The wooden mock-up Viggen,
1/72
SAAB 37-0 |
Gallery Article by Björn
Bäcklund
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June 6 2014
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Sweden
National Day
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Before the first prototype was built SAAB made a wooden mock up of the plane. I used the Airfix kit as a base for my model.
I added a piece of 0,25 mm plastic car under the air intake to get it in line with the fuselage. With a "rivet tool" I make rivets following the raised panel lines. Then
I sanded down these raised lines and just have the recessed rivets left.
The 37-0 was built before the prototypes so among the things that are different is the tail. I cut it down a bit and altered the shape of the ailerons.
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A little warning about the Airfix 1/72 Viggen (or a tip) As I was trying to make an drop tank for the Viggen's looking at pictures only, I could not get it right. It turned out to be very long. Finally I figured out what is wrong. The centre pylon with the little fin is mounted 11-12 mm to far back. If I move it forward I get the right length on the tank and the pylon fin is in the right place compared to pictures. Here is a pic of the centre pylon. The one at the top is a plane that I built as a kid that has the pylon in the original position. The bottom one is the one that I'm building right now. I filled the holes for the pylon in the fuselage and moved the pylon forward 12 mm. You can see a little bit of one hole at the rear end of the pylon. I think that I should have mounted it so it would just have covered that hole. That would bring the pylon about 11 mm forward. (7/16"). With this fixed I can get back to the problem of the drop tank.
I found some old wheels that looked OK but they turned out to be to large. 11 mm in diameter when I needed 9,5. I decided to try and file them down to the right size. One is done and I feel it wasn't to hard to do. They are only for the mock-up 37-0 .
New air outlets was made. The originals were a bit soft in the details
I also added some details inside the tail.