Saab SK-37 Viggen
Special Hobby & Heller



Saab Viggen in 1/72 scale: modelling report 

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sk-37 profile
In 1977 Heller from France came with a 1/72 kit that could also be made as a two SK-37 seater and reconnaissance Viggen. I liked the idea of the two seater option.

viggen le bourget
This camouflaged SK-37 Viggen "Skol" (trainer) was photographed by me as preserved at the famous Musee de l'Air en de l'Espace at le Bourget, Paris. It is rather worn but shows details. (see walk around).


newer heller box
I made this Heller kit decades ago (probably in 1983) as SK-37 but present it here anyway.
heller instructions
There are about   parts in grey/"silverish" soft plastic as far as I remember. 
p0  
 
p1
The reconnaissance nose is a full transparant nose bit.
p4
 
heller 
 
The kit decals were not that bad but I had seen in an IPMS The Netherlands magazine MIP that "SpecialTryck" had very nice decals of both roundels and numbers. I got these at the IPMS Nationals show and was quite excited. (Later on more brands released better Swedish Flygvapnet decals).
specialtryk modelldekal

I remember the Heller kit assembly was all right but that there
 were also sink marks in some surfaces, these needed filler/ putty.

I wanted a model with the splitter camouflage. This was a real challenge but once completed, I would get a very special model.
heller scheme

The colours were quite difficult to establish at the time. But HUMBROL came to the rescue with special "authentic colour" tins for the "Swedish Flygvapnet" paint.
humbrol
These enamels for the Flygvapnet were coded:
"SW1 Light green 322M",
"SW2 dark olive green 326M or was it 328M?",
"SW3 Black 093M",
"SW4 Pale Brown 507M",
"SW5 blue grey 058M" for the lower surfaces. 

(tip:  HATAKA provides these colours nowadays; and for the splitter paint scheme DN Models, Bilmodel or Gator have a masking set).

But in 1983 I painted the splitter camouflage by hand with the Humbrol enamels with a fine brush. In those days I did not own a good airbrush and after all the effort the model did not look too bad. My hand painting qualities were at the time good. I even weathered the leading edges a bit with metal paint....

The SpecialTryck and other smaller decals were set.
gear cockpit
The landing gear and other details added. In the cockpit straps from tape and some handles on the seat tops seen on photos. I also added the braces between intakes and fuselage from thin plastic strip.
nose

And finally I think a matt varnish coat using a small Humbrol rattling paint can. That was it!

svenska


viggen
 
 
heller viggen
As you can see, no mirrors were set in canopies in my old modelling years.... but I replaced the pitot tube with a needle!
upper viggen splitter
My model in this scheme drew quite some attention at the time at IPMS shows.  

flygvapnet viggen

viggen heller sk-37   ... in a land scape....
saab viggen sk-37 swedish air force 
 
flygvapnet viggen sk-37

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