SAAB SK35C Draken

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course!

J35J
Welcome Robert, always great to have you here👍🏻

Nicolas
I'm in.

Cuajete
Interesting! 👍

Shar Dipree
Saab Draken?! I have to be there. 🙂

J35J
Thanks Nicolas, Cuajete & Shar Dipree for you intrest. 👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting

J35J
Thanks Łukasz!

S M
Taking a seat here. You are very bold for building a Caesar from scratch 😄

J35J
Thanks S M! Well, so far so good. I'm actually more concerned about getting the natural metal paint work done properly😅
The old Revell kit as such is a quite good mule for a Caesar as it is based on the early A & C version of the plane.😊 Downside is that the kit needs a lot of attention due to bad fitting. The landing gears is a disaster🙈

Cuajete
Great job so far 👍

J35J
Thanks Cuajete!👍🏻

S M
Did you vacuform that canopy yourself?

J35J
@S M, I managed to source the canopy externally through a hobby store in Sweden.

Thomas Kolb
How did I miss this? A Skoldraken conversion, oh my. But I have to say it looks absolutely great already! And it's such a beautiful aircraft too.

J35J
Thanks Thomas for encouraging words. Yes, It really is a beautiful aircraft.
It's a pitty that Hasegawa didn't go the full way with also producing a SK35C version. Anyway there are some great aftermarket kits.
I started this build for exactly 30 years ago & then life came between.😅
Now it's time to finalize the porject.

S M
Wow! You are on a fast track getting this ready 😎

Juergen Klinglhuber
Very nice progress - 👍

J35J
Thanks S M & Juergen! Yes, This have been a quick build project.😅

Cuajete
Wow... it looks great now! I can't wait to see the end.

@Thomas Kolb, there is also a Skale Wings two-seater, but I think it is not the same version as this one.

J35J
Thanks Cuajete! Almost done, awaiting some stencils to be able to finalize.
Skale wings is nice covering the Danish version, that one can be reworked to a SK35C with some mods. Other kits to consider if you want to go two-seater you also have the old Heller kit. Maestro models have conversion kit for Hasegawa in both 1/72 & 1/48 which is nice. Nevertheless it need some work on the airframe to get the proper look.