Aigore Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 10 hours ago, chrish said: I just spent a couple hours going through this EPIC build! This is amazing and the “go to” for anyone building one! Thanks chrish I'm really happy my idle ramblings and frolicking about brought you such joy chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 Ah, Friday again and here is a small update again. Moving on After finishing that splinter cammo one would think that the model is all but finished but no. Now it's about making the canvas ready.... everything up to this has been a transport distance and there are more to do before it is time to breath life to the model and give it a soul. It's a serene moment when you move on to the small stuff. First off is to paint the regulator and you also see the edge of the cover that shuts the reverser slits in supersonic flight. I begun with masking I masked the fin tip as well. Then I shot Alclad Gloss Black Base I use Alclad Airframe Aluminium to get that shiny base that I can work with The next step was to shoot Alclad steel and then remove the mask. I shot Alclad Gloss Black Base on the fintip and the nose cone. Then I bettered the intake lips with Alclad white aluminium I'm thinking of leaving this beauty spot as is in fact you will find lots of these on real Viggens too....the paint shop wasn´t manned with modellers There you go Next on my to do-list are the black edges on the wings and fins, fix the forward radarsensors, do some bettering painting here and there and from there move on to the wheels and struts. Cheers! Starfighter, D.B. Andrus, Landrotten Highlander and 13 others 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockie Yarwood Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 14, 2022 Author Share Posted January 14, 2022 2 hours ago, Rockie Yarwood said: Awesome! Thanks Rockie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 15, 2022 Author Share Posted January 15, 2022 I have to share this! A mate made me new F4 wing shields, I refuse to use the rubbish jetmads put in the box, and they have arrived! They are magnificent, just look at this! Cheers! Fanes, sandokan and Christoffer Lindelav 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Time for the Sunday update Much ado about nothing Right, this is where I left it yesterday... Now for one of the most boring paintjobs there are, the protective tape on the wings and fins edges! They are in black and to avoid overspray this means a LOT of masking for little gain, but it has to be done! Sheeesh, an hour later the masking was done and ready for a minute and half paint session! And after carefully removing all masking all of this is the result Alright that´s enough for today... more masking tomorrow with the intake lips and the main wheel wells....at least that will be fun Cheers! Landrotten Highlander, Treehugger, Scotsman and 16 others 17 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 Hmmm...I have no clue why some of the picture links don´t work I have tried different ways but for some reason some picture links simply doesn´t work! It's very annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landrotten Highlander Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 bit odd about the links, but then again, technology is fallable. Very nice work by the way, taking plenty of notes for when I will start mine (and I WILL start mine, just not sure when) Christoffer Lindelav 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 16, 2022 Author Share Posted January 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said: bit odd about the links, but then again, technology is fallable. Very nice work by the way, taking plenty of notes for when I will start mine (and I WILL start mine, just not sure when) Thanks! Come on, I know you want to! Landrotten Highlander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Stunning! absolutely stunning! the time and effort taken in build and preparation ha paid off in spades. That paintwork is gorgeous. Keep it up! and Landrotten, come in the water is lovely! Edited January 17, 2022 by Phartycr0c Landrotten Highlander, Aigore, Derek B and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 3 hours ago, Phartycr0c said: Stunning! absolutely stunning! the time and effort taken in build and preparation ha paid off in spades. That paintwork is gorgeous. Keep it up! and Landrotten, come in the water is lovely! Thanks Phartycr0c there's a lot I'm happy about in this kit and there are other things that displeases me a bit....it will be a good looking kit as long as you don't start looking at it in miniscule detail. I'm afraid it won't be show winner but it'll look fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 Ah, Friday again and here thngs are moving on at a steady pace. Well well, masking wells. Today I decided to try something new for the intake lips coroguards... a black pen! I only masked thin strips... Well that turned out good enough, maybe next time instead of masking the entire thing I should use a pen instead OK I'm sorry about the white balance, the light conditions changed faster than I could change the settings Anyhoo....I filled in those pesky little spots with stripped paint. A bit of polish on that and we're fine. Now for the masking bit......ugh. Made a couple of inside the well masks too since the walls and the ceiling in the wells are different colours. About the colour, it was hard to determin if the ceiling is in anodised aluminium or painted in a light gray... Had me pondering for a bit before I tried two different grays and ran with this lightgray with a pull towards blue as to make contrast to the gears that have a lightgrays with a pull towars brown. Then I masked the ceiling and shot dark green on the walls. And here is the result, I will start detailpainting later Cheers! Isar 30/07, allbann, blackbetty and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 And it's Sunday again Shiny! I detailpainted the main wheel wells with some gray panels and i painte the pipes with a silver pen. Checking my refs I saw a gauge on one of the panels, could be a G meter for the ground crew to see how much G forces the fuselage has sustained. I had a nice decal I could use anyway And put in place. Next I had to glue these small things in place, I think they are for when ground crew loads the pylons, they fasten a mobile hand cranked winch in them Glued in place, I will hand paint them later. I noticed that I had not got rid of those print lines from the main gear doors so more putty ....yay. I had to sand all wheel well doors Then I primed the forward radar sensors in Alclad flat black. And the outer faces of the MLG doors got primed in gray and then painted in the belly main color. LAstly I put down a few layers of gloss varnish over all. There that´s all for today, tomorrow some wheel well weathering and other small stuff Cheers! Scotsman, Kagemusha, johncrow and 14 others 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 1:06 PM, Aigore said: Hmmm...I have no clue why some of the picture links don´t work I have tried different ways but for some reason some picture links simply doesn´t work! It's very annoying. I've taken the liberty of correcting this, though the links I posted were exactly as you had, technology, eh! Great work on the Viggen, how lucky we are to have such a great kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted January 23, 2022 Author Share Posted January 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Kagemusha said: I've taken the liberty of correcting this, though the links I posted were exactly as you had, technology, eh! Great work on the Viggen, how lucky we are to have such a great kit. Thanks a million! I have no clue as to what was the problem....probably the stars where misaligned or something And thanks! I hope Jetmads will listen to my views when I'm done with the kit. There are a few things that would benefit from a change when the release the next Viggen. Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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