1/48 ESCI Saab Viggen AJ-37A

Gallery Article by Enrique Cardenas on Oct 15 2010

 

Hello everyone from sunny Monterrey!  This is my first submission to ARC of course there's not much time when a new baby has born in the same time I decided to start this project.

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The kit is the most memorable and the only Viggen (flash) in 1:48.  I spent more than two years  in the  construction (of course there's not much time  when a new baby has born at the same time I decided to start this project.... yes  bad timing).  This bird was my passion I tell to my father this plane  is looks as Mirage on steroids.  When my father brought home some magazines like air combat  or aviation issues in those days was the only contact with new jets fighters in my town.   And now I share some pics of my bird.   
 
I rescibred the entire plane and used the following aftermarket items; Cockpit-Set from Neomega for the Cockpit, the Resin Nose, the intakes from Two Mikes Models.   The rest was OOB with a lot of scratchbuilding including the wheel wells and landing  gear.  After burner, the position lights, the  collision beacon was vacuformed.  The Splinter-Camo was realized per airbrush and masking with 3m blue Tape, and the decals was a gif  from my good friend Gerardo Casillas,  well crafted modeller. 
 

Greetings  from Monterrey  Mexico and Viva Mexico .

Enrique Cardenas

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Photos and text © by Enrique Cardenas