Marivox are a Swedish maker of short run kits, although the box is labelled made in Poland! they've only produced a few models, but still seem to be around.
The Saab-17 was a homegrown Swedish product, that first flew in 1942 as Sweden was neutral during WWII, they had no access to emerging outside technologies, so the 17 looked rather old fashioned - it served in Sweden in front line service until 1948. Amazingly 48 were sold to Ethiopia & they served there until 1968. It served as a target tug in Austria & Finland. It could be fitted with wheels, or skis, or thee was a floatplane version. The Marivox version dates to 1997.
End opening box - a bit tatty, but this was a pre-owned model.
Marking Variants
Sprue shots
Decal sheet - almost as big as the box!
It claims there are marking for 16 aircraft 12 of them Swedish.
Instructions
Instructions A3 - line diagrams - the assembly drawings are confusing & it's difficult to work out which bits fit with which variants.
Detail shots
Detail is pretty soft, there are some big ingates, and quite a bit of flash, but no sinks or injector pin marks. The canopy looks a little cloudy, but a wash & a dip in Kleer will hopefully cure that. The panel lines are very faint, but engraved. Colour call outs are referenced to Humbrol paints. There are a lot of optional parts, to go with specific markings, and the instructions aren't that clear - so careful study will be needed. There is the option of Skis & Floats, although you would need to make some sort of beaching trolley for the floatplane. This looks highly makeable, perhaps as an introduction to a short run kit...................
Availability - Yes - various stockists - at a reasonable price, of around £14 ( + p&p ). I got mine from ebay at < £14 delivered.
It's a relatively unknown aircraft outside of Sweden - I was surprised to See the Austrian, Danish, Ethiopian & Finnish markings!
Dave
The Saab-17 was a homegrown Swedish product, that first flew in 1942 as Sweden was neutral during WWII, they had no access to emerging outside technologies, so the 17 looked rather old fashioned - it served in Sweden in front line service until 1948. Amazingly 48 were sold to Ethiopia & they served there until 1968. It served as a target tug in Austria & Finland. It could be fitted with wheels, or skis, or thee was a floatplane version. The Marivox version dates to 1997.
End opening box - a bit tatty, but this was a pre-owned model.
Marking Variants
Sprue shots
Decal sheet - almost as big as the box!
It claims there are marking for 16 aircraft 12 of them Swedish.
Instructions
Instructions A3 - line diagrams - the assembly drawings are confusing & it's difficult to work out which bits fit with which variants.
Detail shots
Detail is pretty soft, there are some big ingates, and quite a bit of flash, but no sinks or injector pin marks. The canopy looks a little cloudy, but a wash & a dip in Kleer will hopefully cure that. The panel lines are very faint, but engraved. Colour call outs are referenced to Humbrol paints. There are a lot of optional parts, to go with specific markings, and the instructions aren't that clear - so careful study will be needed. There is the option of Skis & Floats, although you would need to make some sort of beaching trolley for the floatplane. This looks highly makeable, perhaps as an introduction to a short run kit...................
Availability - Yes - various stockists - at a reasonable price, of around £14 ( + p&p ). I got mine from ebay at < £14 delivered.
It's a relatively unknown aircraft outside of Sweden - I was surprised to See the Austrian, Danish, Ethiopian & Finnish markings!
Dave