Pellsons Perceivings

[kerick]

Thanks my friend! This give me ideas.....

[Pellson]

In the Viggen pic what are the missiles second from the right and left that look like over sized Falcon or half scale Phoenix? I've have a scale o rama idea.

RB05?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_RB05
"a short-range air-to-surface missile with limited air-to-air capability that was developed in the 1960s by the Swedish company Saab-Scania, Missiles and Electronics for the Swedish Air Force. "

Yep. Swedish, supersonic Bullpups, in essence.
And they're of a very useful size and shape, so I'm looking at TV-guided (Rb05B), IR-guided (Rb05C) and possibly even radar guided versions. The B and C were looked at but abandoned in favour of cheaper but slower Mavericks.

[kerick]

I want to build my medium bomber project in 1/72 and I have some 1/48th Phoenix missiles that could make some interesting strike missiles. Eventually.

[NARSES2]

Those rocket pods certainly look as though they'd pack a punch. I always thought the Swedes seemed to go their own way as far as rockets/missiles in particular are concerned, and good for them 

[Pellson]

Some minor painting as I was listening to a customer quarrelling with my colleague. Teams is good stuff..
Also managed to sort all of the spares bought in that lot with the Bofors M/70 rocket pods. Some nice things, not least big WW2 German bombs that will get hacked up to another few Avon mk 60 exhausts for another two or three Lansens. And that's really good, because I was a bit concerned about sorting just those engines..

Cold as.. well, Pertti will only brag about him being even worse, but it was bad enough to warrant some extra heating by firewood. It's been a few weeks since last time that was required.
Still a beautiful morning, but that sun looks a lot warmer than it was.

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Well - tomorrow promises more work than play, but it's still Friday, so it can't go all wrong, methinks. Or one hopes.

[Pellson]

So - I did manage to pop by the museum, and while not really getting the answer I was looking for, I took the opportunity to plan ahead a little bit, taking some extra reference photos of other stuff. Like these. The SAAB A21A vs A21R. And not the obvious end, but the interesting little change at the cockpit where they just added an aerodynamic windscreen in front of the think, armour glass windshield to get the drag under control. Interesting.

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Or this. The proof that the Swedish P-51D kept the olive drab anti glare panel in front of the cockpit. Good for the youngster's J26 project.

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Or a good colour reference for the ubiquitous splinter camouflage

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I could go on for a while, but this will have to do for now.

In the process, I took the opportunity to buy a LEGO clone JAS39E Gripen fighter. It is, admittedly, scaling out to 1/48, but despite that heresy, the lad was all excited about it last time at the museum, and as he does turn eleven tomorrow, why not spoil him with something I also find fun?

[Rick Lowe]

Many Happys to Young Pellsonson!

Yeah, nothing wrong with carrying on your obsession through your offspring. By the looks, he's on the right track so keeping up with the indoctrination encouragement is all good.   

[Pellson]

Many Happys to Young Pellsonson!

Yeah, nothing wrong with carrying on your obsession through your offspring. By the looks, he's on the right track so keeping up with the indoctrination encouragement is all good. 

He's getting a 1/72 Heller JA37 Viggen as well. He's been mentioning our visit to the local fighter wing (F13) museum off and on since we were there over a year ago, and their piece de resistance is a JA37 that you can get really close and personal with, so it's about time, methinks.
Also, I've bought myself another one to build into an A20 "Super Viggen", so another dual build, hopefully. 

In other news - I painted a second coat of green on the Danish F-86D and while at it, did the same to the "Swedish community" during another meeting today. Also, I suddenly remembered that I have an old S35E Draken, so I gave that a once over too. That green doesn't cover very good, though, but it'll get there.

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This one will, in line with most things I build, have a few upgrades like the big drop tanks from the Danish Drakens and an expanded ECM system installation.

That profile, btw, is for many of us up here what the Lighting nose is for many of you Britons. Pure legend. 

[Rick Lowe]

 

[McColm]

Well done 

[Pellson]

And this post should, obviously, have been in this thread. Ah, well. It can go here too..

Happy birthday then, my lad!
The so vaunted "LEGO" Gripen is well under way.

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And when done, there's a new, Swedish addition to your little Stash^TM.

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But you also got a proper computer joystick, and now we'll soon see if you're as amused by jet fighter flying as you think. DCS is the intended platform, and maybe, just maybe, you'll be flying the amazingly realistic AJS37 simulator.

Well - I might try myself..

[Rick Lowe]

Nice score there! Doting Dad much? 

And *of course* you have to try the gaming equipment first - making sure it's up to scratch for the lad; Quality Control and all that...

[Old Wombat]

Good to see the lad is wearing an appropriate T-shirt.

Also, good to see a father who knows how to spoil his son appropriately.

[Pellson]

Good to see the lad is wearing an appropriate T-shirt.

I actually bought one for myself too...

[Pellson]

Another non-modelling day. Annoying. On the other hand - it's Monday, so one could probably have anticipated as much already from the start, but hope is the last thing and all that.

On top of the above, weather has been outright awful, temperatures hovering just below freezing but featuring wet sleet that has been freezing solid instantly as it hits something on the ground, including the windscreen of the car, meaning driving has been a pain not only for skidding reasons. And as it's rather windy, it's dead cold outside! And I hate freezing!!

While having been quite busy with work throughout the day, in a moment of frustration, I came across a homepage mentioning an American LOROP reconnaissance camera, the CA-200, that was supplied to the RSwAF during the 80's and installed in a rebuilt fuel tank and hung under an SH37 maritime reconnaissance Viggen. No pics of the goods, unfortunately, so I can't say whether this was a Viggen drop tank, or something from a Draken. While the former is a quite bulky thing, the latter would have been significantly smaller, about the size of a BOZ chaff/flare pod and hence would have fit one one of the shoulder pylons rather than the centre line pylon which incidentally also was the only wet pylon on a Viggen. And I have to admit I find it somewhat unlikely that they would have flown such missions without the extra fuel in that big tank. Afaik, very few missions at all were flown in Viggens without that big drop tank.

Googling that camera also doesn't yield any info at all, so one can't help wonder if the setup at all existed and if so, what it looked like.

Well - one day, I just might find out.