JA37 Viggen, Jetmads 1/32

[Aigore]

It´s the first sunday of 2022 and I have an update for you!

Paint? WE HAVE PAINT!!

I begun todays session with repriming the areas I had meddled with before. Darn it looks good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I primed the struts and wheels in Alclad Black Primer....I covered with rich coats as to see if it helped with the printed structure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time to get down to business!

 

I won´t add anything to the everending debate about preshade vs post shade or black basing. This is my prefered method and I like the results I get and therefore I keep doing it this way. Each to his/her own. I won't compare my screwdriver to your pliers... all are tools we use as we see fit.

So this is my way:

 

I use a gray primer for airframes and I start with painting Tamiya XF-63 German gray along panellines, rivet lines and areas I want in shadow. I don´t use black because the contras is too big. I use a black base on parts and areas with a lot of details like cockpits, wheel wells and landing gear.

 

 

 

 

 

My next step is to shoot squiggles all over, in this case I use the same Tamiya XF-63 but I use different coulours for this depending on what will be the top colour. This is my standard Modus Operandi for gray surfaces

It is  to break up the top colour and give it depth and structure.

 

 

 

 

 

I then finish off the preshading with random squiggles with a light gray, MRP FS36622, again to give the top colour depth and structure.

 

 

 

 

 

MRP FS36622 is a good match for the struts as well, slightly lighter than the orginal colour but with washes it will darken. There are many interesting colours on Viggen landing gears later I will go through the struts in detail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I painted the hubs in glossblack and then shot Alclad White Aluminium on top. Again, looks bright but washes will tone down the shine.

 

 

 

 

MRP has a really good match for the Swedish Blue-Gray....so on with the top coat!

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And  here's the result. MRP covers really well I only used 3 half cups to paint the entire underside and the drop tank. I am pleased

 

 

 

 

 

 

There, the underside painted, next is a bunch of masking and then time to start on that juicy splinter scheme

By the way, there's a hefty weight in this kit really felt in my left shoulder how straining it was to move it around while painting!

 

Anyways, Cheers! see you later!

Edited January 2, 2022 by Aigore

[IvanVasili]

Truly great progress!!

Your Viggen is becoming stellar 

[Aigore]

4 hours ago, MARU5137 said:

Aigore, 

 

SUPER work.

You are Inspiring all those of modellers who want a Viggen with you IMPRESSIVE  build.

 

Keep up the EXCEPTIONAL  workmanship!

 

 

Thanks Maru

 

 

[Aigore]

2 hours ago, IvanVasili said:

Truly great progress!!

Your Viggen is becoming stellar 

Thanks Ivan D

 

Let's hope so still far from done!

[Aigore]

 

Ok, my dear Viggen builders I...will point out a thing that Jetmads got wrong (and weren't too happy about me pointing it out to them...they thought I was nit picking and well I can't disagree with that but I DO Love Viggen so I want it all right)

Anyways here you can see all the different radarsensors used on Viggen

 

Top left is the old AJ sensor, a boxy looking thing. Top right is the correct JA sensor with the two "frog eyes"

 

 Note the difference of the forward radar se sort too..details that will show in 1/32

 

 

 

What jetmads gave us is the AJS sensor without the frog eyes! It's an easy fix. When I pointed it out to jetmads they claimed that both types were used on Viggen...and well both types were used on Viggen but the fighter Viggen had the one with frog eyes.

 

 

 

 

There, a small detail really but we modellers tend to like small details

Cheers

[DonH]

I am loving this build and your attention to detail and knowledge of the Viggen are exceptional.

[Aigore]

2 hours ago, DonH said:

I am loving this build and your attention to detail and knowledge of the Viggen are exceptional.

Thanks DonH

[Phartycr0c]

Keep up the great work, its exceptional. 

 

[Aigore]

7 hours ago, Phartycr0c said:

Keep up the great work, its exceptional. 

 

Thanks Phartycr0c!

[Aigore]

It´s Friday again....all be it a very early Friday, and it´s time for an update.
It is time for paint and I will actually give you 3 updates in one go but there will not be the usual Sunday update though but I´m sure you will be pleased anyways.

Green...

The time has come to start on the splinter scheme..... or Leaf Pile as it is called in Sweden.

First off I had to mask off the underside....

 

 

 

 

 

 

And for the mid green I went with MRPs excellent Mid green

 

 

 

I always start with the mid green on a Viggen splinter scheme and I start by covering the entire kit. Didn´t take that much paint as I would think, I used up my old bottle of mid green though but it was only 1/3 full. 5 half cups for covering the kit and touchups. Must say it served me well , 4x 1/48th scale kits and one 1/32nd scale

Anyhoo....it´s green now

 

 

 

 

 

A short but time consuming update

 

Cheers!

[Aigore]

The tan....

I run this very basic so if you already know just enjoy the pics and move on

Ok, time for that strangely weird tan on the VIggen that can take on any hue from sand, red brown to almost gray. More on that later first masking!

I use the Maestro masking sheet, partly because I popped the idea that he should blow up his existing masks to 1/32 and because I got a set free as finders fee

(btw, sorry for the bad white balance throughout this post, I´ll try make amends)

 

 

 

 

 

Just like it´s smaller siblings it´s  three sheets of masking joy....I actually like masking with this set....it will be my 4th model I used it on (tho smaller)

So I don´t expect any unknown problems other than the usal from using a 2D sheet to cover a 3D surface.

 

 

 

 

OK, here´s the victim ready and in position.

 

 

 

As I painted it in the wonderful Mid green from MRP it is of course the first colour to be masked.

I always begin with this mask on the left wing, it´s the easiest mask and it is like finding a corner in a puzzle, I begin here and let it grow over the surface of the kit.

 

 

 

The left wing done..... not so complicated and only take a few minutes to apply. 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I move on to do the right wing, the flat surfaces of the wings and fins are simply the simplest to begin with.

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes you end up with a spot where the masks don´t cover. I think this mask was foremost for the AJ and they have lantirns right next to the forward radarsensor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

You just fill the space with either tape or the strips that comes with the set.

There are no thing as a perfectly painted Viggen, there are not two Viggen with exctly the same cammo even though the same masking matts where used during factory painting.

A pilot told me once that the paint weighs between 4 and 500kg and are 10% slower than an unpainted jet. The sacrifices we do for a nice paintjob

 

 

 

And the fin...both sides

 

 

 

 

 

The left canard, the right canard only have a tip of the front  masked...so nothing to show.

 

 

 

With that I moved on to the forward section of the left fuselage....

 

 

 

 

 

The right side...

 

 

 

 

 

Now I started with the trickier bits since there's lots of curves on the flanks.

A bit of patience and forgivness to your self....perfect alignment is a mystical beast  I've heard of in tales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then the other side, you notice that I save the spine for last.

 

 

 

 

 

With the spine masked it was time to make my M507 tan paint. nLIke I mentioned at th beginning of this post the tan is tricky.

The MRP swedish tan is alright but I like the tan to be darker and mirkier, leaning towards grey.

My mix is 2 parts MRP Swedish tan, 1 part MRP Swedish dark green and lastly I add a few drops of dark gray. This is the mix I like, it's pulling towards green and gray. I don't say this is the way (hehe) but this is how I do it and how I like it.

 

 

 

 

 

And this is how it looks on the kit...I have saved the mixture for bettering if needed. Tomorrow I´ll mask the tan and then paint the dark green.

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Aigore]

Dark Green...

Yup, another shorty..

Here is how I left it yesterday...

 

 

SO I masked the tan....

 

 

 

 

And shot MRP Swedish Dark Green.... Tamiya XF-13 JN Green match pretty well too

 

 

 

 

 

Tomorow I´ll mask off the dark green and paint the black and then it´s revealing time

 

Cheers!

[Violator1991]

Nice work. Time consuming but must be equally rewarding.

Definitely wondering whom the Viggen Oscar will go to 

[Aigore]

3 hours ago, Violator1991 said:

Nice work. Time consuming but must be equally rewarding.

Definitely wondering whom the Viggen Oscar will go to 

Thanks Violator1991

lol, didn't know there was a competition I like to think of all Viggen builds here as being 4 differen interpretations of Viggen and each uniqueness mirrors the builders individuality. 

[Violator1991]

44 minutes ago, Aigore said:

Thanks Violator1991

lol, didn't know there was a competition I like to think of all Viggen builds here as being 4 differen interpretations of Viggen and each uniqueness mirrors the builders individuality. 

Yeah, you are all doing great. It is a feast to my jet loving eyes to watch all of you build such beautiful Viggens.

Kind of an unofficial group build here