Two Mikes Resin Accessories

 1/48 Saab Viggen Intake Covers
product # 48-010

Review by Tom Stewart on Mar 17 2009

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The history of the ESCI / Airfix Viggen is well documented.  It shows its age and it lacks the accuracy or finesse of more recent toolings.  Until Trumpeter or one of the other mainstream manufacturers decides the Viggen is deserving of their energies it is the best we have.  Then along come Two Mikes Resin Accessories and we now have a reason to get those kits out of the loft and create some more accurate renditions of a much neglected jet. Airfix – we need a reissue.  

Two Mikes venture seeks to correct some of the more obvious errors in the basic kit.  While we wait for a whole raft of resin to create that winning model, here are three of their newly released resin sets to get your mouth watering. All the sets are packed in sturdy clear plastic cases.  Each set is accompanies by a full colour guide with colour details of the real aircraft for reference.  

The accuracy of drawings of the Viggen is questionable and I have not attempted to measure things against the few profiles I possess because of this.  All my considerable photographic references do however show that the Two Mikes sets more accurately capture and represent the aircraft.  A search on the Internet will uncover a wealth of references.

The Intake covers are produced in brittle red resin with no air bubbles.  They are thick and have a strong bracket on the rear which also enables them to be easily set into the intakes. Each intake cover is handed and is clearly marked ‘R’ or ‘L’ for ease of placement. The resin set fits snugly into both the original kit intakes and the more accurate updated resin intakes from Two Mikes. 

Finally

All the Viggen update sets from Two Mikes will be welcomed by Viggen enthusiasts around the globe.  They will go a long way to help creating a very accurate and attractive representation of the jet.  I look forward to the additions that Two Miles have planned for the Viggen:  Corrected fin and rudder; new foreplanes with separate control surfaces; new weapons pylons; new wing flaps; new wheel wells; new wheels; new thrust reversers and engine fan section; new RAT and a vac former a new canopy and windscreen. Will there be much of the kit left after all this?

Thanks to Two Mikes Resin  for supplying the sets for review.  This resin set is available through http://www.twomikesresin.com/. 

Tom Stewart

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