The Viggen Plus .

[Wardukw]

We all pretty much love the Viggen or variations of it as this is not only one brutally fast looking plane but it's just so damn good looking 👌

Having brought another one not long ago ..ive always wanted to build a twin seat version in 48th but not a copy of the real thing..ive never liked how last minute a conversion it looked .
So like the rest of you blokes ..it didn't take long for an idea to pop into the noggin on how to convert this beast .
I've got a Italeri F-14 Tomcat in the stash which is now missing a few bits ..like the entire front if it ..this idea secured problem No1 showed it's face.
The F-14 fuselage is quire abit wider than the Viggens ..so that had me scratching my head until a magnificent suggestion from an esteemed colleague.. Mr Rick Lowe sorted the problem beautifully..just widen the fuselage..sorted   
With much hacking and slashing another idea popped into the head...twin engines 
So luckily I have 2 Monogram Mirage 2000's which now lost both of it's exhausts and I've got to admit there the prefect fit 😉
Oh it's also got twin tales now aswell...PSR is going to be extreme 😳 😅

Pics you follow shortly chaps .

[Wardukw]

Pics are now uploaded so here they are ...
First off ,,,the cuts ..
DSCF4810 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4811 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
The new exhausts ..
DSCF4812 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
The results of all the hacking and slashing ,,,and yep theres been quite alot of that going on here .
DSCF4813 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4814 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4815 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4816 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr
DSCF4817 by Phill Harrison, on Flickr

More pics will follow once ive got the PSR out of the way 

[kerick]

That    looks    awesome  !    

[Rick Lowe]

Ooh, cool!

<popcorn emoji>

[perttime]

"... just widen the fuselage ..."  Oh!!!     

[Wardukw]

Thanks guys 
Stage one of the putty is done ..next is sanding once dry ...fecking lot of putty to I must say 

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool (reminds me that I also want to build a modded/updated Viggen some day...), but the air intakes and their wide space to the body look odd? How about Tornado- or F-15-esque "wedge" intakes with ramps instead of the narrow original openings?

[zenrat]

"... just widen the fuselage ..."  Oh!!!     

Yeah, as someone who's tried it I can confirm it's easier to say than do.

Looking promising Phill.  The intakes do look small though.

[DogfighterZen]

This will be good...  

[Dizzyfugu]

"... just widen the fuselage ..."  Oh!!!     

Yeah, as someone who's tried it I can confirm it's easier to say than do.

I can confirm this. Modding fuselage width is really tricky!

[Captain Canada]

Viigen Biggin'.

[Wardukw]

Thanks guys again   

Thomas and Fred ...guys I did look at F-15/14/18 intakes and apart from being square mating them to the Viggens fuselage would have been a mission...same with Tornado ones Dizzy...the shapes are so out of wack I would never get the lines right which ain't a bad thing as I don't have any to spare anyway 

The PSR sanding session I was going to do changed today when a boat trailer of a mates needed a bit od a wire repair which turned into a total rewire of it ..oh well ..maybe tomorrow.

[Rick Lowe]

Yeah, talk to me about 'simple' jobs snowballing... on second thoughts. don't. 

[perttime]

F-16 intakes? 

[Wardukw]

F-16 intakes? 

Hahahaha...no!