Einar Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Saab 340 was a twin turboprop airliner designed for short-haul flights and regional air traffic. The manufacture and marketing of the plane was a joint operation of the Swedish Saab and the North American Fairchild Aircraft Corporation. A total of 430 planes of the A and B versions were built until 1998 when the production of Saab 340 was ceased. When I learned that the Arctic Decals had made a set of Finnaviation's Saab 340B in a special Santa and reindeer livery I decided to model that version of the plane. The only kit available in 1/144 scale was Welsh Models' Saab 340. It was, however, wholly made of resin and not vac-form as usual. The kit was quite simple to build but the quality didn't quite reach the level of the best resin kits on the market. There was some dry fitting, sanding and puttying to be done but the assembly was by no means challenging. Quite a big hole had to be drilled to the solid resin nose for the necessary weight. Otherwise the model would have been a tail sitter. Additionally, I scratch built many extra details to the model. For instance I cut the cockpit windows from a spare set of Authentic Airliners decals to make the cockpit look more, well authentic 🙂 As usual I first primed the model with Mr. Surfacer 1000 spray. Then I painted the whole white model with Tamiya fine surface primer coated with Tamiya gloss varnish spray. Christmas is already around the corner and hopufully all "good modellers" know that Santa Claus lives in Finnish Lapland. So, with this model of Santa's Express I'd like to wish all my colleagues Merry Christmas The small size of the Saab 340B can be clearly seen in the comparison with the DC -10 The Finnaviation Saab 340B at Helsinki Airport (the photo is courtesy of Mr, Teemu Tuuri from Finnish Aviation Photography) 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Lovely as always Einar. Thanks for sharing Dave G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 19 minutes ago, Skodadriver said: Lovely as always Einar. Thanks for sharing Dave G Thanks Dave! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Absolutely stunning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 5 minutes ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: Absolutely stunning! Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Very topical and a wonderful model! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Very nice and thank you for the best Christmas greetings from Rovaniemi! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonners Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Tidy work, Einar. I've been a regular Saab 340 passenger for the last year - definitely a workhorse, definitely not luxurious! Jon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael51 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 A superb looking machine - if you stare at the pictures long enough, it almost becomes real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 8 hours ago, RMCS said: Excellent Thank you! Einar 8 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Very topical and a wonderful model! Kind regards, Joachim Thanks Joachim! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Very nice and thank you for the best Christmas greetings from Rovaniemi! Saluti Giampiero Grazie mille Giampiero! Have you already visited Santa's village? Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Jonners said: Tidy work, Einar. I've been a regular Saab 340 passenger for the last year - definitely a workhorse, definitely not luxurious! Jon Thanks Jon! I can share your feelings! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Happy little airplane, very nice job. 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 27 minutes ago, Remus389 said: Happy little airplane, very nice job. 🙂👍 Thank you Remus! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 A little beauty! Cheers John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Einar said: Grazie mille Giampiero! Have you already visited Santa's village? Einar Unfortunately not yet. Saluti Giampiero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 hours ago, Viking said: A little beauty! Cheers John Thanks John! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Very neat Saab in a cool livery. I always hope for an injection moulded kit of this aircraft. I had a few flights on it with Crossair. The landings were always quite spectacular,for absolutely no apparent reason,the pilots always went on full break after touchdown. If you would not have fastened the seatbelts very strong,you would have probably flown through the cabin right into the cockpit😂 Thanks for sharing this beautiful model Alex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 18 minutes ago, Alex1978 said: Very neat Saab in a cool livery. I always hope for an injection moulded kit of this aircraft. I had a few flights on it with Crossair. The landings were always quite spectacular,for absolutely no apparent reason,the pilots always went on full break after touchdown. If you would not have fastened the seatbelts very strong,you would have probably flown through the cabin right into the cockpit😂 Thanks for sharing this beautiful model Alex Alex, thank you very much for your positive comments and for sharing your memories of the plane. Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abandoned Project Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 That's so cute. It looks so tiny next to your DC-10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 9, 2021 Author Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Abandoned Project said: That's so cute. It looks so tiny next to your DC-10. Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 hours ago, Alex1978 said: I always hope for an injection moulded kit of this aircraft. The original issues of the Welsh kit were half Injection moulded, half vacform and half white metal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Once again perfect build. I remember sitting in these Saabs in old days. I must say that I don't remember seeing this version in real life. Clearly looks nice in your collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 54 minutes ago, Vesa Jussila said: Once again perfect build. I remember sitting in these Saabs in old days. I must say that I don't remember seeing this version in real life. Clearly looks nice in your collection. Thank you very much / kiitos paljon Vesa Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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