Hasegawa 1/48 Saab J-35FS Draken in Finnish service
Finnish Air Force Draken (DK-271) Fighter Squadron 21 (HävLLv 21).
Few pictures of Hasegawa Draken kit, build in year 2021. Drakens are in use during years 1976-2000 in Finland. All Finnish Drakens are interceptors without air-to-ground capability. Drakens were finally retired in 2000 to be replaced by F/A-18 Hornets.
I thought this was the first Finnish Draken here, but there was already an excellent model in iModeler, luckily representing another variant and fighter squadron.
More info, see
https://airforcemuseum.fi/museum%20objects/saab-35s-draken/
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/520053/DK-271 (Same plane, but later livery).
And if you are interested in military aviation, here is link to YouTube where Draken pilot Ari Saarinen
chats about his time flying the Finnish Air Force Saab 35 Draken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RzZ5edBhVI
Hope you like it.
The nicely done weathered finish makes the model.
Your camo is spot on. I also like how the pre-shading turned out. Really top tier job!
Beauty
Very nice!
Thanks for comments Dan, Keith, George and Gary.
Very nice! I really like the Draken, and that scheme is a winner. Nice paintwork as well.
Thank you Greg
Amazing job and super result, Jarmo!
Thanks Spiros
Very nice work on the shading effect. A really beautiful model. @jp
Thanks John.
Top job Jarmo P (@jp) - looks fantastic 🙂
Thank you Scott
Lovely looking Draken.
Thanks George.
That’s an outstanding Draken, Jarmo. I plan on building a Finnish one and hope it turns out half as nice as yours.
Thanks John.
Excellent looking Draken, Jarmo @jp
Well done.
Thanks John.
Wow, super nice Draken, Jarmo @jp! 🤩 Great work on that bird! 👏
Thank you Gary.
Excellent build Jarmo.
Thanks Rafi.