Uutisvirta

Steven Van Dyck
I started this reconnaissance Viggen project out of an early interest in this plane, while I never encountered a kit of it until I in recent years went on eBay. It will have woodland camo. You'll see I now removed the detail of the instrument surfaces, to be able to apply the Maestro photo etch replacement.

Matti Thomaes
Waw, Steven, you never do just a simple build do you, and this combined with the two aircraft carriers, how do you find the time.

S M
Ambitious project! I'm in!

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks for the interest and no worries that it will get built! Now the cockpit ispainted and got its Maestro PE. Only I will have to wriggle a bit with the seat, it's out of center.

S M
The cockpit looks pretty!

J35J
Great start! Following👍🏻

Michael Kohl
No Viggen without me. 🙂

Steven Van Dyck
The wheel bays got some PE. The seat position in the cockpit was offset and I already closed down the fuselage, but the floor could be reached through the sides. I inserted a brass rod and yanked it free, to correct the cockpit angle. I notice more parts that have some unwanted degree of freedom.

Steven Van Dyck
The jet exhaust and the trust reverser are painted. I used a chrome tin can as base and then a mix of red and black Vallejo for the burnt steel. Under the reverser I used Green Stuff Holographic because that effect is visible in the reference book.

Steven Van Dyck
The wings could be attached with the jet exhaust finished. The fit is good but some clamping is still needed. The trailing edges are a bit blunt and took an hour of filing and filling the gap to be realistic, just like the part under the fuselage. Then the jet intakes were added.

Steven Van Dyck
Canards are added, but not the ones that were prescribed. The other ones look much better and can have the flaps down. The tail plane was adapted like the wings. Some PE is added.

Sergej I
Great 👍

S M
It's taking shape pretty fast👍

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, guys. Today you get the Maestro airbrakes. Nice detail, but there is no space for the mechanical parts that make them work. I might cut into the interior parts to add those. I also scratched a part for the jet exhaust that's not in the kit but should have been in the PE set in my opinion, as it is clearly visible from outside. And then I had an idea for the missing rivets that should be on the wings and the canards. Why not add these with the Mastertools Rivet Punch? That was lingering in my toolbox for a year, now it's very useful.

Steven Van Dyck
The airbrake locks are now perforated. The tail fin is regraved and the undercarriage is completed as a dry-fit. I saw one camera-glass is partly detached but I can't get into the nose cone without drilling now to push it back.

Steven Van Dyck
The half-relief ducts in the wheelbays are replaced with scratch pipes that are now correctly shaped. It seems Special Hobby had reversed the reference picture and bent the tubes the wrong way around. I found a 2 mm steel wire that was barely bendable into the required shape, and a 1,5 mm aluminium wire that bent far easier for a side duct. In the process I managed to lose one of the landing gear parts.

J35J
Follow with great intrest, excellent build log!👍🏻

Steven Van Dyck
Welcome, today some hydraulic lines and a locking system are added to the wheel wells.

DuperScale
Awesome modeling here. Watching with Big interest.

Desert Marlin
Great work!

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, guys, all are welcome. The wheelbay parts that are green are now painted in the dark green camo color. Some modulation was done.

Kim Branders
Knap Steven 😉

Steven Van Dyck
Bedankt, Kim.

The outside part of the wheelbays and the landing gear are now painted with Gunze 308.

Steven Van Dyck
The grey underside is now painted Gunze 308 and then shadowed and highlighted. For the moment the masking is almost done.

Steven Van Dyck
The light green is painted with Gunze 58, using some transparent green and citron yellow to modulate.

Desert Marlin
Absolutely perfect color for the factory primer!

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Marlin, but that is also what is advised by Tarangus as the light green camo color. I have now added the pictures of the rest of the camo painting stages for Gunze green 309, Brown 310 and Nato Black. I painted the wheels using a circle diagram and a chrome rattle can.

Desert Marlin
Absolutely excellent! I was not sure if that was your base coat or in fact a part of the camo. Looks really great! Can't wait to see how the markings come out!

S M
Camo is coming up nicely👍

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, guys, but I have been changing some of the colors. The greens were too different and especially the Gunze 309 dark green had to be more of a light olive. The solution was to reapply the black masking, but most of that had to be remodelled slightly as it doesn't fill the holes left by the other colors. Then I filtered with transparent green, so the light green is softened. For the dark green I only had an opaque filter, but it did the job quite well. If you check the tail image in the book, some of the spots switch color at the panellines and this would mean extra cutting work. I also added the CMK wheels but you should drill axle holes in the brake disks to be able to fix them. I made a dry-fit of the landing gear. The airbrake plates are a brown red composite and I painted the rest and the trust reverser gun metal.

Ekki
Great work!

Dave Burgess
Thx. Another addition to my U.S.Fighters collection. 72 completed; just 31 more to go.

Ben M
👀

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Ben!

Work has started. Drilled holes in the lower wing for hardpoints and centerline fuel tank. Cockpit is nearly complete with photos soon since it will be nearly invisible once installed.

Nathan Dempsey
Added a shot of last night's work. The cockpit was installed and I'm ready to join the fuselage halves. The wheel well construction was also completed along with some paint work there.

James C
Off to a great start 👀 👍

Thomas Bischoff
I'm in - have Hobbyboss Bearcat waiting to be built.

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks James, Thomas & Robert!

Assembly continues with no issues at all.

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Villiers!
Well I had to go and say "no issues at all" out loud… Funny that the cowling fit perfectly during dry fitting but once glue was applied a bit of sanding was needed to make it fit right. Also I painted the inside of the cowl Yellow Zinc Chromate even though the instructions barely mention anything other than the cowl and prop magically there on the last step.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Guy! Welcome aboard 🙂

Major assembly is complete. Time for painting to begin.

Nathan Dempsey
Spent most of the morning sealing up the wheel wells and cockpit with tissue paper in preparation for primer and the initial color: AK Xtreme Aluminum.

Ben M
You could have just started with the Hawk plated kit 😂 I'm thinking of trying chipping fluid on the prop but I will need to prime at least under the yellow tips.

Nathan Dempsey
That certainly would have cut a step out! I'm going to use the old hairspray method since I don't want to wait a week for chipping fluid.

Nathan Dempsey
Aluminum applied today. A little splotchy but luckily it's just an undercoat for chipping.

Nathan Dempsey
Much painting last night and today: I applied the hair-spray then the Dark Sea Blue & now the chipping begins.

Mr D
Very nice 👍 yes they had thin paint and lots of wear n tear during use.
Coming along well.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice chipping effects.

Mark Sherwood
I concur with Villers. Looks well beaten up. 🤘🥸👍

Lex Jassies
Photo 3: that's not cheating....that's making the most of your model 😉. Nice progress by the way 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates for your kind comments! All work has halted due to hurricane preparations.

Mr James
Extreme wear indeed. Maybe they didnt use etching primer back in the black and white days 🙂. You've done an excellent job of it. If this effect can be achieved with the old trusted hairspray method, why would one buy the chipping fluid. Maybe there are advantages I'm unaware of.

Mr D
Not a bad little kit, looks quite robust and not to complicated. The cockpit was definitely worth getting, was it easy to find ??
Looking good 👍👍👍

Nathan Dempsey
Mr James: The hairspray has an added bonus in that one can will last for MANY projects.

Mr D: The kit is available under the Academy boxing I believe. As for the cockpit I believe it is still easy enough to find online.

Nathan Dempsey
Today I added the landing gear and the drop tank. The drop tank is not seen much in my photos, but I thought it looked nice. Decals are also done, so now it comes down to more weathering and exhaust stains.

Nathan Dempsey
Added a shot of the continuing weathering. Today I added the radio antenna wire. The last step is painting and weathering the bombs.

Nathan Dempsey
Calling this one complete. Final photos added.

Thomas Bischoff
well worn, well weatherd, well done 👍

John
Love the wear-n-tear, nice job Nathan!

Mr D
Great job,👌
Nice model, and realistically battle worn.
Well done... come out nice 👍👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nicely done.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job, Nathan! Looks great!

Neuling
Very well done! 👍

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Marcel Klemmer
Very nice job 👍

Mark Sherwood
Top notch. 🤘🥸🤟

J35J
Excellent!👍🏻

Nathan Dempsey
Thank you mates for all the kind comments! I'm motivated for the next project.

Dutch
Nathan, beuatiful work on this iconic aircraft. I love the weathering and paint chipping / fading. Truly authentic. Well done sir! Can't wait to see what's next.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Dutch! This was a fun little build. The next official project is the Mirage 2000, although I always have others going on the side lol!

Mark Sherwood
👍🥸👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Mark 🙂

bossy122
Been doing this one for years......let's see what I can accomplish....

Chris Greathouse
I think your car deflated. They usually have a good shelf life, but every once in a while you get a flat one. 😛 😛 *grabs a seat*

bossy122
Or.....I have a reeeeeeaaaally short attention span. Currently in my work area is this Alfa, Lancia S4, Lotus 102D, Peugeot 206 aaaaand a Suzuki. I will say, the Suzuki and Lotus stalled when I had to break out the air brush, but I did that today so maybe the attention will swing back ( if only for a moment😉 ).

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
great

bossy122
Decorated.....

Chris Greathouse
That looks great!

bossy122
Thanks! Now all I have to do is get the top half and the bottom half to match up....

Chris Greathouse
I've seen that can be a real challenge no matter the skill of the modeler, best of luck on that part!

bossy122
Some 5 years later, I have finally got the top and bottom to join together ( mostly ). The PE mesh for the radiators had these useless sides that fouled everything so I finally cut those off. Then I find that the butt end wasn't fitting properly either. I had to grind down this white metal bit that was supposed to act as a guide.

George Williams
Persistence pays, you've got to love Alfa Romeo cars.

Kyle DeHart
Just in time for Halloween! A fun build of this old Tom Daniel kit. Just OOB for fun as I haven't had much time at the bench.

Mr D
Very nice 👌👍👍

Kyle DeHart
Thank you very much!! It was great fun!!

Mr D
Looks great.....Those pesky Natzi's still up to now good in the afterlife 🤔🤣
Look like they ran into Patten or Monty 😉👍

Bozzer
This kit always makes me smile. That reminds me, I need to call for food! Friday is Kebab night, and traditions must continue. Beer, anyone?

John Hughes
They both seem to be out of uniform!

Kyle DeHart
They've definitely not aged well Mr D. 🤣

Fun stuff for sure Bozzer. And beer sounds like a good way to kick off the weekend. Enjoy the kebabs!!

Bozzer
Anniversary today. Already done a year! Mate, this life stretch is gonna be easy, with my stash of kits 😄 I might have to get myself, one of those though 😉

Kyle DeHart
Happy anniversary!! Enjoy things. And you should get one! 😂

Bozzer
Cheers mate, feasting on AEW and of course, beer!
And they say, romance is dead?
Tomorrow is date night, and I do believe you might be right? 👍

Michael Schubert
Super cool!! Love the dio it's awesome 👌