Noticias

Oleg Smilyk
Wow! Really hard work. Nice result!

Łukasz Gliński
Hats off, you must be the master of patience 👍

NorK
starting with picture 9 it is just amazing what you made out of it!

Henry
Very nice job 👍

Curatorm
Very smart result for that hard-core modelling!

Moreno Baruffini
Watching with interest!

Jan Janssen
#me too, wondering how it builds-up

Jan Peters
Pulling up a chair

Cuajete
Thomas, I knew you were going to get this kit! 🙂

I was hesitating a lot between the Swedish box and the Jordanian box. It took me a long time to decide, but in the end I ordered the Jordanian one because I already have several future projects with that fantastic Swedish scheme.

I follow you with great interest (as always). It is quite possible that I will finally regret choosing the Jordanian box 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for this one 👍Utterly cool camo indeed

Harry Eder
Watching! 👍 Good luck with the kit...

Thomas Kolb
Did some dry-fitting yesterday, and just as I expected by the looks of it, it is definitely A-model quality. A lot of fettling, scraping and sanding is required for a decent fit of the major parts such as the fuselage halves and the wings. Good thing it is a small model!

Erik De Smet
It seems that it is of the same "quality" as their SF260 and Alpha jet kits. Have you ever built the venerable Airfix kit ?

Michael Kohl
I will watch too how you turn this ugly duck into a beautiful swan.

Thomas Kolb
Erik, I actually think that this is a retooling of the Airfix kit. Slightly different parts and recessed panel lines, but the breakdown is almost identical.

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like AZ Model is morphing into A-Model 😛

Daniel Mysak
I´m following. Looks like a bunch of work to get a proper model out of this kit. I'm sure you will handle it.

Finn
Will follow

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
I think KP/AZ should start an improvement their molds after so many kit releases and sales, as Special Hobby has already successfully done. It is curious that for some kits they make good molds (such as the Bf-109) and for others they are so mediocre.

Despite this, I am sure that Thomas will do an extraordinary job 👍

Matthew A
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Cuajete
Interiors looks great, Thomas 👍

Robert Podkoński
I am a little late, but from now I will follow with pleasure and interest (like all Thomas's previous builds 😉 )

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Tom B.
Looks like a lot of craftsmanship will go into this kit before the end of the build... Curiously following 👍

Thomas Kolb
This little kit is definitely putting up a fight in every step. Silly me, I thought this was going to be a relaxed weekend project, ha ha. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I know that feeling, it usually ends up this way 😉

Cuajete
Łukasz enjoys with suffered models 😛
Good (hard) job so far, Thomas 👍

Erik De Smet
KP short run = long work. I prefer Vallejo putty for filling seams on this type of kits, as it comes with a fine tip

Thomas Kolb
Erik yes, I think the photo shows a bit of my frustration with the seam lines. It should not be like this for a 2022 tooling.

Cuajete
Thomas, will the skinny front landing gear hold the weight of all those fishing weights?

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, how did you squeeze all that lead inside 😮

Thomas Kolb
Well, those weights are juuuust barely enough to keep the Bulldog on its nose gear and still kind of pivots around its main gear. Good thing that the entire engine compartment behind the dashboard is empty so with some Tetris skills you can fill it completely with those fishing weights.

Erik De Smet
So the front wheel does not support any weight, as the nose is in balance with the tail. I had the same problem with KPs SIAI Marchetti, and the SH Marchetti needs also quite some weight in the nose.

Michael Kohl
not a shake an bake-kit for sure. I like how you tackle it. For maximum usage of weight in tight spaces consider lead granules. They come rather cheap by the kilogram and have a diameter of max 1 - 2 mm. You can even drill a hole into the fuselage after it is closed and pour the granules in - followed by some white glue to fix them.

Thomas Kolb
After having lingered in the limbo state of half-finished projects, I have decided to reboot this build. The screwed up paintjob was removed with IPA alcohol and the model is now back to bare plastic. Some correcting fills are done and it is soon time to reapply the primer. I will make my life easier this time and just build the standard Swedish Air Force version. But I have already purchased a second kit to be finished with the Swedish Army splinter camouflage as I think I know this time how to do it properly. Stay tuned!

J35J
Great to see that you have restarted the kit. The weight distribution is a real pain. Had similar challenges with my Airfix SK61 build some months ago, Liquid Gravity sorted the issue.
SwAF livery will look aces. Keep up the spirit!👏🏼👍🏻

Michael Kohl
No idea what that livery will look like, but nice that this one is back at the bench. Reminds me of my Safir which is at a similar state.

Moreno Baruffini
Glad to see this kit again on the bench! ,👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Michael Kohl
That looks like some really cool exhibition.

Ben M
You could try pinning the rear elevator with small brass pins, that's what I do when I have some piece that keeps coming off.

Nils Des
Thanks for the idea, Ben. I won't touch this model again (unless for throwing it in the trash) but will probably need it for the next wobbly WW2 Revell build.

Ben M
Looks pretty good to me!

I pretty much only build the worst possible kits.

Nils Des
Thanks, Ben! I do like the look of the final model despite some shortcomings. It looks better in real life than on the closeup photos, perhaps on behalf of my poor eyesight 😉 I still believe Revell could have avoided some of the flimsy bits. The Tamiya Bf109G will be one of my next builds and it will be interesting to see the differences between those kits.

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

J35J
Taking a seat!👍🏻

一生还一夜
Following

Michael Kohl
Gotta follow this Viggen. Will be one of my next projects.

Spanjaard
beautiful splinter camo!

Ferenc Sarka
The best ever camo, was the camuflage of the Viggen. I love it. Looking good so far.

Finn
Following

Michael Kohl
Looking really good.

DerMattes
Following!

J35J
Great work, you really nailed the camo 👍🏻👏

Sebastian Ågren
Thanks for all the kind comments! 🙂

Jason Marson
I'm building this kit at the moment. You did a great job on the camo masking. I'm using a masking set from DN Models, but it hasn't made it any easier! 😂 The kit itself is beautiful with fantastic details for a 1/72 scale one. I'm definitely going to buy this in 1/48 soon, though not sure if I'll attempt the camo again, 😂.

Thomas Kolb
Every time I see one of the Viggens with its lovely splinter camo, I feel the urge to start the ones in my stash. Beautiful work, especially considering the completely manual tape masking method!

Neuling
Beautiful colors, top camouflage painting!

Michael Kohl
My mates said it all. Nice job.
The new kits from Special Hobby are really gems (I build the Super Mystere which was really lovely), but the more you go back the better a modeller you need be. That shows what an impressive development they made.

Sebastian Ågren
Thanks for all the kind words! 🙂

@Jason: I actually bought a masking kit at first as well, but I couldn't get it to fit and eventually managed to rip it.

@Michael: The Super looks cool as well! Would be nice if they released a Draken and Gripen as well. I haven't built any of their older kits, but this one had almost zero fit issues.

Thomas Kolb
Maybe it's not too late to add the missing datalink antenna just behind the vertical fin? 😉

Hang Li
Beautiful bird👍

Sebastian Ågren
@Thomas Kolb: I didn't realize it was missing until now! 😛

Tibor Szilvai
Nice! 👍

Guy Rump
Very nice job! 👍

Michael Kohl
Which paints did you use? Looks like pretty good matches.