Saab Tunnan, Israeli Air Force

[TomZ]

Saab Tunnan, Israeli Air Force



The Saab 29 Tunnan, colloquially Flygande tunnan (English: "The flying barrel"), was a Swedish fighter that was designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1940s. It was the second turbojet-powered combat aircraft to be developed in Sweden, the first being the Saab 21R, and it was the first Western European fighter to be produced with a swept wing post World War II, only being preceded in Western Europe as a whole by the Me 262 built during the war. Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name is derived, the J 29 was fast and agile and served effectively in both fighter and fighter-bomber roles into the 1970s.



At the end of the 1950s Saab sought export customers for the Tunnan. One the interested parties was the Israeli Air Force. After an evaluation period, competing against the French Super Mystere, Israel bought 32 Tunnans. Later a further 58 were ordered.





Model: 1/48 Pilot replicas

TomZ

[Caveman]

Ooo, I like this!

[Old Wombat]

Nice!

[NARSES2]

That works well 

[Dizzyfugu]

Nice. There has been a suitable profile around the WWW for ages that frequently pops up when I research the J29. Now there's even hardware to prove it!



I just wonder about the odd windscreen on the model? But it's OOB, I assume? 

[su27rules]

 

[KiwiZac]

That works very nicely!

[DogfighterZen]

Very nice! 

Nice. There has been a suitable profile around the WWW for ages that frequently pops up when I research the J29. Now there's even hardware to prove it!



I just wonder about the odd windscreen on the model? But it's OOB, I assume? 

I noticed it, too... looks way too big compared to the real thing, almost looks as if it's the aft section of a normal canopy. Very weird indeed.

[TomZ]

I just wonder about the odd windscreen on the model? But it's OOB, I assume? 

It's straight OOB.

TomZ

[Dizzyfugu]

Weird. Looks surprisingly odd?

[NARSES2]

Weird. Looks surprisingly odd?

I think I know what you mean ? But the Tunnan has always looked a little odd to me for some reason ?

[Doug K]

That works really well 

[Old Wombat]

I think that's a re-pop of the 1/48 AZ kit which is the only other image I could find with that look to the front of the canopy (both models & real aircraft).

Still, this is Whif World, so maybe it's been modified to house some extra avionics used by the Israelis.

[flappydaffy]

great job! a nice flying barel!!



... with a somewhat special looking canopy 

[comrade harps]

Weird. Looks surprisingly odd?

I think I know what you mean ? But the Tunnan has always looked a little odd to me for some reason ?

I think it's the neat, smooth but rotund appearance. Almost like an egg plane.

Nice job, by the way