1/48 Italeri SAAB Gripen

by Eric Cook

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Aires Exhaust

Pavla resin Mk10 seats

Mav Decals

Typical Italeri kit. Huge sink marks need filling. Cockpit detail very basic and rear cockpit harking back to the ‘pilot on pin’ simplicity era. Detail added and sidewalls made to stop see-through look plus nailed the canopy closed. Added missing antennas and brake pipes etc, otherwise a fun build.

Italeri colour call-out very wrong as is the decals.

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Load is wrong for SAAF (More than likely worth more than their annual defense budget) but looks good and details sketchy on what they are hanging under their aircraft.

Very little weathering done and the bit I did is more than likely unfair to how the SAAF aircraft are kept, but it did need a little to give some character.

Thanks to Steve and sites like this to pull us out of the modeling dark ages.

Eric Cook

Photos and text © by Eric Cook