1/72 Heller SAAB 29 Tunnan

by Björn Bäcklund

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  Sweden National Day 2005 

 

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.

Björn

Photos and text © by Björn Bäcklund