Viggenize it!

[kerick]

The Viggen parts are in the stripper bath. Yeah, go ahead and giggle.    He's a couple of pics of it taped together.







The wings look a little too far to the rear but changing that would be lots more work. Overall looks pretty good. I'm trying to use only the two seater parts from the Heller kit so I can build the single seater some day. I'm looking at replacing the Viggen tail fin with a new one in the shape of a taller F-104G tail. Hmmm, more work.

The F-104's tail, complete with stabilizer, would certainly add more 'wing' area, although I'd still want canards.  Thinking of canard aircraft, though, leads me to the IAI Kfir.  Besides all the wing areas, it also had, on either side of the nose cone, a flat trapezoidal surface, quite small, that was said to give a noticeable lift to the nose.

I red-circled them in this picture: 

I've never noticed that before. Thanks! I'll look into it.

[Old Wombat]

My tuppence worth: I prefer the look with the wings right where they are & the tail could be enlarged by removing it, adding styrene underneath it & shaping that to fit the profile, then re-attaching it.

That way you retain the "Viggen-ness" of the design.

[thundereagle1997]

Viggenize the F-111 F-106 F-105 & F-35.

[thundereagle1997]

Viggenize the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

[The Rat]

Viggenize the A-10 Thunderbolt II.

OOOOOOOH! 

[The Rat]

Saab Draken with canards, a taste of what was to come.

[JerrySyameimaru]

Convair did in fact do research on the canard F-16.

[Rick Lowe]

Interesting, thanks. 

[Gondor]

Thinking of canard aircraft, though, leads me to the IAI Kfir.  Besides all the wing areas, it also had, on either side of the nose cone, a flat trapezoidal surface, quite small, that was said to give a noticeable lift to the nose.

I think that is just called a "Strake".

Gondor

[thundereagle1997]

Viggenize the SR-71 Blackbird.

[mexchiwa]

Viggenize the SR-71 Blackbird.

I'm sure I've seen wind tunnel models of the A-12 in development that had canards

[Beermonster58]

Viggenize the SR-71 Blackbird.

I'm sure I've seen wind tunnel models of the A-12 in development that had canards

You have indeed. This is a concept image of the A-12 that might have been 
https://flic.kr/p/2qbZXeP

[zenrat]

Viggenize the SR-71 Blackbird.

I'm sure I've seen wind tunnel models of the A-12 in development that had canards

You have indeed. This is a concept image of the A-12 that might have been 
https://flic.kr/p/2qbZXeP

And, it's not black.  Looks OK in graphite (?) but I reckon a dark  blue would really hit the spot.