The Saab Channel at iModeler (7 articles)

The Saab Channel at iModeler

Items tagged with Saab
7 articles
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The Saab Safir by Heller – a flying gemstone in gentlemen’s scale

by Roland Sachsenhofer on December 4, 2019
in Aviation — 16 Comments

The meaning of the type designation "Safir" should appear to me in the course of this project more and more suitable for this small model. Translated from Swedish it means "sapphire", so I learned to appreciate the seventy-two times miniaturisat[...]

Saab J 35Ö Mk.II Draken – Österreichische Luftstreitkräfte Fliegerregiment 2, 1. Staffel

by Stéphane Bredel on October 20, 2019
in Aviation — 17 Comments

Bonjour chers imodelers, This is my rendition of the Saab J 35 Draken, under the colours of the Austrian Air Force in 2003. The model is the one from Eduard/Hasegawa with photo-etched parts, resin parts, adhesive masks and Cartograf decals. I j[...]

1/48 JA-37 Saab Viggen

by Kelly Cottle on April 18, 2019
in Aviation — 20 Comments

Just finished my Viggen This is a Tarangus Kit . Very nice, Only added A resin seat from CMK. Painted with Modelmaster paints and did some highlights and and fade also used pencil on panel lines. Please enjoy the photos.

J35 Draken 1/144 (F-Toys + Shelf Oddity)

by Leszek Golubinski on April 17, 2019
in Aviation — 7 Comments

This is F-Toys gashapon kit, stripped of the paint and repainted using Vallejo and Hataka Blue Line paints. It also served as test article for prototyping the PE set (see Shelf Oddity stuff). F-Toys kits are absolute gems. I've seen many of th[...]

SAAB Viggen – Airfix 1/72, 1971 kit + scratch

by Manuel Magrinho on November 19, 2018
in Aviation — 11 Comments

[21Nov2018] Build update: As the 1971 decals weren't tip-top shape, I had to make my own. The tail ones were missing and I put them yesterday. Now she seems like the depicted prototype. Hi, Another vintage kit (1971)... The plane depicted h[...]

Saab J-21R

by Dmitry Stropalov on January 31, 2015
in Aviation — 11 Comments

One of the planes from the First Jets Era. J-21R was a jet-powered version of a J-21 propeller plane, designed in Sweden by Saab during WWII. A short-run kit in 1/72 scale by Special Hobby. It also has some resin and photo-etched parts. Kit pa[...]

Saab Viggen with “Splinter” camouflage

by Robert Bausch on November 26, 2013
in Aviation — 20 Comments

Many years ago I fell in love with Saab, both aircraft and cars. In September 1974 I flew from Beale AFB to Farnborough in England, in the C-141 support aircraft, as an Air Force artist covering the Lockheed SR-71 record breaking flight from New[...]