1/48 Special Hobby Saab AJ-37 Viggen - F15 Wing Swedish Air Force

 

Depicted as an aircraft from the F15 wing based at Söderhamn, 1978.

The Viggen was one of those aircraft I loved from the moment I saw it - jumping out of the centrefold of Airplane magazine in that amazing splinter camouflage.

The Kit

• 1/48 Special Hobby AJ-37 Viggen "Attack Version" Kit No: SH48148
  
  

Aftermarket

• Redfox Cockpit set
• CMK Ejection Seat
• JiraGIO Decal placards
• CMK Airbrakes
• CMK Exhaust Petals
• Maestro Models Ram Air Turbine Bay
• Maestro Models Centreline Pylon
• Maestro Models RB-04 Air to Surface Missiles
• Meng AIM-9J's
• CMK Ladder
• ResKit Mainwheels
• Maestro Models Nosewheels
• Eduard Sidewinder Cover
• Master Models Pitot Probe Set

Decals

• Kit decals
• Swedish National markings - Moose Republic Lansen sheet 

Mask Set

• DN Models Mask Set

Paint

• Black Green - Mr Color 18 RLM 70
• Dark Green - Mr Color 121 RLM Brown Violet
• Brown - Mr Color 22 RAF Dark Earth
• Light Green - equal parts Mr Color 351 interior green and Mr Color 303 SEA Green along with a couple of drops of Mr Color 27 zinc chromate yellow.
• Underside Blue - Mr Color 308 FS36375
• Black -  Gaianotes Black Grey
• Exhaust  - Alcad Exhaust Manifold
• Silver -  Tamiya AS 12 and SMS Silver
• Light Grey (Cockpit and Wheel Bays) - Mr Color Light aircraft grey
• Gloss  - SMS 
• Flat -  SMS
• Various  Vallejo, AK and Mig Ammo acrylics for the detail painting

The Build

I may add this section later.  

Weathering

• ABT 502 Sepia
• ABT 502 Industrial Earth
• Windsor and Newton Raw Umber

The Photos