The Swedish airforce
did participate in the UN mission in Congo, with the SAAB 29 Tunnan ("the
Flying Barrel"). This is the fighter J29B. The model is a conversion of a
Heller kit. I cut off the "saw tooth" on the wings to backdate it to a
B-version, as the Heller kit makes a later E-version. I armed the kit with
rockets from the spare boxes and fuel tanks from the Matchbox SAAB J29 kit.
This is a photorecce vers ion
S29C. It is also a Heller kit. It has the later type of wings, so I didn't have
to rebuild them, but I made a sight for the cameras and mounted an areal in the
air intake. This one is camouflage
painted. That was done later as the war went on in Congo.
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