Rebell Hobby

1/48 SAAB 37 Viggen landing gear, main and nose
Product # K4825

Product article by Steve Bamford on Nov 6 2009

 

This new set of metal landing gear by Maestro Models Conversions from Rebell Hobby is designed for the 1/48 SAAB 37 Viggen and includes main and nose landing gear.  You also get a pair of main gear doors to attached to the main gear legs.  You will need to drill some holes in these metal parts before you begin assembly.  You will also need to clean up any minor flash (I saw very little on the review samples before me) and you will need to sand the parts to make them nice and smooth for better finished results.    Assembly is described with photos in the instructions. 

Click on images below to see larger images

  

  

  

In general.....landing gear are complicated and detailed parts of an aircraft with plenty of parts and hoses etc.  So be prepared for a bit of work to build these and get them looking the best they can.  The finished items will reward you if you take your time and do a good job.  

The instructions are complicated and required a bit of careful studying before I figured everything out.  You'll also need some pieces of wire to hold these together and add further detail, but that is explained in the instructions. 

These are neat items and the fact they contain separate parts you need to assemble will give you the higher level of detail you crave.  These will be a very nice improvements over the kit landing gear.

Steve

I would like to thank Rebell Hobby for providing me with this review sample.  You can buy these direct from http://www.rebell.com.

Rebell Hobby will have more items for the Draken in the future from Maestro Models Conversions.  

Click on images below to see larger images

  

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford