1/32 Revell Polish "What-if" JAS-39 Gripen

Gallery Article by Artur Kapusta "artoor_k" on July 20 2017

 

      

Beside science fiction, "What if" is my favourite genre of modelling. Not much of my models have real markings. Few years ago there was a tender for multirole fighter in Poland, also known as a "Tender of Century". There was three competitors: Mirage 2000, F-16C Blk. 52+ and JAS-39. F-16 won, although there were a lot of controversy around this choice. I really hoped that Gripen will win and...to be honest...I still think that it could be a better solution for Polish Air Force.

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In February 2015, I bought a Revell 1/32 JAS-39 which is old model. While buying it I was sure that I can make it in only one type of markings - Polish!

I bought Paragon Design resin seat replacement and Techmod 1/32 F-16 decal set. Surprisingly, Revell seat was significantly smaller than resin one...and of course resin was too big to fit into cockpit tub. So seat from kit was used. Revell missiles were awful so I've used Sidewinders and Amraams from Trumpeter missile set. Pitot tube and angle of attacks probes are from Master.

Artur

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Photos and text © by Artur Kapusta