Saab SK 50C 'Safir' - Heller

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February 14, 2020
Box with shrinkwrap plastic - let's see what's inside!
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February 13, 2020
Not a lot of parts in the box. At least the trees are no longer bright yellow as they used to be in the past.
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February 14, 2020
The fuselage has some really heavy raised panel lines. They look completely unrealistic and will just get obliterated when sanding together the fuselage halves, so rescribing is the only option.
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February 14, 2020
Most of the "panel lines" on the wings are in reality strings of rivets. I pondered if I should try to reproduce them with my rivet wheel, but I think I will just leave them as they are, I absolutely suck a rivet punching.
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February 13, 2020
The transparent part is a bit scratched - it was just rattling around inside the box with no protecting plastic bag.
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February 13, 2020
I might replace them with vac-formed ones from Maestro Models, but I am not yet sure if it is worth the effort.
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February 14, 2020
A surprisingly well-printed decal sheet is included. However, the yellow "10" for the Air Force Wing no 10 looks weird; the "1" being printed with a larger font than the "0". This looks super odd and does not at all reflect the look of the real aircraft, so I would definitely not use that. Also notice that the bright orange dayglo panels are not provided as decals and need to be painted.
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January 27, 2022
Instead of using the provided decals, I bought this third party decal sheet from Maestro Models. But to be honest, the provided decals are just as good, except for that odd "10".
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February 13, 2020
This photo-etched set from Maestro Models is just beautiful - I think this is more or less essential for this model.
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February 15, 2020
Let's begin with sanding off the raised lines. The fuselage half on the top of the picture is finished, the one below still remains. I decided to do the fuselage only, the raised panel lines on the wings look quite reasonable.
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February 15, 2020
After sanding off the panel lines, I rescribed them with extreme care, using electric tape as guide. I also tried Dymo tape, but it is much too stiff. Electric tape is better but is a little soft, so I needed to be really careful not to slip.
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February 15, 2020
One fuselage half done, repeat on the other side. The various latches and inspection panels will have to be left out as I am simply unable to scribe such tiny details.
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May 30, 2020
While working on scribing the fuselage, let's start to build the cockpit!
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May 30, 2020
Main cockpit parts assembled - let's prime everything before adding the pre-painted PE parts. The photo-etched luggage net on top of the internal fuel tank is really a wonderful addition, no Safir model should be without it!
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January 5, 2022
Priming done - starting to paint the cockpit according to photos. I want to make it look like an SK 50 during its active time in the Swedish Air Force and not as the vintage private aircraft they are today.
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January 6, 2022
Seatbelts and fire estinguisher added and some weathering applied. It will be further detailed with joysticks, levers, pedals and dashboard once inserted into the fuselage - although not much will be visible with the one-piece transparency in place.
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January 4, 2022
Back to the fuselage! Heller did not bother adding any kind of wheel well detail: you can see straight up into the cockpit from underneath. Obviously some kind of blocking cover needs to be fabricated.
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January 4, 2022
There is no room to build a proper wheel well, so I made things very simple and just covered the openings with pieces of styrene and added some strips for detail.
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January 5, 2022
Not a competition winner design, but with some paint it should look quite acceptable.
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January 6, 2022
The fuselage halves are joined. The fuselage parts are warped from the nose to the rear, and need a lot of persuasion with clamps to stay together. The fin is slightly leaning to the left, which might be difficult to remedy. Furthermore the rudder is twisted like a propeller; it looks silly, so I definitely need to do something about that.
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January 6, 2022
Bottom and top wing halves assembled and attached to the fuselage. The cockpit can be installed later once everything is nicely solid and unified.
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January 6, 2022
The fit of the wings to the fuselage is awful: a one mm gap on both sides.
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January 7, 2022
The cavernous gap at the wing join filled with multiple layers of dissolved Tamiya White Putty, and sanded smooth over a few sessions. This process took a few days with drying time inbetween.
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January 7, 2022
The wing joins on the underside also need to be eliminated with filler and consecutive sanding sessions. Unfortunately some of the molded detail is lost while doing this and I will need to restore these as much as I can.
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January 7, 2022
Let's tackle that weirdly twisted rudder! I simply decided to cut it off with a razor saw and slowly untwisted it under running, scorching hot water. It actually worked pretty well and provided me with the added bonus of being able to add a slight rudder displacement to draw the attention from the leaning fin.
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January 7, 2022
Rudder and stabilizers added. Yes, the top of the rudder is supposed to go slighly below the top of the fin!
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January 10, 2022
These are not guns; I drilled out the landing lights on the leading edges of the wings. I will add Kristal Klear to represent the lenses later.
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January 8, 2022
Cockpit finally installed - it took quite a lot of cementing and clamping to get it to sit deep enough for the nose wheel well to get in contact with the bottom of the fuselage. If not done right, the nose wheel strut will be too short, so be be careful! The pre-painted instrument panel is blue when it should be green (blue was used for the Norwegian versions), but that's a compromise I am willing to live with.
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January 10, 2022
A bunch of fishing weights superglued into the engine compartment to avoid a tail sitting model later. Some people say you shouldn't use superglue with fishing weights as it might cause corrosion, but I have never experienced it in 20-30 years of model building. Anyway, you have been warned!
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January 10, 2022
The nose is then added to the model. I replaced the molded on cooling grill with a corresponding PE part. Instead of just filing down the molded detail as instructed, I actually cut away the entire plastic part before supergluing the grill in place, giving it a bit more depth.
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January 8, 2022
The plastic canopy is much too wide and tall for the fuselage. It can be fixed, but it's going to take some nerve!
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January 10, 2022
Sanding the transparency to shape is a bit scary: this is the phase when some benzo pills might be needed. Just notice at the back how much plastic has been sanded off!
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January 8, 2022
But not to worry, it can be polished back to its perfectly transparent appearance, by using first various micromesh cloths and then gradually finer grade polishing compounds applied by a polishing wheel on the Dremel 4000. Actually, all those scratches from having been rattling around in the box are now removed as well.
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January 16, 2022
See, as good as new! Actually, the clarity is much better. OK, it's a Heller, so it's still pretty thick, but at least it now fits the fuselage. In the process some of the molded frame lines are inevitably lost, but since they will represented with paint, it should not be too visible, I hope.
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January 10, 2022
Finally the canopy is cemented to the fuselage with acrylic glue (Gator's Grip Thin Blend) to avoid marring or fogging the transparent plastic. The remining gaps are filled with AK acrylic putty using a wooden cocktail stick, and the excess putty is wiped off with a moist cotton bud. TBH, the fit is still pretty poor, but I cannot be bothered trying to get it any better.
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January 15, 2022
Canopy masked off with some Peewit masks I purchased.
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January 15, 2022
Primed in gray (UMP Primer sprayed on with the H&S Evolution, 0.4 mm needle). Dat canopy... ugh. Why did Heller make it a one piece item?
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January 16, 2022
Experimenting with color mixes for the camouflage. The blue quickly faded into some kind of deep turquoise and the olive green into a brown-greenish hue. I am not a fan of ready-mixed paints as they seldom look good in 1:72, so I just keep mixing until I am happy - and then store the mixes in spare jars.
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January 16, 2022
Here are the mixes for that cold gray underside color. I started from Sky Gray, cooled it down with some Light Blue and then scale faded it with a few drops of white. (In hindsight adding the white was a mistake, it turned out a bit too light.)
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January 19, 2022
The blue of the camo is mixed from Sea Blue, faded with Light Blue and then made a bit more turquoise with Flat Blue and a couple of drops of Ammo Mig-223 Turquoise. This would result a rather faded look. If I would add just a little bit white, it would look like the J 35 Draken camo. The Safir and the Draken used the same paint, but the camo of the Draken was significantly more faded than the Safir. BTW the Ammo paint can in small amounts be mixed with the Tamiya without adverse effects.
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January 19, 2022
The greens turned quite brown by the sun, and to reproduce this I mixed Olive Drab and a little J.A Green and then made everything more brownish by adding some regular brown into the mix. This is also the same as for the Draken, add just a bit more white.
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January 16, 2022
Starting with the underside: thinned 50/50 with Mr Color Leveling Thinner and sprayed on with the H&S Infinity, 0.2 mm needle. That was the easy part. Aaaand I just noticed that the tiny PE tail skid got lost in the void between my work bench and the floor. I guess I will need to fabricate something myself.
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January 19, 2022
Undersides masked off and top sides painted blue.
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January 19, 2022
I tried to vary the paint intensity to create an illusion of slightly faded paintwork, without going overboard.
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January 19, 2022
So, let's continue to the brown. Well, the camo pattern as provided in the Heller instructions is not correct and does not even correlate between the left-, right- and top views, so I needed to use some online photos. And I am guilty of using a bit of artistic license.
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January 19, 2022
Camo pattern cut from Tamiya masking tape and applied to the model. The tape edges are then carefully burnished down with a rounded wooden cocktail stick to make sure that there are no gaps or tape lifts.
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January 20, 2022
Brown sprayed on and masking tape removed. The underside turned out to be too light when compared to the upper side, but I won't repaint it. It should look still pretty realistic when weathered with oils and panel liners.
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January 20, 2022
After having experimented with various mixes for a whole evening, here's the combo I came up for the dayglo panels: Tamiya XF-7 flat red mixed with a few drops of Mr Hobby Acrysion 98 Fluorescent Orange. They mix beautifully and can be thinned with Mr Hobby Leveling Thinner. When sprayed on a flat white base, it results in just the right kind of toxic dayglo red color. I will tone it down though, as I want my Safir to look a bit old.
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January 20, 2022
The dayglo areas are masked off and almost everything else is covered. Maybe a bit overkill, but masking tape is cheap and red paint mist is an absolute nightmare. Some gaps between a few pieces of tape are covered with Mr Hobby Masking Fluid (the green stuff in the photo).
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January 20, 2022
The areas are first coated with Tamiya white to create a uniform base for the dayglo. I deliberately tried to make the white a bit brighter in the middle of the panels. And yes, it was stupid of me to add the landing gears, they make my work a bit more difficult now.
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January 20, 2022
The orange paint is sprayed on in wafer thin layers so I can vary the amount of paint intensity to make a slightly faded look. The paint gets more and more fluorescent with every layer, so I needed to stop at just the right amount. A bit of a guesswork, since I cannot see the camo color to judge the relative brightness of the dayglo areas. Well, we'll see soon!
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January 20, 2022
The moment of truth: the masking tape is removed. Phew, it seems to have worked out, so I can continue!
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January 21, 2022
Sprayed with Tamiya X-22 clear gloss varnish to protect the paintwork and prepare for decaling. This is just an utility gloss and will be toned down to a nearly completely flat finish as the last step.
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January 22, 2022
Decaling underway - I am building an aircraft from F15 Söderhamn that I might have even flown. I am definitely starting to see the finishing line! But I lost one of those lovely golden F15 coat of arms decal - it slipped out of place while drying and since I didn't notice it until it was too late, I had to remove it. Damit.
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January 28, 2022
The yellow printing of the Maestro Models decals is strangely double-printed and is therefore not quite as crisp as it should have been, but still looks quite okay in real life. For some of the smallest stencils I resorted using the Heller decals instead (notice the difference of the "LYFT HÄR" stencil from the Heller sheet and the the serial number stencil from the Maestro sheet). The 83 on the fin is from the Maestro sheet, here you can really see the printing error.
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January 24, 2022
Propeller painted - the Swedish SK 50 did not have a spinner attached, so do not use the provided one.
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January 24, 2022
Some weathering applied with Abteilung 502 oils, heavily diluted with AKI Odorless Thinner (turpenoid). Basically just some dirt streaks.
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January 23, 2022
The model is finally sprayed with a thin layer of Tamiya XF-86 Flat Varnish for a satin like sheen.
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January 24, 2022
Wingtip position lights painted with Tamiya Clear Red (on the left wing) and Clear Green (on the right wing) over a silver base.
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January 24, 2022
Landing light openings filled in with Micro Kristal Clear. When dry it turns transparent like glass.
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January 23, 2022
And there it is! Not perfect, but let's call it finished!
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January 23, 2022
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Comentarios

72 13 February 2020, 17:56

Bernd Korte
Way to go!

13 February 2020, 19:37

Harry Eder
I´ll take a seat!

14 February 2020, 10:15

Łukasz Gliński
I have to watch this 👍
Regarding the orange - I have rather good experience with the Revell Aqua Colour from my Vampire project, maybe you could give it a try?

14 February 2020, 11:18

Thomas Kolb
Bernd and Harry, I will try not to disappoint! 🙂
Łukasz, thanks for the tip! Revell Aqua is unfortunately not available from my local hobby shop, but I was told that Vallejo fluorescent orange would be a good match. Anyway, I bought a bottle of the Vallejo and also a jar of Acrysion Fluorescent Orange, and will test later which one is better. TBH, I think both look far too vivid, so I will probably need to fade them with white and yellow for a more realistic look.

15 February 2020, 17:35

Mirko Römer
Very nice project. I'll take a seat as well 🙂

15 February 2020, 21:11

Juergen Klinglhuber
More seats available? I am in as well.

16 February 2020, 11:26

Cuajete
I wuld like to take a seat too.

17 May 2020, 17:46

Thomas Kolb
After some time working on other projects, the fuselage parts are now rescribed so I could start with the cockpit. Having a real, flying Safir at my flying club, I could actually go to town with superdetailing, but I think I will just keep it simple.

30 May 2020, 09:40

Cuajete
Better now 👍

31 May 2020, 19:28

Moreno Baruffini
Ciao! I take a seat now! Glad you are working again on this tiny model!

4 January 2022, 17:58

Thomas Kolb
Yes, ha ha, it has been collecting dust on the "shelf of doom" for too long.

4 January 2022, 18:24

Cuajete
Nice progress!

4 January 2022, 18:46

Daniel Klink
Promising start count me in👍

5 January 2022, 10:23

Robert Podkoński
Cockpit looks cool already. You made me think about finding the PE set for Safir, too... 😉

6 January 2022, 13:45

Thomas Kolb
Moje Hobby doesn't have them in stock, but you can still buy them from Rebell Hobby here in Sweden. rebell.com/saab-91-s..or-and-exterior.html

6 January 2022, 19:42

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Thomas 🙂

7 January 2022, 08:11

Alec K
This is looking great Thomas 👍 Assuming you gave up on the vac canopy?

8 January 2022, 15:11

Werner Gerold
These are very nice pictures that motivate me to start my model, thank you.

8 January 2022, 15:34

Roland Sachsenhofer
These are wonderful pictures! I know the kit - hats off, my full respect! I will continue to look at this with interest!

8 January 2022, 15:43

Thomas Kolb
Alec, yes, I simply couldn't cut it out so it would fit seamlessly to the fuselage. After messing up two sets, I gave up. Werner & Roland, thank you mates!

8 January 2022, 17:47

Cuajete
Cockpit looking so good, Thomas. Good job with the canopy! 👍

8 January 2022, 19:25

Bernd Korte
Very nice project! I think I'll also switch to a blue backdrop for the in-progress-shots of my next model. Makes it easier to show light grey plastic parts than in front of a white backdrop.

8 January 2022, 20:35

Thomas Kolb
Bernd, thank you! Yes, I have been using this blue backdrop for some time now, it makes it easier to get an even exposure with my iPhone camera. It is really the replaceable, self-healing blue plastic coating of my main work bench (kind of the same stuff as the usual cutting boards).

8 January 2022, 20:42

Elias Korompilis
You do an axcellent job with this old kit! The safir is one of my favorite airplanes.
Please note: Never glue lead or lead containing metals with cyanoacrylate. It starts a chemical reaction that produces an oxide which expands for ever. After some time, months or even years, the expanded material will break the model. Me and many others (you can find more reference on the net) learned this the hard way 🙂

10 January 2022, 12:07

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Elias! I have quite a few flying hours in the Safir as well! 🙂 About the weights, yes, I actually mention this in the picture description. But to be honest, I have been using CA to cement fishing weights into my models for many years (several decades actually), and so far never had any kind of adverse reaction ever. Maybe I just got lucky?

10 January 2022, 12:32

Elias Korompilis
Maybe 🙂 it depends on how much confined is the space you put in the lead weights, but better safe than sorry.

10 January 2022, 13:04

Daniel Klink
Just love it! 👍

10 January 2022, 18:17

Cuajete
I agree with Elias... Take care with cyanoacrylate and lead. It can mess up your model in the future due to a chemical reaction. In any case better safe than sorry 😉

Good job with the canopy, Thomas!

10 January 2022, 19:54

Alec K
Never heard of that! Makes me wanna do a test…

11 January 2022, 14:59

Elias Korompilis
Take a look here:
ratomodeling.com.br/..lead_ca/lead_ca.html
I had built an airfix B-26 long ago with lead shots as balance weights. It took 10 years to "explode" like the He-219 in the photos.

11 January 2022, 17:40

Marek Zadnik
Thanks for advice about polishing of transparent parts 👍

11 January 2022, 17:45

Alec K
Elias, thanks for the link. On the one project I had to use nose weight, I used two part epoxy. Fingers crossed…

11 January 2022, 19:38

Spanjaard
i heard about the problem, but seeing those pictures of the He-219 is scary!

13 January 2022, 13:35

Thomas Kolb
I checked with a friend who works with industrial chemical adhesives (aircraft). This effect is called "chlorosis" or "cyanoacrylate blooming" and occurs when too much CA is used in a confined and non-ventilated space. It occurs while the CA is curing (polymerizing) and is caused by airborn monomers reacting with the humidity in the air and resettling on the surface as a white porous substance. It does not affect the strength of the join but looks bad when a smooth join is needed and might cause other issues as the join is "swelling", which might cause short-circuits in electric circuits or cause deformation of the confinement.

13 January 2022, 16:22

Spanjaard
So the issue is not the interaction with lead, but the combination of excess and a tight space? Very interesting!

13 January 2022, 18:07

Greg Baker
I'm no chemist, but I believe those are two different issues. The CA blooming certainly does occur, as anyone who has used CA on clear canopy parts will certainly attest. You can also do a fun science experiment using some CA trapped inside a clear upside down cup to find fingerprints!

I did a bit of reading about this in the past and I understood that the issue with the lead is that it reacts with the CA in a slow but continuous chemical reaction that produces material that builds up year on year until it expands beyond the tensile strength of the cemented plastic.

Either way… I use Future on all my canopies, because it protects from CA blooms, and I use white glue to attach any lead fishing weights. 😉

13 January 2022, 18:26

Alec K
I am wondering the same Greg. What is driving that slow reaction over the many years? Or is the cracking of plastic due to chlorosis happen only under certain conditions (like packing the space full of lead and CA, or just closing it up too quickly under humid conditions) 🤔

13 January 2022, 18:34

Thomas Kolb
Finally, primed! It's always a nice feeling to see the model unified in gray.

15 January 2022, 19:49

Cuajete
Looks great, Thomas!
It looks like a 3D render like the current molds. No one would say it's an old Heller mold 👍

15 January 2022, 20:00

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete thank you. Yes, it looks really smooth, and now I am a bit scared to do the camo paintjob.

15 January 2022, 20:23

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with Cuajete and Thomas! If one is a good modeller, every kit could be a masterpiece! Great great job!!!

16 January 2022, 12:03

Thomas Kolb
Been busy with finding the right colors for the camouflage. Since almost every Safir model I have seen depicts a brand new aircraft, I decided to build one that is really weathered, faded and worn. The green should be almost brown and the blue kind of pale turquoise. It was more challenging than I thought, but I think I got it, so I am almost ready to start the painting. But you know, work and family.

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17 January 2022, 21:07

Alec K
Nice progress. I struggle with the colors too…

18 January 2022, 00:55

Bernd Korte
I guess I know what you must have been going through, trying to find the "correct" camo pattern. I experienced exactly the same with my Canberra PR.9: All profiles and photos seem to differ in small details. And even photos of the same aircraft from different points in time show slightly different patterns...

19 January 2022, 18:00

Łukasz Gliński
Have you considered a silver/alu base for the dayglo? Me thinks it should cover nicely the camo.

19 January 2022, 18:38

Cuajete
Camo looks so good 👍

19 January 2022, 18:39

Thomas Kolb
Bernd, exactly so! Heller's instructions are rubbish, the camo pattern absolutely doesn't add up from left to right. In the end I went for a mix from photos of several different aircraft. It may not be precisely right, but looks reasonable.

19 January 2022, 22:02

Thomas Kolb
Łukasz, I think I managed to find the right dayglo color by mixing Tamiya Flat Red with Mr Hobby 98 Fluorescent Orange. Sprayed on a flat white base, it covers the camo perfectly. But masking those dayglo fields so they are perfectly symmetrical is really, really difficult, I wish they had been provided as decals.

20 January 2022, 05:55

Erik De Smet
Thomas, you could spray the dayglo paint on white decals sheet and cut out the parts you need

20 January 2022, 07:46

Sergej I
What a nice camo Thomas! True to one and only right scale 👍

20 January 2022, 07:52

Bernd Grün
Perfect build! It's always a pleasure to see the progress in your builds. Cheers Thomas.

20 January 2022, 08:36

Harry Eder
Great paintjob! 👍

20 January 2022, 11:25

Moreno Baruffini
Perfect job on the dayglo!!!! You are really a "pro" Thomas!

20 January 2022, 12:38

Thomas Kolb
Thank you mates! I am humbled by your compliments.

20 January 2022, 12:39

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic progress, Thomas.

20 January 2022, 14:06

Thomas Kolb
Robert thanks, it's a pig of a kit really. I was really hoping that Tarangus would make a 1:72 scale version of their Safir kit, but it doesn't seem to be happening.

20 January 2022, 14:23

Spanjaard
amazing job everywhere. looking at that cockpit (fantastic job to get it to fit!), i wonder why not cut it in two with a thin saw, and then cut again in two pieces, to remove the material in the center-line instead of the sides. the cut that area will be painted and it will require a lot less work since you do not need to polish it back to perfect transparency. you could even have one of the windows open after that. just an idea (too late, i know)

20 January 2022, 14:33

Spanjaard
of course, if the cockpit was scratched, then maybe there was no other choice than what you did.

20 January 2022, 14:34

Alec K
I agree, the dayglo panels are flawless 👍

20 January 2022, 14:42

Thomas Kolb
Spanjaard, that could indeed have worked. I originally planned to have the windows open, but the plastic is as thick like a medieval castle wall. The canopy is indeed the weakest point of this kit. A stupid solution to mold it as a one piece part.

20 January 2022, 15:00

Łukasz Gliński
The dayglo looks old indeed 👍

20 January 2022, 15:35

bughunter
Great paint job 👍
Thanks for the trick with press down the masks with the tooth stick!

20 January 2022, 15:47

Cuajete
Good job with the dayglo panels, Thomas!
In your tests, did you evaluate if the effect would fade when you apply the pre and post varnish to the decals?

20 January 2022, 18:37

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, I am not sure I understand. The dayglo panels are just sprayed on, they are not decals.

20 January 2022, 19:13

Cuajete
Thomas, will you cover the entire model with protective varnish or will you cover the entire surface except those dayglo panels?

20 January 2022, 19:24

Thomas Kolb
Usually I coat the model with glossy varnish before adding the decals and doing some weathering. Afterwards I add a flat or semi-gloss varnish to seal everything. I plan to do the same on this model, dayglo and all.

20 January 2022, 20:39

Spanjaard
how many kits have we seen with that kind of error, Thomas? 😉 they certainly look thick! 🙂

20 January 2022, 20:44

ForestFan
Excellent!

22 January 2022, 06:46

Thomas Kolb
Decals applied, some mild weathering applied and flat coat sprayed on... well, I think this project is finished and all that remains is to post some pictures. For some reason I goofed up a lot on this build. Not sure why... it annoys me, because I know I can do better. But, since I have another of these little kits in the stash, maybe I will build it again in a not too distant future.

23 January 2022, 11:06

Robert Podkoński
Wow, so it is a kind of a sentimental journey, Thomas! That's really fantastic you were actually piloting a Saphir!

23 January 2022, 11:13

Thomas Kolb
Robert indeed, I was young and life was limitless. These days, not so much.

23 January 2022, 11:31

Spanjaard
Looks really good.

23 January 2022, 13:07

Robin (WhiteGlint)
A very nice teaser, Thomas. 👍
Looking forward to more daylight pictures. 🙂

23 January 2022, 13:12

Robert Podkoński
On final photos your Saphir looks absolutely awesome, Thomas! Congrats.

23 January 2022, 14:31

Rui S
So many important information, and a beautifully made model in the end. Great as always 👍

23 January 2022, 16:22

Łukasz Gliński
Such a lovely finish 👍

23 January 2022, 16:47

Guy Rump
Great finish 👍

23 January 2022, 16:49

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with the above, especially concerning the information and the beautiful finish!

23 January 2022, 17:03

Thomas Kolb
Thank you very much, gentlemen! But honestly, I think I can do better, I made too many mistakes with this kit.

23 January 2022, 17:13

Łukasz Gliński
Yeah, like we all do 😛

23 January 2022, 17:17

Rui S
I'm quit sure you can do better. But mistakes happen and make we all learn with them 😉
Nevertheless great work & most informative album 👍

23 January 2022, 17:21

Bernd Korte
The beauty is that, once you've passed a certain level, which you have without question, most of the mistakes are only noticed by yourself.

23 January 2022, 17:23

Alec K
Very well done Thomas 👍

23 January 2022, 18:12

S M
A great victory over the old kit 👍 Best Safir I have seen!

23 January 2022, 18:14

Thomas Kolb
Thank you! I am happy to have salvaged this kit from the shelf of shame where it lingered for over a year!

23 January 2022, 18:43

István Szücs
Yes, you made it! I watch the whole project from the beginning, and it was good to see your fight with this old kit. The result is awesome, congrats!

23 January 2022, 19:23

Elias Korompilis
Well done! 😉

23 January 2022, 20:14

Daniel Klink
fantastic project and the outcome speaks for itself...
Wonderful work Thomas 👍

23 January 2022, 20:24

Greg Baker
So beautiful!

24 January 2022, 07:01

Robin (WhiteGlint)
You turned this kit into a beautiful little piece of art. 👍

24 January 2022, 07:16

Harry Eder
Looks really nice! 👍

24 January 2022, 10:46

Neuling
Mission accomplished! For me there is no mistake visible, just a beautiful model.

24 January 2022, 16:48

Cuajete
It seems to me that the result is a beautiful and really charming model 🙂 👍.
Congrats!

24 January 2022, 19:31

Juergen Klinglhuber
Well done! A really beautiful model!

27 January 2022, 15:05

Charlie Spitfire
wow i love it i want to build it do you by any chance know where i could find this in new zealand

28 January 2022, 05:54

Thomas Kolb
All of you, thank you for your encouraging words! I am pleased that you liked it!

28 January 2022, 11:32

Thomas Kolb
Charlie, I am sorry, I am not familiar with where you can buy a model kit in New Zealand. Surely you can order from a web shop?

28 January 2022, 11:33

Moreno Baruffini
@Charli: usually eBay is a good place for these kits! Have a look 😉

28 January 2022, 12:01

Cuajete
I think Scalemates has a store locator, although I don't think all of them are.

28 January 2022, 20:11

Cuajete
In New Zeland:
scalemates.com/shops/?q=*&am..ops&fkCOUNTRY[]=%22NZ%22

You will have to search if they have this kit... Or call.

28 January 2022, 20:14

Charlie Spitfire
i could cheek it out for later builds at the moment my mum wont let me get any more models as i have 13 waiting for me to build them plus my go to brand is airfix but i appreciate you help

28 January 2022, 20:17

Cuajete
Build your models before you buy more, Charlie. You still are at time. Don't be tempted to stock so many kits that you won't be able to build in 3 lives, like many of us, 😄

28 January 2022, 20:43

Robert Podkoński
Take Cuajete's advice to heart, Charlie 😉

28 January 2022, 21:34

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Yes, please take that advice to heart, Charlie. 😄
Besides, to me it feels like the more kits you have the harder is it to choose the next one from your stash you want to build.

28 January 2022, 21:45

Charlie Spitfire
truer wors were never spoken

28 January 2022, 21:46

Riho Sakrits
Iduno, is it connected by blood (my grandmam was swed), or our Estonian good remembering from good old Sweden times, but three crown decals look very good for me! 😄

8 February 2022, 01:32

Thomas Kolb
Riho, that is possible! 🙂 I think those blue-yellow three crowns insignias looked very pretty, the modern grayscale version is a bit meh.

8 February 2022, 14:32

Daniel Mysak
Very nice Safire, well done.👍

8 February 2022, 17:55

Michael Kohl
Yes, the swedish insignia definitely have a charme to it - especially on a Viggen or a Draken. 😉
Nice model you rolled out, Thomas. The satin finish is really special.

8 February 2022, 17:58

Ekki
Brilliant work!

12 February 2022, 11:12

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SAAB SK 60 'Safir' - Heller

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