What's going on in here?

Ahhh - the panel lines! Yes, I'll have a few to replace. To be honest, at 1/72 I'm very likely to lightly draw them back on with a fine pencil & then clear-coat it.

YAY!

Well, I did put down another primer coat on the Viggen, slowly taking care of all the rough spots, then I have to go back and replace all the friggin' panel lines I just sanded off...........

Gamera

YAY! Almost done, I'd guess you've only got the panel line wash, weathering and landing gear left to go!

That, ad a few other "fiddlies" - paint on the exhaust stubs & cannon muzzle etc. Plus the landing lights. I can see the finish line!!

YAY! Almost done, I'd guess you've only got the panel line wash, weathering and landing gear left to go!

Exhausted last night, think I'm still fighting off that bloody cold that's going around. About to head to bed & decided I should at least try out my "test decal" to say I accomplished something. Decal responded well so I decided to just go ahead & do them all. (Not all that many on the J21 anyway) Here we are after last night's work:











These are the original kit decals, paper-thin but conformed to the panel lines quite well. Gave them a quick bath in Micro-Set last night to help them snuggle down. The only real issue is that they are sooo thin they are slightly transluscent. Not a huge deal except for the roundels on the nose, which overlap the green-to-gray area. I'll see if I can hide some of that with the weathering process.

Thanks Gamera!

It doesn't look too far off to be honest, the pictures I've seen show a sort of bulged/blown look, even the panels just to the sides of the pilot's head. I just want to blend it a little better than I have so far.

Hey, she looks good to me Vance. 

Canopy does seem a little large but not sure there's anything you can do about that. 

Overall green sprayed & masking tape removed last Friday evening annnnd.... I got carried away & removed the tape from the glass as well. Planning on hand-applying the dullcoat anyway, so not a huge deal I suppose.







Glass (especially the rear-side windows) still seem to sit a little proud, but there realy is no wiggle room. The real thing does actually bulge so I'm not too worried. Will fair it in a little better with some white glue.

With Future gloss coat applied & prop finished up....







Also did some paint work on the undercarriage bits, no pics there though.

Hmmmm - trying to post in the "standard site" with the newer  iOS...

Sprayed my J21 with the topside green, Tamiya acrylics NATO green and.... some previous mixed dark green that I found sitting in my airbrush drawer. Man I'm cheap sometimes!

I'm also still in playoffs for my softball league, on top of running the family around. I should (SHOULD!) have free time starting Friday night. Airbrushing the Saab is on top of my to-do list. I probably should double-check the canopy parts were glued alright first though. May not hurt to back up the white glue with a few dabs of CA.

Me too! 12+ hour shift work 7 days a week at work = no modeling :(

Well, at least you got something done Vance- better than me!

Well, a small update is better than no update at all, I suppose??

A little Saab work over the weekend, lots of masking tape on the fuselage (which I apparently didn't take a picture of?!) and masking the canopy glass. Alllllll those little 1/72 squares makes me realize why modern jets with bubble canopies are so popular...



More by the end of the week...

That would indeed look odd...

VanceCrozier

P40  /  P47  /  VIGGEN!!!

One of these things doesn't look like the other!

Ahhhhhh, if the Viggen ends up with a prop on her nose please yell at me. 

P40  /  P47  /  VIGGEN!!!

One of these things doesn't look like the other!

Lol, actually the movie came out in the late '60s so it pre-dates ABBA by a few years.

I know what you mean, hopefully I'll get some time to work on the Viggen when I get the P-40 and P-47 off the bench...

Gamera

Ok, guess I'll agree - the only band that comes to mind. 

Went back and watched the Swedish horror/SF movie 'Terror in the Midnight Sun'. Only movie I've ever seen that ended in an alien Yeti/Satshquatch being burned to death by a torch waving Laplander lynch mob. If you like skiing, well this movie has more skiing than the Winter Olympics.....  

Soundtrack by ABBA?

Wow, busy and/or too tired to trust myself with Saab fiddlybits so far this week. I did paint the landing gear tires last night just to say I accomplished something...

Ok, guess I'll agree - the only band that comes to mind. 

Went back and watched the Swedish horror/SF movie 'Terror in the Midnight Sun'. Only movie I've ever seen that ended in an alien Yeti/Satshquatch being burned to death by a torch waving Laplander lynch mob. If you like skiing, well this movie has more skiing than the Winter Olympics.....  

Gamera

Lol... I'm more or less a country sorta guy- wouldn't even know Abba if I heard 'em. It's the first Swedish band that comes to mind though 

"The first" ...  Are there any other Swedish bands?? 

Lol... I'm more or less a country sorta guy- wouldn't even know Abba if I heard 'em. It's the first Swedish band that comes to mind though 

Probably not but the draken have a good surface to build on a dancefloor :D ... btw for my taste the song is terrible 

bsyamato

Gamera

Vance: Nice work! The J21 is a good looking plane and you're doing her justice.

Bsyamato: A dance floor? Don't make me break out the ABBA 8-tracks!

Abba .. saab .. mhhh wait!! i remember something 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwy0-V4Rx_M

Here an old video of one of two Abba singers  with a draken. Fresh video from 1968

I don't think she was really flying that Draken!

Gamera

Vance: Nice work! The J21 is a good looking plane and you're doing her justice.

Bsyamato: A dance floor? Don't make me break out the ABBA 8-tracks!

Abba .. saab .. mhhh wait!! i remember something 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwy0-V4Rx_M

Here an old video of one of two Abba singers  with a draken. Fresh video from 1968

Thanks Gamera!

Vance: Nice work! The J21 is a good looking plane and you're doing her justice.

Bsyamato: A dance floor? Don't make me break out the ABBA 8-tracks!

Sprue-ce Goose

VanceCrozier

Alright, this weekend did have some progress...

Just making sure I've got some decent shots of the cockpit before I close it up!

Drilled out the nose cannon. Not sure it's "to scale" anymore, the original looks almost like the muzzle is sticking out of a sheath of some kind, but this LOOKS better to me, and is les likely to snap off.

I also drilled out the air intake for the DB engine, and drilled out areas for the landing lights at the front edge of the booms...

Now, the instructions, see how the gear bay doors are shown without attachment points? Uhh, completely accurate! I'll be using some Evergreen half-round stock to help the attachment here.

Kit wheels (dark green and smooth) are going to be replaced by some FW190 wheels I had in the spares box. The Actual tires have a very heavy tread, smooth simply won't do.

Underside has now been painted as well.

Nice work there, ya BIG SAAB GROUPIE

The more time I spend with the J21, the more I appreciate the design. So IKEA-like!

VanceCrozier

Alright, this weekend did have some progress...

Just making sure I've got some decent shots of the cockpit before I close it up!

Drilled out the nose cannon. Not sure it's "to scale" anymore, the original looks almost like the muzzle is sticking out of a sheath of some kind, but this LOOKS better to me, and is les likely to snap off.

I also drilled out the air intake for the DB engine, and drilled out areas for the landing lights at the front edge of the booms...

Now, the instructions, see how the gear bay doors are shown without attachment points? Uhh, completely accurate! I'll be using some Evergreen half-round stock to help the attachment here.

Kit wheels (dark green and smooth) are going to be replaced by some FW190 wheels I had in the spares box. The Actual tires have a very heavy tread, smooth simply won't do.

Underside has now been painted as well.

Nice work there, ya BIG SAAB GROUPIE

Thanks bsyamato - I just wish there was a good way to display the canopy open. Guess I'm lucky that the kit glass is as clear as it is.