PaulR Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hi all, Am due to start an Austrian J29F Tunnan for the 'lesser built airforce' Group build, and have the Airfix kit plus resin cockpit, decals etc ready to go . . .but, I have recently seen somewhere that the Airfix Tunnan (ex. Heller I think) is not accurate for an F version due to the exhaust end being appropriate for an earlier version. Is this so, and if so, is the difference significant? I am thinking here that if it is similar to the difference between an F4 hunter and an F6 hunter, well, in 1/72 I could live with it. However, if it is a significant dimensional change, what am I looking at? Would appreciate any comments from this in the know! Best regards, Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) Hi all, Am due to start an Austrian J29F Tunnan for the 'lesser built airforce' Group build, and have the Airfix kit plus resin cockpit, decals etc ready to go . . .but, I have recently seen somewhere that the Airfix Tunnan (ex. Heller I think) is not accurate for an F version due to the exhaust end being appropriate for an earlier version. Is this so, and if so, is the difference significant? I am thinking here that if it is similar to the difference between an F4 hunter and an F6 hunter, well, in 1/72 I could live with it. However, if it is a significant dimensional change, what am I looking at? Would appreciate any comments from this in the know! Best regards, Paul Far as I know Airfix never kitted the Tunnan? Do you mean the Matchbox/Revell or Tarangus Tunnan? Selwyn Edited January 1, 2015 by Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 (edited) It is a rather big difference, Airfix' model (yes, it is ex Heller) is the E version, the F version had a thicker rear part of the belly and the difference is clearly visible. One possibility is to combine the Airfix model with this part from Matchbox (also released by Revell) J 29F. IPMS Austria have also released a J 29F resin kit. And yes, Airfix kitted Heller's Tunnan, i think it was about 2005. I have a couple of those in my stash. Edited January 1, 2015 by Bjorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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