Saab SH/SK-37 Viggen - Double Build - SpecialHobby
Swedish Air Force
- Scale:
- 1:72
- Status:
- Ideas
In this project, the plan is to build two Viggens at once: one AJSH-37 Maritime Strike/Reconnaisance version and an SK-37 twin seater trainer version, both with the Swedish FOA 'splinter' camouflage.
The AJSH will be equipped with a centerline fuel tank, two blind RB-15F missiles (unused from a Revell Gripen kit) and a SKA24 camera pod (from Maestro Models).
The SK will only have a center fuel tank, they almost never flew with anything else.
Project inventory
Full kits
Detail and Conversion sets
Pod KB Chaff Dispenser for S35E Draken and AJ37, SH37, SF and Sk37E Viggen
Maestro Models 1:72
MMK7206 (K7206) 
Decals
Masks
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Part of my Collection
Comments
21 September 2019, 07:59
Thomas KolbIn the 70's, the Swedish Air Force wanting to create a new camouflage pattern for the Viggen, hired artists to render the Swedish landscape using geometric shapes and four colors (black, dark green, light green and tan), and with all angles being obtuse (>90˚) as much as possible. They came up with this pattern called the "FOA-kamouflage" (nicknamed "forests and meadows" ).
The pattern was applied from the factory. It was strictly regulated and looked exactly identical on each aircraft. If there was a repaint needing to be done, the pattern was applied precisely, using masking templates and tape measures. The colors however faded very quickly, the light green often turning almost yellow-green, and the black turning into a dark bluish-brown color.
I am really curious how I will succeed on these kits: I tried it once when I was like 18 and TBH, it looked like crap.
22 September 2019, 20:55
Sergej II did a Viggen 1/48 about 30 years ago, painted with a brush and enamels... didn't look bad as I remember it... of course no measurement whatsoever used with camo, it was free art 😄
22 September 2019, 21:47