1/72 Hasegawa Saab J 35Ö Draken |
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Gallery Article by Patrick Heeren
on July 13 2003 |
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Austrian Millennium
The year 1996
saw the celebration of the 1000 anniversary of Austria. For that occasion a
Draken from Fliegerregiment II of the Austrian Air Force was painted in a
striking red and white color sheme. The word-letter combination "Ostarichi
996" was written on the back of the aircraft. 996 coming from the year of
birth and Ostarichi is supposed to come from the first written text about
the country that was written in a Latin form of the Mid German language.
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The kit is the
Hasegawa J 35Ö Draken "Austrian Millennium that comes with the decals for
this aircrafts special scheme. Construction is fairly simple and poses no
major problems except in the nose to fuselage area where a little extra sanding
is needed.
Painting was done
with model masters flat white and Humbrol 220 "Ferrari red" which
is a better match to the pictures I've seen then the recommended Humbrol
19"red" Several coats of future before applying the decals and a liberal amount of DACO's decal setting solution ensured an almost problem free
decaling. Except in 2 places where the large decal broke and showed a
little gap in the lettering. This was easily fixed with a touch of flat black
paint.