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Neil
Thanks Villiers de Vos

Treehugger
Btw, there are two tiny thingies at both end of the big wings. These are nav lights of sorts. Red on the left side, and blue on the right side, according to some paint chart I've seen recently.

Neil
Hi Treehugger ? kind of you to offer advice... Excellent build help indeed. Thanks for the tip ?

Neil
Thanks Petr 👍

Gary Victory
Looking good Neil.

Neil
Thanks very much Gary, kind of you to comment 🙂 👍

Neil
Thanks for commenting Flight Line Media 👍

James C
Looking good and following 👍

Neil
Cheers James 🙂

Neil
Thanks Roland 👍🙂

Jos Jansen
Oh wow...missed this one...following mate!

Andrew Horton
Wow! I look forward to seeing this build completed.

Mirko Römer
You can never have enough Viggens... 👍

Neil
Thanks Jos 👍 🙂 and Flight Line Media 👍

Neil
I agree Mirko! 💯👍

Konrad -
Awesome Neil!!

Neil
Hi Konrad 🙂 thanks very much 👍

Robert Podkoński
Viggen in yellow and blue!!! I love it! Watching with pleasure, Neil.

Neil
Excellent! Welcome aboard Robert 👍🙂

Neil
Hi all 🙂 I've finally got around to taking 'reveal' pictures for many of my previous build albums. I shall be updating each and including a few build notes in the description too - especially on the bits I messed up!

Here is my version of that 'Blu Petter' kit for the Airfix Saab Viggen completed in 2021. Excuses alert! It wasn't the best fitting kit, being an earlier Airfix effort.

Thanks to all who showed interest and liked, it's greatly appreciated 👍

Robert Podkoński
Looks perfect, Neil. Congrats!

Neil
Thanks Robert. you're too kind mate 🙂 👍

Christian
Hey Neil, really nice Viggen!

Neil
Cheers Christian! 😁

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice Neil, looks amazing.

James C
Congrats mate, that's a stunning finish 👍

Neil
Thanks Jennifer!

Spanjaard
very nice result in this old kit, love it.

Neil
Thanks James C 👍 and to those who've liked!

Neil
Thanks very much indeed for saying that Spanjaard, appreciate it 🙏🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wow! Great looking Viggen. Vibrant Blue and yellow

Neil
Thanks very much Robin! 🙂

gorby
WOW! Amazing result Neil.

Neil
Thanks very much Gorby. Much appreciated 👍

Gary Victory
Really nice finish Neil. That blue really pops..👍. Great work Sir.

Daniel
Quite an eye catcher, very nice work 👍

CaptGPF
Loved the coloring and restrained weathering. Very well done!

Neil
Hi Gary, Daniel and CaptGPF, thanks very much mates. Really appreciate you talented bunch commenting. I too love the kit colour scheme on this one and with hindsight; and an acceptance of some kit flaws, in my opinion it builds up into a pretty decent kit for an older Airfix one 👍 Thanks also to all those who've liked my efforts here too 🙂

Shar Dipree
Very nice viggen. Good work! 👍

Neil
Thanks very much Shar 🙂👍 and thanks to others for the recent likes also 👍

Jennifer Franklin
I love the blue, it's remarkable.

Neil
Thanks very much Jennifer 🙂

Rando
Majestic!

István Szücs
Great start!

hannahbecker
Hello modeller member! recently I buy the kit ARBA ARADO AR581-4 scale 1-48 but inside the little bags dont have a little metalic piece...one piece of the cover the hold of the landing gear! in the kit are used two metalic pieces! Can you to send this lost piece to me by Brazilian POST SERVICE directly to home address? I can buy by this service and I can send the pic of this piece by email to you to identify correctly the lost piece ok? standing your providences...hannah werlang becker!

Thomas Mayer
Maybe you should contact the seller? Here, you posted this on ScaleMates...

Alec K
A biplane?!? Taking a seat for sure. Your engine looks nice and greasy 🙂 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Alec! Yes, this is my very first project of WWI plane 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Good luck. 🥸👍

Simon O'Gorman
Really impressive.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Mark and Simon!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Alec K
Cockpit looks excellent Jakube 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Jakub, the construction progress so far looks very good.
Maybe you'll find a liking in WWI models. 😉

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates!
Ludvíku, i must say, that i am enjoing it so far. But there will be more challenges later( riggings, lozenge....) So, i will see. But i believe, that WWII will remains my priority 🙂

bughunter
I'm a bit late in commenting do to my holiday - nice work so far!
Since there are some pitfalls: do you want a fun build or should it be correct?
Which specific serial do you plan to build?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Frank!
I want to build 8244/17 of Jasta 54. This marking is, according Eduard instructions, just a reconstruction based on the description in the flight log, revealed in the Jasta Color book. So, in my opinion it will be difficult to buid it 100% correct 🙂 However, I will of course be grateful for any advice and recommendations

bughunter
Ok, on a Pfalz D.IIIa the engine is different. The very simplified Eduard (the pipe work on the lower end of the cylinders is the water, what you have painted dark red - but this is not much visible later) engine shows a older 160hp Mercedes D.III. This is especially shown by the valve train, which can be seen on top of the engine.
Two bolts on top, and the valve in the middle: [img1]

The later 185hp Mercedes D.IIIa was also available for some Pfalz D.III, and nearly all of Pfalz D.IIIa pictures shows this stronger version. The drawings I know too. The engine is a little bit bigger, but the valve train looks very different - four bolts and the valves rockers comes out of the side:
[img1]

Roden has a better representation of this engine (same sprue on all kits), and it is also more correct in size. That means I cannot get it into this model 🙁

No worries mate, only an expert will notice on the finished model 🙂

And regarding the wings: I strongly recommend Aviattic decals. The ones printed on clear paper (normal) and the ones printed on white for rib tapes. Or you use the Eduard rib tapes. I have some build logs explaining the usage.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you very much, Frank, for your help!
While going through the photos and drawings of the engines, I noticed that each type is different, but I was quite confused as to which engine was the right one. In the end I didn't deal with it and just tried to scratchbuild some visible details that are missing from the kit. For example the air pump, pipes and hoses leading from the radiator on the upper wing etc. I use the WnW manual and kit ( borrowed from a friend of mine) as the main source of information 🙂

Thanks for the advice on decals. I'll try to get the Aviattic ones. But I don't know if it will be easier for me to use the lozenge decals from the kit, which are already prepared in the shape of a wing. I will see...

Alec K
Regardless the path you take, I am sure this will be a superb build 🙂👍

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

Fco. Melendez
Thank you!