Gamera

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

I dug my old Lindberg Drakken out of storage.

No modern decals.

I am deciding if I want to try that camo scheme on it or go some other scheme.

 

 

 

Come on! Do the crazy four colour camo scheme!!!

If I fail on mine I'm going to commit suicide by lutefisk .......

 

Suicide by Lutefisk?

Folks will say you Lye-d................

May need to paint in splinter pattern

Just have the Lindberg kit's Swedish national insignia.

VanceCrozier

 

ahhh, the stuff a guy will eat to impress a girl!

I won't even go there on here....

Goose- Just an idea, I did one time see a picture of an all white Draken, that looked pretty neat....

sub revolution

VanceCrozier:

 

ahhh, the stuff a guy will eat to impress a girl!

 

I won't even go there on here....

Goose- Just an idea, I did one time see a picture of an all white Draken, that looked pretty neat....

Ok, guess I walked right into that one

SGoose: Guess I'm better off living a lye than dying by one...

sub revolution

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

 

 

ahhh, the stuff a guy will eat to impress a girl!

 

 

I won't even go there on here....

Goose- Just an idea, I did one time see a picture of an all white Draken, that looked pretty neat....

An Albino Draken ?

Hmm...thanks, I'll check on it !

Gamera

 

sub revolution:

 

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

 

ahhh, the stuff a guy will eat to impress a girl!

 

 

I won't even go there on here....

Goose- Just an idea, I did one time see a picture of an all white Draken, that looked pretty neat....

 

 

Ok, guess I walked right into that one

SGoose: Guess I'm better off living a lye than dying by one...

OK

Makes sense.

Anything else may be viewed as fishy

Hi Vance,

I've just bought a 1/48 Hasegawa Draken for this GB. Can I come in please ?

When is the finish date ?

Cheers

Tony

taxtp

Hi Vance,

I've just bought a 1/48 Hasegawa Draken for this GB. Can I come in please ?

When is the finish date ?

Cheers

Tony

Tony! Come on in, bring the wife & kids too! Finish date is December 31 2012. (I'll have to add that up front)

I must apologize, I promised Saab work this weekend, but ended up working on my Flanker instead. Same ol' Saab story....

Just added the badge up front and here as well. Couldn't resist including the Swedish Chef, as a reminder to have fun!

VanceCrozier

 

taxtp:

 

Hi Vance,

I've just bought a 1/48 Hasegawa Draken for this GB. Can I come in please ?

When is the finish date ?

Cheers

Tony

 

 

Tony! Come on in, bring the wife & kids too! Finish date is December 31 2012. (I'll have to add that up front)

I must apologize, I promised Saab work this weekend, but ended up working on my Flanker instead. Same ol' Saab story....

 

Just added the badge up front and here as well. Couldn't resist including the Swedish Chef, as a reminder to have fun!

LOL wonderfull badge!!

bsyamato

 

Just added the badge up front and here as well. Couldn't resist including the Swedish Chef, as a reminder to have fun!

 

 

LOL wonderfull badge!!

 

I LIKE it!!!

Gamera

bsyamato:

Just added the badge up front and here as well. Couldn't resist including the Swedish Chef, as a reminder to have fun!

 

LOL wonderfull badge!!

 

I LIKE it!!!

I dig it.

Hi Vance.

Please put me down for a 1/72 Italeri JAS 39 Grippen in SAAF sceeme :-)

Theuns

Theuns

Hi Vance.

Please put me down for a 1/72 Italeri JAS 39 Grippen in SAAF sceeme :-)

Theuns

You're doing a SAAF camo? Really?!? NO WAY!!!! 

Adding you right now Theuns, nice little kit to put together, just watch out for that big gap on the tail - still not sure what they were thinking there...

Only doing the SAAf sceeme as it is the prettiest (of all the lov wiz greys LOL!)

Thanx for the heads up about the fit issue, will check it out.

Theuns

Theuns

Only doing the SAAf sceeme as it is the prettiest (of all the lov wiz greys LOL!)

Thanx for the heads up about the fit issue, will check it out.

 

Theuns

Oh it fits well enough, but there is a large gap that has to be filled. Low-viz greys.... maybe try a "what-if" green & tan scheme like on the Mirage I built....

That green /tan sceeme was totally inefective in Angola. The SADF intercepted radio coms between the Angolan MiG drivers and ground controll where they said it was easy to visulally acuire the tan.

I am also not the biggest fan of low viz greys, but I rather like the diamond pattern we have on.

The cockpit is basically complete. WIll post pix later.

Theuns

ahhhh the diamond pattern, yes, I'd forgotten what it looked like, it is rather nice looking...

Well at our club meeting last night one of the guys brought by several boxes of models left to the club by former member Tommy Carr who passed away about a year ago. Tommy was a big Saab groupie, aways buying their cars and one box was full of Saab models. So I picked up a 1/72nd Gripen (I think the same kit as Vance''s) and a 1/72 Saab 17 dive bomber/scout by some limited run company I've never heard of before. Both look like nice kits, I'll try to get photos of the boxes up late this weekend.

Vance, if I get some progress done on some of my other stuff I might start working on the Saab 17 if it's ok with you while still holding off on the Viggen.

Gamera

Well at our club meeting last night one of the guys brought by several boxes of models left to the club by former member Tommy Carr who passed away about a year ago. Tommy was a big Saab groupie, aways buying their cars and one box was full of Saab models. So I picked up a 1/72nd Gripen (I think the same kit as Vance''s) and a 1/72 Saab 17 dive bomber/scout by some limited run company I've never heard of before. Both look like nice kits, I'll try to get photos of the boxes up late this weekend.

Vance, if I get some progress done on some of my other stuff I might start working on the Saab 17 if it's ok with you while still holding off on the Viggen.

A B17?!?! Go for it, I can't say I've seen one kitted before. Lots of glass to mask in that one!

Oh yeah, B17- sorry I'm not that familar with the aircraft so I messed up the designation.

It's this one here.

I'll try to get up a photo of the box late this weekend or early next week. Not a big fan of 1/72nd kits but this one is pretty nice esp for limited run. Comes with a choice of wheels, floats, or skis and a BIG sheet of decals for about a half-a-dozen nations that used her.

I'd like to get the kit built sometime in any case as a bit of a tribute to Tommy since he never got to build her.

The Navigator

Gamera-

Is that the Marivox kit? If so, I've read good things about it. 

YES! That's it, should have written down the company name before I left the house the morning. Yes! Marivox is the name, box says they're a Polish company.

Definatly nice kit, good sharp molding and piles of options.

Here's a review:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1997/09/stuff_eng_kit_marivox_b17.htm

The Navigator

Here's a review:

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1997/09/stuff_eng_kit_marivox_b17.htm

 

Cool thanks!!!

Only now that Owl is kicking off her GB I'm cross-posting the Viggen too I'm caught between the two aircraft

I made a little progress on my Grippen. It is not the best fittling model, with the wingroot needing some "effort" to try and stil right.

Simple kit and it's just a pitty I can't use the missles as the SAAF uses IRIS and not Sidewinders, Anyway here "inland" they rarely fly "missled up" LOL!

The decals for the SAAF is actually nice, exccept for the eagles inside the "coockycutters" that all look to their left. Half should look right. I got other decals though.

This is just a simple build, nothing special about it.

Theuns

Here is the basic airframe joined together, lots of work needed to make it smooth :-(

Theuns

Theuns started?? nice work on the cockpit and decals will be made a really cute piece

i'm collecting resources for the viggen starting soon but here actual status

Edit:

founder older pictures of the saab before the cuts:

Theuns the gripen seems fit good

Theuns & Bsyamato: Great work guys, coming along nicely

Since Owl posted the 'Forces of Nature' GB I should be joining you guys in about two weeks (July 1st). I've decided to go ahead on the Viggen and leave the Saab B17 to later.

Ahhhhh - progress! Good start fellows. I ended up working on the Flanker this weekend, will soon be prepping that and the Gripen for primer.

Ok guys, here's what I bought out of Tommy's old stash, including the Marivox kit.