Dennis_C Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 This is my latest completion - SAAB J29B Tunnan assembled from new Tarangus kit OOB decals represent aircraft from F.8 Wing at Barkarby near Stockholm somewhere in mid-50s Kit is quite nice overall - but be patient to align wings, stabiliser, and particularly resin wheel bays. My additions included resin wheels from Aires, metal pitot tubes, some improvements in cockpit - seat harness, port side wall inside the cabin. I also replaced original exhaust pipe (a veeery basic!) with a plastic ring+resin nozzle for MiG-15. I cut the rear part of MiG-15's nozzle with turbine blades and attached it to plastic ring. Tunnans were not painted which resulted in various shades of panels as can be judged from photos. I tried to reflect this effect by painting my Tunnan with 5 various shades of aluminium. Enjoy the photos 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Cracking build of a very interesting little aircraft,built Matchbox,s issue years ago,wonder where the tooling went? Nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuro Nezumi Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Lovely little flying barrel! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Incredible work with the aluminum paint! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Great build of a nice lite. Looking really good! Cracking build of a very interesting little aircraft,built Matchbox,s issue years ago,wonder where the tooling went? Nice one! Revell have re-issued it twice, last time about 2010, with UN decals - which is wrong since the UN Tunnan fighters were J 29B and Matchbox' kit is a J 29F. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 nice work and great nmf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 nice! I am dreaming to have one in 48-th scale on my shelf! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Lovely build, and the NMF is superb. I built Heller's version over 30 years ago, and it didn't turn out so well, but I have a soft spot for the type. You've done it real justice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted October 13, 2014 Author Share Posted October 13, 2014 Thanks everyone for kind comments! Tunnan is a very attractive and interesting aircraft in my view. A real breakthrough of Swedish aircraft industry. Also I look forward buiding a small collection of Swedish birds. So it wasn't a tough decision to buy Tarangus kit and start assembling it immediately. And a note to kit-makers - new Swedish kits like Lansen, Viggen or SAAB 105 in 1/72 are really welcome! Hope Revell will issue JAS-39D as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 Although the Tunan looks like a Mystere IV who has had an overdose of black pudding, it is nonetheless a cute little plane. And after passing through your hands, it looks just great. Very well done on all counts JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 very nice model! the different aluminum shades look very nice! have resin F model to be build one day.... really well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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