Saab 35 Draken MikroMir-kit
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February 26, 2024Aligning parts is tricky.2
February 26, 2024Left one is from Hasegawa, right one from MikroMir.3
February 26, 2024I need to get the cockpit fit between the fuselage halves before painting anything.4
February 27, 2024More dry-fitting5
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February 27, 2024More dry-fitting.7
February 27, 2024I had to add one missing part from scratch. The white one.8
February 28, 2024Cockpit painting ongoing. I'm also building Hasegawa's kit in the same time.9
March 3, 2024Afterburner was really a challenge. I managed it by using Ammo's Ultra Glue an thin black CA-glue.10
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March 3, 2024Afterburner completed.15
March 3, 2024Cockpit painted and ready.16
March 3, 2024Comparing Hasegawa and MikroMir17
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March 4, 2024One of the most interesting and rare details: the air intake.21
March 4, 2024Comparison of Hasegawa's and MikroMir's afterburners.22
April 1, 2024Fuselage details need a lot of fitting. Here i one of the lower airbrakes.23
April 1, 2024The air intake painted.24
April 3, 2024This kit requires a lot of dry fitting and fixing. Just noticed that the front wheel bay and the cockpit couldn't be put in place the way suggested in the instructions.25
April 3, 2024Placing of the parts is very complicated.26
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April 5, 2024Wing root was very challenging.
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April 5, 2024Opposing to instructions it was better to glue wing roots to the upper frame.29
April 5, 2024Frame halfs help aligning wing roots.30
April 6, 2024Air scoop comparison: from left Quickboost, Hasegawa and MikroMir.31
April 6, 2024MikroMir's IRST was a disappointment. It has clear parts and one PE-part, but the body of the IRST is too bulky and lacks panel lines.32
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April 16, 2024500- and 1500-surfacers applied. Tape protects the small opening.
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April 23, 2024The insides should be ready for joining the fuselage halfes.37
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April 23, 2024Front landing gear bay glued to the nose part.41
April 23, 2024Notice the alignment pin in the nose part joined to the air intake.42
April 23, 2024Lot of pressing.43
April 23, 2024The canopy still shows a good fit although there is a big gap between the nose and the fuselage. Dryfitting!!44
April 23, 2024Nice progress. Next is filling gaps and smoothing joints.45
April 23, 2024Gaps filled with styrene sheets.46
April 23, 2024The air intake was damaged so it needed fixing.47
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June 2, 2024The inlet fix is okay-ish.49
June 2, 2024Rudder in place!50
June 5, 2024I'm making a late Finnish J35XS Draken so it needs chaff and flare dispensers. Maestro Models' resin parts needed some uppgrade . That's why I made this easy hole punching tool in about 15 minutes just to get 0,8mm diameter plastic circles. Just some leftover wood, a toothpick and 0,8mm drill bit.51
June 10, 2024Left one is a Falcon missile from MikroMir kit. The right one is RB27 AIM-26B Falcon by Maestro Models. Just for comparison, because I'm not going to arm this kit with missiles.52
June 27, 2024I used Sketchup for estimating the cutting lines for the flaps.53
June 27, 2024Marks measured and tape limits the area that will be removed.54
June 27, 2024Cutting was success and now the flaps can nicely droop.55
June 27, 2024I made a lot of mistakes with the canopy parts but now they should be ready with additions.56
June 27, 2024Canopy in place masked with the kit's own masks.57
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July 1, 2024Back antenna added. Now the model could be ready for painting.
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July 4, 2024White base with Mr.Surfacer white finishing primer 1500 with some pink preshading...60
July 4, 2024H4 yellow added a few times. The yellow is awfully transparent so the preshading with pink was a bad idea 🙁61
July 4, 2024Removed most of the paint for a redo.62
July 8, 2024Now much better without preshading.63
July 8, 2024Underside is Revell Aqua Acrylic paint 7 black gloss airbrushed.
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July 12, 2024I lost the wheel guard so I had to remade that part from white styrene.
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July 12, 2024All the details painted.66
July 12, 2024To test how the decals work I put first the underside decals.67
July 12, 2024The wisent decal is designed for Hasegawa kit so there are some fit issues.68
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July 12, 2024Milla's turbine wings were very difficult to add.70
July 12, 2024Landing gears started.71
July 15, 2024Flaps, ailerons, rudder and upper air brakes in place.72
July 15, 2024Finishing varnish added and canopy masks removed.73
July 16, 2024Tail wheel in place. I have an annoying dust problem...74
July 16, 2024Main landing gear painted, washed, varnished and ready75
July 16, 2024Out of curiosity I assembled fast one of the kit's Sidewinder missiles and one of the droptanks. The missile is not perfectly round and it is missing panel lines.76
July 16, 2024Main landing gears in place77
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July 16, 2024Nose undercarriage and milla ready.79
July 16, 2024Bay doors added.80
July 16, 2024My original idea was to have the canopy be able to open and close, but the Micro Liquitape wasn't strong enough to keep the canopy up. The canopy is now fixed to open position. I also added one plastic rod between the canopy and the cockpit wall.81
July 16, 2024All the Drakens in the cabinet.82
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July 17, 2024Comparing to Hasegawa's kit92
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