1/48 Hasegawa SAAB J35 Draken

Gallery Article by Jorge Andres Rivas Krause on May 1 2013

 

 

The Saab 35 Draken was a Swedish fighter aircraft manufactured by Saab between 1955 and 1974.  The distinctive design incoporate a "double-delta" configuration, with one delta wing within another large delta.  The inner wing has an 80° angle for high speed performance, while the outer 60° wing gives good performance at lower speeds. Propulsion was provided by a single Svenska Flygmotor RM 6B/C turbojet.  A ram turbine, under the nose, provide emergency power.

This model represents a Finnish version HävLLv 11 1984, DK-201. 

 

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The Hasegawa kit is accurate but a bit simple for the scale and because I didn't have any aftermarket I've decided to make some improvements from scratch.  I added some detail in the cockpit, especially on the left panel that was a bit empty and I put the two support bars in the windscreen.  I decided to drop the flaperons in order to make it look more interesting.  Doing that required adding more detail at the wing root section at the rear with a perforated sheet metal cover (small photo above on left).  Other improvements were hollowing the intake vents, replacing the solid navigation lights with clear ones, cutting the tail rudder to displayed it at an angle, making a display base etc.

I hope you like it and I'll appreciate any comments.

Jorge Andres Rivas Krause

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Photos and text © by Jorge Andres Rivas Krause