 2023 Decals applied, with the exception of the two badges on the fin. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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