Product Description

-Make an aircraft equipped with a characteristic canard at 1/48 !!

[About the actual machine]
--Saab Viggen is a jet fighter originally developed, deployed and operated by Sweden in Northern Europe.
--Started development in 1961 as a successor to Doraken.
――When the first flight was successful in 1967, it was deployed and started operation in 1971.
-The body shape is equipped with canards on the left and right sides of the cockpit, and the main wing adopts delta wings. The engine is equipped with one Pratt & Whitney JT8D-22.
――While demonstrating the maximum speed of Mach 2.1, it boasts STOL performance that enables takeoff and landing on short runways.
――In addition to being equipped with a 30mm Oerlikon KCA gun as a fixed armament, it was possible to operate the RB71 Skyflash short-range air-to-air missile and the AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range air-to-air M.
--The lineup includes the basic type, AJ37, all-weather fighter type JA37, and reconnaissance aircraft type S37, with a total production of over 300 aircraft.
――Retired in 2005 after waiting for the appearance of the successor Saab Gripen.

[About the model]
-The model is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduces AJ37 Bigen, which was active as a Swedish fighter, on a 1/48 scale.
--Platz produced Japanese manuals and packages for parts of Italeri, Italy, which is familiar to modelers around the world.
――It is a kit with a selection of markings not found in the Italeri kit.
――This model is a model of AJ37 type. The total length of the finished product is 34.2 cm, and the unique style equipped with canards is fully reproduced.
――It is reliable to assemble with a reasonable parts composition such as reproduction of panel lines as well as the shape of the aircraft, delicate expression of legs, details in the leg storage space, reproduction of cockpit, etc.
――Of course, the assembly is safe with the Japanese manual. Marking is made by cult graph, and 2 types are recorded from the aircraft of the green camouflage era.
――In addition, the mask seal for painting the canopy frame, which is the custom of the Platz / Italeri series, is also set.

[Major features]
-/ 48 scale plastic model assembly kit that reproduces Saab AJ37 Bigen
--Platz Japanese manual and package for Italeri parts
--Completed total length 34.2 cm
--With masking sticker for canopy frame painting
-Marking is made by cult graph, 2 types are recorded from the aircraft of the green camouflage era that selected markings that are not in the Italeri kit


Item Size/Weight : 38 x 25 x 7.3 cm / 481g

Product Specifications

Item series

Platz/Italeri Aircraft

Country

Sweden

Item code

TPA-13

JAN code

4545782079494

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