JetMads 1/32 Viggen

[adameliclem]

1 minute ago, Paramedic said:

 

That´s because it is how it looks! There is like a hook keeping it up. This is the normal pic.

Ah, interesting. Does Jetmads incorporate that detail, or does the modeler have to make the necessary adjustments?

 

Adam

[Paramedic]

Good question.. I glued mine on the tarangus ones I made, just like that. I will see if I can get the exact details how it works.. Cannot really remember (just read and been told about it - have no actual experience myself).

[Paramedic]

From Emil Lindberg whom..  Knows these things.   (You can see him credited for quite a few pictures in the Squadron Walk Around etc)

The inner doors were closed after extending the gearto protect against dirt. After the engine is closed down, they hung on a small hooks that could be actuated to lower the door to access hydraulic pipes, the door to the engine's magnetic plug, etc.

I google translated his answe from Swedish, which was not exactly correct (by google! Not his answer) in a few instances so changed it to make sense. Any mistakes still there are mine..

 

Edit:

So, the only time the hatches hung down on the ground was if a technician checked something inside

From Emil.

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[Rainer Hoffmann]

42 minutes ago, Paramedic said:

 

That´s because it is how it looks! There is like a hook keeping it up. This is the normal pic.

 

Yes, indeed. It's the same with the main gear doors of Starfighters.

 

Cheers

Rainer

[Paramedic]

Cool, I had no idea. Maybe a common thing? I only have a little, tiiny, bit of knowledge of a couple of fav aircraft.. The rest I am a complete noob about..

The P-51D has some simila rthing? But no hooks, so when the hydraulic pressure falls, they hang down..?

[mattcour]

Thank you all for the ideas and information, gentlemen. Much appreciated.

Now I feel better that opening and detailing them up is a good idea. I will post here if I find any image or more detailed information.

[mattcour]

3 hours ago, adameliclem said:

Hi Matt,

 

Considering that sticky or slippy undercarriage doors have been a common ailment across a/c types for a long time, I think your ground maintenance idea makes perfect sense. The only photo I can find of an inner door that isn’t fully closed is this one:

 

Not wide open, but not shut tight, either. If you made one of the inner doors droop a bit more to expose your detailing, I think you’d be in the plausibility-visibility sweet spot, imho.
 

Cheers

Adam

Thanks Adam, great photo, thanks for sharing this. And this is inspiring as well. Because "loading up the cannon" may also be good dioarama subject. 

The cannon is a separate part in the Jetmads kit and luckily it is not totally solid and has a void where some detailing for the cannon like the one on this picture may be possible. I'll check if the cannon part would allow suitable separation in certain places. And I'll have to look further cannon photos if I can find.

Opening both the gear door wells and the cannon at the same time would be unrealistic most probably so I think I'll have to choose just one.

 

Matt

 

[Phartycr0c]

6 hours ago, Stokey Pete said:

I think you’re all a bunch of rotters. Telling me that you’re getting yours so soon just isn’t cricket. 

Pete< you going to Telford? if so I can tell you in person 

[adameliclem]

Yeah, that gun pack is wicked cool, Matt. Given the choice between detailing one gun pack or two wheel wells, I’d take the gun pack. It would be more visible, too.
 

That photo really sells the simplicity of servicing a Viggen. No “one screw, one unique and expensive tool” crap at all. 
 

Adam

[Paramedic]

1 hour ago, mattcour said:

Thanks Adam, great photo, thanks for sharing this. And this is inspiring as well. Because "loading up the cannon" may also be good dioarama subject. 

The cannon is a separate part in the Jetmads kit and luckily it is not totally solid and has a void where some detailing for the cannon like the one on this picture may be possible. I'll check if the cannon part would allow suitable separation in certain places. And I'll have to look further cannon photos if I can find.

Opening both the gear door wells and the cannon at the same time would be unrealistic most probably so I think I'll have to choose just one.

 

Matt

 

 

Search for "AKAN m/75" or "Oerlikon KCA" And you will find some decent pics. I have a couple from Flygvapnet´s dispalys on my computer somewhere.. Nasty shellsDifferent from the A 10s in fuze and casing metal only - well, not the same warheads but dimensions.

 

Edit:

 

Some here:

 

https://www.armedconflicts.com/CHE-Oerlikon-KCA-t19484

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[mydesign]

On 4/7/2021 at 7:59 PM, JMcD said:

As it was in 2013, when I saw it. The paint was kind of fresh then, it is not the original painting and colors.

Eight years of natural weathering seems to have given it a better looks, as the dark green is now more natural, but the light green and the tan need maybe another decade or so to come close the real thing   

 

 

 

 

 

This Viggen at the Aviodrome is also seen along with some other Viggens at the  Walk around at the IPMS Netherlands website:

 

 

https://www.ipms.nl/walkarounds/walkaround-jets/804-walkaround-saab-viggen

 

Hint: at the IPMS NL website, more than 500 walk arounds are presented!  

 

[Chek]

So anyway, I've decided to send a request to Yahu models to consider producing one of their panels for the Viggen, but I need some LSP community help.

I surmise that quite a few of the 1000 kit buyers would prefer a top quality part, as the JetMADS one is a little sub-par compared with the rest of the kit.

 

Would someone with an unassembled kit be able to supply a reasonably h-res photo of the kit panel, with its dimensions annotated? I don't expect

Yahu could rush out and acquire one for themselves.

 

To simplify matters I'll guess a JA-37D with digital screens would be a good average subject , rather than the earlier analogue one.

[Stokey Pete]

Today’s a happy day, I finally got notification that my kit has been despatched. 

[BloorwestSiR]

Mine arrived the other day. The cardboard box it came didn't look too bad but the kit box had all four corners crushed. Checking the contents, the ladder and tow bar are broken and so is one of the wing tips. I'll see if I can find the broken pieces. If not, I'll email Jetmads. 

 

Carl

[Kagemusha]

1 hour ago, BloorwestSiR said:

Mine arrived the other day. The cardboard box it came didn't look too bad but the kit box had all four corners crushed. Checking the contents, the ladder and tow bar are broken and so is one of the wing tips. I'll see if I can find the broken pieces. If not, I'll email Jetmads. 

 

Carl

 

That's a bit of a kick in the teeth Carl, you wait all that time, and find fate hasn't been kind, I'd email Jetmads regardless.