Saab J 29 Tunnan, Austrian Air Force/ Pilot Replicas 1:48
Hello, I’d like to introduce a Triplett Saab J 21 Tunnan by Pilot Replicas in 1:48 that I’m currently working on.
Two of them will be in flawless markings on their own wheels, while the third one is planned as a rather weathered gate-guard machine. The last eight pictures show this special Tunnan.
I am of course always grateful for all hints on how to get such a well weathered example convincingly! 🙂
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Craig Abrahamson said on May 29, 2019
Quite the production line ya got goin’ there – I like the cockpit work, too. Lookin’ forward to the result(s). Welcome aboard.
Greg Kittinger said on May 29, 2019
Looks like you’re getting a pretty nice weathered result! Would love to compare to reference photos…
Welcome!
Jeff Bailey said on May 29, 2019
They look great, Roland! I really like your work in the cockpit.
Roland Sachsenhofer said on May 30, 2019
Thank you Craig, Greg and Jeff for your comments and for welcoming me in this friendly way!
I will show you if course my references for the weathered gate guard, Greg.
At first I am able to present a few pictures of the first “Fliegende Tonne” finished out of that triple: it depicts “Red Echo” from 2. Staffel Jabogeschwader in Graz-Thalerhof. By the way, this special Tunnan got infamous by taking a fiery end after crash landing in Czechoslovakia in October 1964.
I hope you like the outcome.
Roland Sachsenhofer said on May 30, 2019
The boarding ladder is from Maestro Models
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Roland Sachsenhofer said on May 30, 2019
a second bunch of pictures
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Stellan Schroeder Englund said on May 30, 2019
Some project, eh. The J 29 got very grey as it weathered, not shiny new aluminium, even in service. Also good to make the canopy weathered, a sort of milky transparent if you get what I mean. Will you put the gate guard on a plinth?
Roland Sachsenhofer said on June 2, 2019
I do! I will present the “Flying Ton” on a pole. The whole thing stands on a small hill, surrounded by some landscape. Well, a small dog with an urgent need will also play a role….. “sic trasnit gloria mundi”
Roland Sachsenhofer said on June 3, 2019
I would like to show you a few pictures of the “gate guard Tunnan under de-construction” 🙂
I have sprayed layer of Alclad Dull Aluminum over the surfaces, after the have been coated with liquid masking agent. That was rubbed off after drying and that´s the result.
Now is time for some dry-brushed tear and wear!
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Roland Sachsenhofer said on June 8, 2019
Uuuups! Did I get something wrong with that “masking the canopy”? 🙂
No, I hope! The first picture shows the preparations to make the windows a little cloudy: diluted light brown colour was applied with an airbrush to the classic parts.
The surfaces of the “gate guard” Tunnan are now ready for my taste. Now only the diorama has to grow!
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