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Exquisite rendering of Sweden's indigenous WWII stop gap fighter.

 

The steel & wood design was subcontracted to some 500 small furniture makers all over Sweden and then assembled in a central Air Force factory, from 1942 and on.  The J 22 was said to be 'the world's fastest fighter' – er… relative to engine power, that is. The Pratt & Whitney DC-3 engine was reverse engineered and manufactured in Sweden, patterned after a couple of war spoils engines bought from Nazi Germany.

 

A total of 198 J 22s were made and two survivors are on display in the Swedish Air Force museum outside Linköping and the F 10 Wing museum in Ängelholm, respectively.

 

Really impressive model!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

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43 minutes ago, Spitfire31 said:

Exquisite rendering of Sweden's indigenous WWII stop gap fighter.

 

The steel & wood design was subcontracted to some 500 small furniture makers all over Sweden and then assembled in a central Air Force factory, from 1942 and on.  The J 22 was said to be 'the world's fastest fighter' – er… relative to engine power, that is. The Pratt & Whitney DC-3 engine was reverse engineered and manufactured in Sweden, patterned after a couple of war spoils engines bought from Nazi Germany.

 

A total of 198 J 22s were made and two survivors are on display in the Swedish Air Force museum outside Linköping and the F 10 Wing museum in Ängelholm, respectively.

 

Really impressive model!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

In one word - Made by IKEA 😉😁😉😁

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1 hour ago, Jurek Greinert said:

In one word - Made by IKEA 😉😁😉😁

With the exception that the pilots weren't issued a pack of parts, a rudimentary Phillips screwdriver and a set of step-by-step plans… 😉

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

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3 hours ago, Josh G said:

 How was the build?

The correct model as for resin, mine only had a badly cast engine (shifted silicon form - I think). Model has dozen or so parts. Very nice and thin end of the wings. good PE, but there is no scissors for landig gear. 

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