Aigore Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 The Friday update is upon you! Nosey Geary... Hot damn, I'm running out of space, fast! Ok, let's begin with small stuff... I brush painted the tires with flat black And the belly brakes got some flat rust... The antenna behind the cockpit was painted in dayglo orange. the IFF antennas and the temperature probe in alclad steel. Alfa probe in aluminium and the fighterlink antenna in alclad steel. The extra tank got weathered and flat coated, Time for todays real project, the nose gear. This is how I left it. I used citadel metal paints for warhammer to paint the different metallic hues all over the strut. Gloss coated and put down a darkish wash to make the details pop a bit. I put on the wheels an flat coated the whole thing and dusted some pigment on the tires. Cheers! Isar 30/07, Zola25, Kais and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank83 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That's the part where I'm second to none: Tiny bits and pieces... I'm a champion in losing them They all look good Aigore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 18, 2022 Author Share Posted February 18, 2022 1 hour ago, frank83 said: That's the part where I'm second to none: Tiny bits and pieces... I'm a champion in losing them They all look good Aigore Thanks frank83 I have a small plastic can I put pieces that fall off the casting blocks.... but I've still managed to losea few parts that I ended up having to scratch Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 What can I say.....I am totally in love with this build and results are second to none. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 14 hours ago, Anthony in NZ said: What can I say.....I am totally in love with this build and results are second to none. Thanks Anthony I do try...as a very self critical builder and it is good to hear the build is appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Right, Sunday again and time for a report. Wheeling dealings Time to get the main gears done! Here are the struts as they look at the beginning of todays session. A total Viggen nerd imediately spots a big nono....besides me not cutting off the last print support. Yeah I experimented with a chrome pencil on one of the struts...wasn't happy with the result. Ok, the problem is this little box, it is the fuel control panel and it's only present on the right strut... so off with it! I reprimed the struts in black and then put on a coat of gloss black....and added the piece of kable I cut off along the fuel control panel. THen I painted it all in Alclad airframe aluminium to have a great metal base. Then I shot Alclad polished aluminium on top of all the oleos and other shiny parts and a bit of magnesium and steel on some details. To do something else I decided to cut the ladder free of the printing supports...thought I'd get by with this wild idea without breaking anything. Huh, who knew....nothing broken! Back to the struts and some tricky masking....would have been easier if the strut wasn't printed in one glorius piece. I shot some FS36322 on top and unmasked. Next detail painting with Citadel Leadbelcher on the darker metal pieces and some dark gray on the cables. Then some details with brushpainting on chromesilver from the pencil....it is solvable in acrylic thinner, who knew. With the details painted on the struts I had a look at the wheels.... added a small red decal next to the hub. I just cut up a red decal since there wasn't any decals for the wheels in the box. Glued oin the wheels and gloss coated them Next a few washes and some pigment before I put down a flat coat and sealed it all. The wheels are done! Cheers! Landrotten Highlander, GreyGhost, Christoffer Lindelav and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phartycr0c Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 incredible! the gear parts are superbly detailed as rendered but take a lot of delicate handling. This, as usual, is great work.! Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 8 hours ago, Phartycr0c said: incredible! the gear parts are superbly detailed as rendered but take a lot of delicate handling. This, as usual, is great work.! Thanks Phartycr0c The end is near...I can feel it! Perhaps just a month away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treehugger Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) Quick question: How is the landing gear glued onto the model? Can they be fitted onto the model after completing the build? (Apparently so). Edited February 22, 2022 by Treehugger typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 2 hours ago, Treehugger said: Quick question: How is the landing gear glued onto the model? Can they be fitted onto the model after completing the build? (Apparently so). Ooooh tricky that's the next update jokes aside... the main gears has a groove that correspond to a lug in the wheel well and the nose gear it's the opposite there are grooves that the nose gear slides in to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Yes, I almost forgot the Friday update but here it comes! It stands! Time to put on the legs on this beast! It wasn´t a snug fit so I had to sand off a bit to make this two pronged fork fit in the nose bay. With a very satisfying "CHUNK" the nose gear popped into place.....lovely. Hmmm...what´s this in the groove? Hehehe...turned out to be some left over tack-it by my own device....whoops. No satisfying "CHUNK" this time but the struts fits securely into the wheel bays. And the other one in place as well! IT STANDS! Enough of that... I glued in the big doors, when a Viggen is parked they are closed but a bit ajar. Yeah yeah, here´s a few more pics of the standing Viggen There... Well what's left to do now? A lot of small stuff to begin with, antennas, lights, rear radar sensor, pitottubes and probes. The slightly bigger stuff are the canopy and the weapons, oh and the rest of the landing bay doors and the ladder. Cheers! Zola25, mattcour, Rockie Yarwood and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcour Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 That's rockin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 hours ago, mattcour said: That's rockin' Thanks mattcour indeed heavy metal! Wonder what song would fit with Viggen? Thunderstruck by AC/DC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Aigore said: Thanks mattcour indeed heavy metal! Wonder what song would fit with Viggen? Thunderstruck by AC/DC? Surely some Swedish death metal would be more appropriate? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aigore Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 5 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said: Surely some Swedish death metal would be more appropriate? Kev LoL how about some Hammerfall? LSP_Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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