Rebell Hobby

1/48 Rocket Pod m/70
Product # K4813  for SAAB Viggen 37

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Oct 7 2010

 

This new resin item by Maestro Models Conversions and available from Rebell Hobby is a pair of  Raketkapsel (Rocket Pod) m/70 that were used until around the year 2000.  These were used either singularly or in pairs on various versions of the SAAB 37 Viggen fighters.

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The exhaust design at the rear of these pods is very complicated to attempt to replicate in scale forum......but Maestro Models Conversions put plenty of thought into the design of this set to minimize the effort needed by the modeller to assemble these while still capturing the very complicated detail.  You also get little tiny rockets you can paint and then insert into each of the rocket tubes.  Casting these separately gives the modeller a much easier time during the painting process while getting more accurate results.  The pods do come with pylons attached to them.

 

The instructions are clear and include 4 photos to help you with the assembly of these pods.  Painting instructions aren't included, but information about where to mount these on your Viggen are included in the instructions.

These are great looking rocket pods and will definitely be a very attractive item to add to your next Viggen model.

I would like to thank Rebell Hobby for providing me with this review sample.  This item is available directly from http://www.rebell.com.

Rebell Hobby has more items for the Viggen and Draken from Maestro Models Conversions.  

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford