JA37 Viggen, Jetmads 1/32

[Christoffer Lindelav]

Your Viggen is looking great and I love your mess on the bench 

[Aigore]

41 minutes ago, Christoffer Lindelav said:

Your Viggen is looking great and I love your mess on the bench 

Hahahaha Thanks Christoffer

I have no clue how I always manage to create such a mess

[Aigore]

Time for the Friday update!

More small stuff...

Well models doesn't build themself you know, so on to the building!

 

Today's first action was to drill a small hole on the port side close to the nosegear.

 

 

 

 

 

And it's for this little thing that pretty much every model are built without.

 

 

 

 

 

It is what it looks like, a small pitottube wich function escapes me at the moment but I bet I will be told soon

 

 

 

 

 

Next it's time to detail the inside of the canopy. Did a little painting and drybrushing first.

 

 

 

 

 

Then a little green wire was added...its other end will be attached at the ejection seat.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I made this little thingy that goes into the top rear of the frame....I have no clue what it is. The cable will be gray and the contact black.

 

 

 

 

 

And this thingy, I will cut it to shape but it's a box that fits inside the rear frame with a thick white cable running from it.

 

 

 

 

 

The pieces painted and glued into place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I handpainted the ladder....no worries it'll be worn

 

 

 

 

 

Then it was time for the Eduard goodies.... I'll use the Sparrow as a Skyflash, as they are pretty much indistinguishable from each other.

The Sidewinders are as is...

 

 

 

 

 

 

First I added the fins.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I had to clean the Jetmads launchers.

 

 

 

 

 

First with THE DREMEL, MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...

 

 

 

 

 

And then the scraper to get rid of the printlines!

 

 

 

 

 

Done

 

 

 

 

 

I ended today's session with impailing the launchers and missiles.... ready for primer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHeers!

[Aigore]

Aha...Now I know what that little pitot tube is for, it is for determining when groundspeed is high enough to allow steering by rudder instead of the nose wheel.

It automaticly change between wheel steering and rudder steering 

[Aigore]

Wow, Sunday AGAIN?! Time flies...

Weponisation

Today I continued with the weapons...

 

First I primed all in alclad flat black primer/microfiller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THen I used white primer on top of that for everything that will be painted gloss white.

 

 

 

 

Then on with the gloss white....hmm doesn't show that well but they are painted

 

 

 

 

 

On to the Sidewinders, I put down gloss black on the forward section.

 

 

 

 

 

And painted it in Alclad steel.

 

 

 

 

 

Next I masked the border between the metal and the rest of the missile body.

 

 

 

 

I painted the body in FS36375 light ghost gray

 

 

 

 

 

Then I brush painted the band and tip in aluminium.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used my chrome pensil and decanted some paint and brush painted the small bands and the very tip of the 'winder

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished the painting on the 'winders with Citadel Ironhand steel on the rollerons.

 

 

 

 

 

Back to the skyflashes, I masked off the tip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

THen painted the tips in FS36622, a very light gray, almost off white.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished the session with gloss varnish over all.... next the decals!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Aigore]

A Bonus!!!

The Loadout

All about the ordnance today. I begin with all the pesky decals.....tho the Eduard decals are really  nice for decals.

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, but first the seeker heads for the 'winders before I forget them again.

 

 

 

 

 

Looks really nice in place.

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, the decals.....they are finally on, there was like a gazillion of them but I sort of forgot the smallest.....

 

 

 

 

 

And next the Skyflash...I may have put  a "AIM-7 Sparrow" mariking on them but I dare the model judge to spot it

 

 

 

 

 

After the decals were on I sealed them with another coat of gloss varnish and then I set out to dirty them up a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the wash had dried I wiped it off....don't want them too dirty I just want the details to pop a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unfortunately I didn't get launchers with the Eduard missiles so I have to use the Jetmads launchers...and they don't match the Eduard missiles.

 

 

 

 

 

I had to do a bit of "crafting" with the Dremel both on the launchers and on the missiles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make the missiles grip the launchers I drilled holes in the missiles and launchers and glued piano wire in them

 

 

 

 

 

With that the 'winders are done...

 

 

 

 

 

I did the same thing on the Skyflashes...

 

 

 

 

 

So here is the Viggen cold war fighter loadout.. 4x AIM-9M Sidewinder (Rb74) and 2x Skyflash (Rb71), a drop tank and that wicked 30mm KCA gun

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Phartycr0c]

The loadout detail work is superb. This is a real head turner. 

 

[Aigore]

13 hours ago, Phartycr0c said:

The loadout detail work is superb. This is a real head turner. 

 

 

Thanks Phartycr0c

The Eduard missiles are gems! 

 

9 hours ago, MARU5137 said:

Jan, 

Exceptional work on the weaponry. 

Smart job done on it.

Thanks Maru

1/32nd scale is way more forgiving on the eyes than 1/48th scale yeah I'm getting old

[Aigore]

It's Friday and you know what time it is! UPDATEY TIME!

 

 

The teeth are sharp on this one...

Well then...not much to say really.

Not a big update but it took a while of trimming and positioning before I was happy. 

I even had to remove a wheelbay door to make room for the Skyflash.

Well that's an importan obseration btw. The supports for the main wheelbay doors may be a bit long so you need to take a off a bit to get the doors in the right position, so be aware of this part!

well anyways I got the weapons loaded and the Giagant Viggen just got meaner!

 

I started with the Skyflashes because it was the most work to get into place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next the drop tank....some smal fit issues because I hade puttied over the holes for the fastening luggs. I got that Dremeled real fast.

 

 

 

The 'winders were the easiest to fit, just be avare that the luggs my need a bit of shortening as to fit in the holes in the pylons.

First the belly 'winders.

 

 

 

 

 

Then the wing 'winders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There you have it.....armed to bear! I got really tired in my left arm from holding that big resin lump, almost dropped it once

 

 

 

 

Cheers!

[Aigore]

And here is the Sunday update!

This is it.

 

With this update I can do  no more until I have the turned brass pitot tubes. When that happens I don't know and have no control over, all I can tell you is that Maestro have them in the works and that they will be available before the summer.

until then you hav e to make do with this update and perhaps I´ll do the boarding ladder some day but for now this is it!

 

Looking good with the weapons on...

 

 

 

 

Now for the canopy attachement...it wen't on without a hitch

 

 

 

 

 

NOw I just have to arrange them cables and cords from the canopy.

 

 

 

 

 

The two goes behind the seat, in fact the green should be connected to the seat but I think this is good enough.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I drilled a 0.6mm hole for the alfa probe and glued it in place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then this poor little antenna on the spine...I hope it stays

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm...I lost the picture of the temp probe but it's in place under the right canard.

what else is there.... I have a nagging feeling I've forgotten something.

Here's some pics while I ponder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ahhhh...the saftey handle for the bang seat!!!

 

 

 

 

 

There you have it my friends, thank you for patiently following this build for 6 months or so!
A few more things has been forgotten or will be changes as new facts has been recieved but I will not make an update of those.
You will see in the Finish Pictures later this spring.

 

See you in the next project! 

 

Cheers!

[geedubelyer]

Great job Aigore.

Your Viggen turned out beautifully.

It's been a pleasure following along. Thanks for sharing the ride. 

Cheers.

[Aigore]

3 minutes ago, geedubelyer said:

Great job Aigore.

Your Viggen turned out beautifully.

It's been a pleasure following along. Thanks for sharing the ride. 

Cheers.

Thank you for following along for the ride

I hope the finsish-pics will be good and I hope I can have them for you all before the summer.

[Aigore]

10 minutes ago, MARU5137 said:

Jan,

What a STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS looking Viggen you have built ,with so many detailed parts, that it has been tremendously sweet and enthralling to follow your build/construction et al.

She looks quite majestic and mean with it.

Thank you. 

KUDOS....      

Thank you Maru

I hope all will be seated again for the next project....you'll see on friday when I post my first update

a clue is Slava Ukraini

[Zola25]

Congratulations on finishing it - what a journey 

 

It looks amazing. I really like the faded paintjob. Really cool!

 

/Niels 

[mattcour]

This has been a joy to follow along, Aigore. Great build and I'm looking forward to seeing the RFI pictures until summer... which means you have plenty of time to correct the position of the seat safety handle  

 

"STOLEN SAKRAD" should face the inwards I think, while the triangular end of the handle must face outwards off the seat.