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Modern (1975-today)
Discuss the modern aircraft age from 1975 thru today.
Swedish fighters- good kits?
sphyrna
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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 01:34 PM UTC
Interested in building a few Swedish fighters, Viggen, Grippen, any I forgot

Any suggestions on which kits are available- and also build up nicely?

tack!

Peter

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Posted: Saturday, April 12, 2003 - 02:05 PM UTC
Keeping with the Saab theme, I'm gonna say the one you forgot is the Draken.

Heller and Airfix make kits in the 1:72 to 1:144 range of those three. Check www.squadron.com or www.rollmodels.com. I don't how any of those build up, but I personally don't like Airfix.
HunterCottage
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Posted: Sunday, April 13, 2003 - 02:49 AM UTC
Revell (of Germany I think) has the Saab line too. They aren't much better than the Airfix, but look somewhat better...

Heller's are by far the best toolings...
Noodles
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 08:19 AM UTC
i just finished building the 1:72 saab viggen from airfix.The detail is fairly awful.The cockpitr is just a hole and the wheel wells aren't too much better.However,I just saw that my local model shop has the 1:48 airfix version in.It's in the peter bla(blue peter)version,and it looks kinda funky.The revell gripen is a pretty good build too.
viper29_ca
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New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 08:33 AM UTC
If you can find them.....Italeri or Esci made a 1/48 Viggen, and maybe a Drakken as well.....but the only place I have seen these is on Ebay.....they are few and far between, and usually go for a pretty penny.....have no idea on the quality.
PorkChop
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 09:20 AM UTC
I have vauge recollections of the Viggen ESCI kits as being good, but with very little cockpit detail. It's been 16 or 17 years since I had one of the kits so I could be way off. Don't recall if it was raised panels or not.
Cool looking plane though.
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 06:59 PM UTC

If we talk about Draken - choose Hasegawa - I think is the best model of Saab J-35 on the market - with difrent markings .

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ThomasB
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 07:55 PM UTC
Ok, now I will think what we have:

JAS-39 Gripen: Fairly good model relased by Airfix, Revell, Italeri (and Tamiya) all using the same mold. Italeri also released a twin-seated version. (1/72)

JA-37 Viggen In 1/72 I only have experience from the Heller kit, wich can be made into as good as every available version of Viggen, but I'm not sure if it still around. In 1/48 there is the Airfix release, haven't seen it myself, but according to rumors it's the old Esci kit.

J-35 Draken Some releases around in 1/72, but according to me the only one worth getting is Hasegawas release.

J-32 Lansen Made by Heller, I'm pretty sure it's discontinued now.

J-29 Tunnan Releases from Matchbox, Heller, Revell. Not sure is anyone is still made though

SK-60 Made by polish company Marivox.

B-17 Se above

J-22 Se above

And then it's of course a lot of "imported" birds that can be made in Swedish markings if you like, how about:
J-26 Mustang
J-28 Vampire
J-30 Mosquito
Tp-84 Hercules
and I can't recall it's name in th SwAF right now, but there is also the Ju-52

Well, that's a little about what can be made into Swedish air force planes
DutchBird
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Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 - 09:29 PM UTC
The Heller 1/72 Viggen kit is supposedly still available from Hannants, type viggen in search. They also have a 1/72 Gripen. They do have the Airfix Draken, but not the Hasegawa one...
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