1/48 Italeri JAS 39C Gripen

by Karel Slama

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Here's some pictures of my 1/48 Italeri JAS 39C Gripen which has been in service with the Czech Air Force since last year. The machine queues in the 4th generation of combat aircraft.  The airframe of this type of aircraft provides very good flight characteristics (for example very short curving) triangular wings with canard flats in front.  Both of these flats are synchronized by computer and the general control of all four wings is controlled by fly by wire.

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The Italeri kit represents first version JAS 39A.  If you want to get C version, you must make some changes to this kit.  For example exhaust, antennas, undercarriage, wheels, flaps, cockpit... 
At this time is the Best Choice for a JAS 39C in 1/48 is from the Czech manufacturer MPM.  In the box you get the same JAS 39A kit from Italeri with many superb upgrades in resin parts.

Karel

Photos and text © by Karel Slama