1:72 Saab J-21R Special Hobby

Mirko Römer
Fabulous kit. After checking references and a visit to the Flygvapenmusem in our summer vacation I decided to stick to my trusty AK Real Colours.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Cool topic, following

Michael Kohl
I got the ol' Heller kit. Following with interest. Did you have to mix the colors or could you use them straight from the jar?

Mirko Römer
Thanks mates! I used the colours straight out of the jar, with lighter US od freckles over the lighter UK od.

Thomas Kolb
I have three of those kits in the stash waiting for a triple build, so I will follow with great interest. You nailed the colors pretty much perfect. It's quite an elusive greenish brown that looks different on each photo, and not easy to mix yourself. BTW, did you have problems getting the nose weights in place?

Finn
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Mirko Römer
Well, it's not too roomy. I used material for tyre balancing in nose and behind the cockpit bulkhead, appr. 15g.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice kit! Good pictures from Linköping 👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Oleg Smilyk
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Mirko Römer
You're welcome anytime! I started a seperate album with pictures from the museum.

Mirko Römer
Decals went on nicely, but are a little translucent and the yelloe could be more saturated. Micro Sol ist just doing it's job...

Mirko Römer
Wheels fixed. Washes need a little more removing, when the second layer has dried.

Mirko Römer
Uppdrag fullbordat

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant job 👍 How good is the kit?

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Shar Dipree
Great Saab J-21. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic! Congrats, Mirko!

Mirko Römer
Thank you mates for your encouraging comments!
The kit wasn't bad at all. Ok, it is not comparable to Special Hobby's recent releases, but also a big improvement over their first short run kits more than twenty years ago. It has no locator pins, panel lines are quite good, fit was almost uneventful. Instructions are excellent and you get a small pe fret with most useful parts. I also used MPM's pe parts, which are superb, but a little too bright with the green interior colour. So I had to darken these parts with washes, used IJN interior green from Tamiya and darkened the whole cockpit with corresponding intensity. Still a little too bright, but - scale effect considered - ok. Additionally I used some small photoetched lenses for the landing lights. The real downside of the kit are the decals, which are almost translucent. Decide for yourself, if you can live with them . Well, now I have to. 🙂

Oleg Smilyk
Great job,Mirko, excellent result with this kit!👍

Mirko Römer
Thanks Oleg🖖