Georgeconna Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Yes 50 years has gone by since Lesney released the plastic kits of all sorts of wonderful contraptions. As a kid it was a royal treat to be taken into Mathews on Cork and to pull off a Matchbox kit from the Rotary stand. I made quite a few in my day and has happy memories of these. A forum based on plastic modelling in the UK has started a group build and they are aiming at getting a kits from their entire range built which is a tall order but its nearly there. I joined in with a Saab Viggen and are bumbling along with that and really enjoying basic modelling... This kit was from 1977. If anyone has unloved Matchbox kits drop me a line 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOGUL Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Love the Saab deltas, seeing both the Draken and the Viggen at bray air shows was a definite favourite in our house! What’s the ordinance George, are they anti ship missiles or just finned drop tanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Yep, I remember driving towards Farnborough - ONE of my local stations - and, of course, close to the Airshow location. One of these Viggens flew, it seemed, along the road at a few hundred feet and just tipped over and cruised in to land - pretty impressive. As much fun as having the giant Antonov (as in Class 201 delivery vehicle) do a turn over my back garden! Thinking about it, there was probably a model 201 in the attic of my house at the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 1 hour ago, MOGUL said: Love the Saab deltas, seeing both the Draken and the Viggen at bray air shows was a definite favourite in our house! What’s the ordinance George, are they anti ship missiles or just finned drop tanks? shame they were a bit too far out in Bray but yes a Stunning aircraft. Good Question about the ordance, I looked this up last week as I did not know myself. they are: Robot 04E (with "robot", abbreviated "rb", being military Swedish for "missile") was the AJ 37 Viggen's signature weapon: a radar-guided, sea-skimming, fire-and-forget anti-ship missile, developed from the rb 04C which had originally entered service in the 1961 on the A 32 Lansen. The E version entered service in 1975, with 315 missiles produced. Interesting Reading Here: Rb 04E: the Viggen's signature weapon - Page 2 - DCS: AJS37 Viggen - ED Forums (eagle.ru) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 The Viggen was unusual in having reverse thrust available. There is the odd video of them being driven backwards on the ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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