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The three Lansen test planes used for the Viggen project.
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| This was a quick build. Eight days from start to finish is not bad for me. As this was my fifth Lansen in a short time parts seemed to fall together automatically. Beginning to know this kit and keeping it simple avoiding etch and such helps. |
| This is "Lansen Alfa" it was used in testing of the Viggen electronics. Earlier it had been a test bed for Draken rocket seats. The white stripes were from those tests, but I built it in a later part of its life. |
| This build runs with my Viggen prototype theme. I used a vac formed fuel tank from Broplan that I converted with camera openings and also scratch built an electronic pod under the left wing. A resin bomb used as a counter weight came from Maestro models. |
| Another Lansen used as a test platform for the Viggen project. |
| This would be a fighter, so it needed to be converted. The tail has been modified to take the engine exhaust from Maestro model. |
| Etched set for the cockpit was used for in build. |
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Resin fighter nose of the J 32B. The large pitot tube used on the one that I'm building is also glued in place. Lansen A, B, C Perhaps is should mention the different versions of the Lansen. It was built in three versions: The A 32A an attack version and S 32C a photo recce version, both can be built from the Heller kit. The J 32B was a fighter version. It got 30 mm guns (instead of the 20 mm guns in the 32A) so it got bulges on the nose to accommodate them. It also got a more powerful engine than the other two, so the exhaust tail pipe is larger. To build the fighter there are two options: Converting the Heller kit with parts from Maestro models or the new J 32B kit from Tarangus. I had some conversion sets lying around and decided to use them before buying a Tarangus kit so what I am building right now is this J 32B that will be the fighter prototype. |
| I also needed a new canopy. First some plastic to give the basic shape. |
| Then Milliput was added. That gave me a master for vac forming a new canopy. |
| The result was a canopy that is higher than the original. |
| Then the area behind the cockpit needed to be rebuilt. |
| I started to paint the gloss black stripes when I realized that I had forgot to build camera pods on the wing tips. |
| A rather dull scheme. Black and silver, but there is some blue on the wing tips to brighten things up. |
| I'm not very comfortable with painting but I like the "flower" around the base of the pitot tube I managed to make. I wasn't sure it would work. |
| Moose Republic had decals for the J 32B prototype that I used for this and I also added some of my own. |
| It is the SAAB J 32B Lansen prototype used as a test bed for the Viggen ejection seats. The etched air brakes tested my patience but in the end I'm rather happy with the model. I can't recall ever seen this plane modelled. |
| This is the third Lansen used in the development of the Viggen. |
| I started on a fighter conversion of the Lansen many years ago which stalled. But now I found two of my scratch-built airbrakes in a box, so they will be used on this kit. I also had one of the inserts left that I will use to build new ones. I also found a very old etch frame that has the ladder and simplified airbrakes. I will probably use the ones in the bottom of the fuselage from this set. |
| I did immediately run in to trouble with this build. The resin nose has a larger diameter than the kit. |
| I can't find any builds on the net of this plane, so I had to figure out a solution by my own. |
| Lots of sanding has been done. The resin nose fits better now. |
| Not your ordinary looking Lansen. |
| Getting ready for paint. Not the best looking Lansen, but at least it's different. |
| I started with the white paint. |
| Followed by the black. This aircraft was used for tests of the Viggen radar. I thought it would fit in with my collection of Viggen prototypes. |
| I finally found the second pair of air brakes that I built about 25-30 years ago. |
| Decals came from Moose Republic. |
| The resin parts needed to build this one comes from Maestro Models. |
| "Lansen Alfa" used for testing the electronics, 32502 the Lansen interceptor prototype used for rocket seat tests and "Lansen Gamma" used in the radar tests. |
| Stockholm September 23, 2017 |  |
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