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Hasegawa 1/48 Saab J-35FS Draken in Finnish service

January 17, 2024 · in Aviation · · 23 · 382

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.

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23 responses

  1. The nicely done weathered finish makes the model.

  2. Your camo is spot on. I also like how the pre-shading turned out. Really top tier job!

  3. Thanks for comments Dan, Keith, George and Gary.

  4. Very nice! I really like the Draken, and that scheme is a winner. Nice paintwork as well.

  5. Amazing job and super result, Jarmo!

  6. Very nice work on the shading effect. A really beautiful model. @jp

  7. Top job Jarmo P (@jp) - looks fantastic 🙂

  8. Lovely looking Draken.

  9. That’s an outstanding Draken, Jarmo. I plan on building a Finnish one and hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

  10. Excellent looking Draken, Jarmo @jp
    Well done.

  11. Wow, super nice Draken, Jarmo @jp! 🤩 Great work on that bird! 👏

  12. Excellent build Jarmo.

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