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Artiklar med svensk anknytning

by Stefan Eriksson drawings by Anders Nowotny About Blue Peter In the recent years the Swedish Air Force has been busy painting aircrafts to celebrate different kinds of anniversaries or commemorate end of operations. As part of this trend, we have already seen many colourful J 35 Drakens. As the […]

Saab JA 37 Viggen Blå Petter

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Scratchbuilding a 1939 Country Bus model by Sven Örnberg text based on Sven Örnbergs model description, written by Martin Waligorski   (The text of this feature is based on construction notes by Sven Örnberg. I decided to retain the 1st person perspective from Sven’s original description of the build I […]

From Anten to Alingsås

model by Göran Sebardt text by Magnus Fridsell photos by Peter Alsterberg In addition to my J 22 walkaround article this of this month, here is a quick review of the available plastic kits of this Swedish fighter. Kit-wise we are quite well served – albeit only in 1/72 scale. […]

J 22 in Kit Form

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Photos by Andreas Samuelsson and Magnus Fridsell Text by Magnus Fridsell and Martin Waligorski A closer look at the Swedish enigma fighter The FFVS J 22 was conceived as an emergency fighter when all aircraft orders placed abroad fell through about a year after the breakout of the Second World […]

FFVS J 22 in Detail

Augusta-Bell 206A in Swedish Navy use Photos: Martin Nordström Text: Lars Befring   Between 1970 and 2002 the swedish naval air flew 10 Augusta-Bell 206A:s, they where used mainly for light transport, ASW duties and pilot training. These pictures where taken by Martin Nordström as he worked with the Helicopters […]

HKP 6 or Agusta-Bell 206A some photos

Artwork by Anton Alm Text by Magnus Fridsell and Martin Waligorski     The FFVS J 22 was a fighter aircraft developed in Sweden as a stop-gap measure during World War II. Very little known internationally, it was an important episode in the development of the Swedish aircraft industry and as such has been […]

The FFVS J 22 in Profile

artwork by Tor Karlsson text by Martin Waligorski   First announced in September 1973, the Bell 206L Long Ranger was developed to meet a requirement for a turbine-powered general-purpose helicopter in a size and performance range between the five-seat Jet Ranger II and 15-seat Model 205A-1. The original Model 206L […]

Bell 206L Long Ranger in Swedish Police Service

model by Markus Eriksson text and images by Martin Waligorski The enmity that had existed between Russia and Sweden during the reign of Tsar Peter I and King Charles XII of Sweden culminated in the twenty-year long Great Northern War. In 1700, seeking to open Russian trade routes to the […]

Poltava 1709

1:72 Saab J21 is Another Old Gem From Heller  by Mark Davies   The Saab J21 first flew in July 1943. It was powered initially by a German-sourced and later Swedish-built version of the Daimler-Benz DB605B, and used a laminar flow wing. It had an ejector seat, being one of […]

Saab’s First Fighter

Converting Heller Saab J 32A to J 32B All-Weather Interceptor by Mark Davies   I have a huge admiration for the achievements Swedish aviation industry and the products of Saab. I also think many of their aircraft make very appealing modeling subjects. The Lansen is a fine example of just […]

The Handsome Lansen

Text and photos by Kai-Mikael Jää-Aro, with additional historical background by Martin Waligorski There is a sad lack of civilian models on our modelling tables, in particular considering that there actually are quite a few kits available out there. One of my favourites is the Airfix model of the Piper […]

Piper Cherokee Arrow in Detail

With Focus on the Swedish Air Force Service text by Henrik Bergman and Magnus Fridsell photos by Henrik Bergman, Andreas Stöckl, Anders Edbäck and Åke Söderberg The Hercules has turned 50! On August 23 1954, test pilot Stan Beltz pushed the four throttles forward and YC-130 53-3397 took to the […]

Lockheed C-130 Hercules in Detail

Lockheed Hercules 842 in 1/200th Scale by Rickard Malmborg photos by Magnus Fridsell and Martin Waligorski   I have already modelled an entire series of Swedish Air Force aircraft, most single-engine fighters but also trainers and twin-engine bombers. I must admit I have focused on numbers rather than quality, but […]

Sweden’s First Aerial Tanker

Modelling a Swedish Airforce J8 from the Finnish Winter War  by Thomas Olsson English translation by Magnus Fridsell I have been modelling since the 70s with the Swedish Air Force as my main interest. As a youngster I built two Gladiators, one each from Heller and Matchbox. After a ten […]

A Gladiator in a Wintry Setting

An Almost Forgotten Story About P-47 Thunderbolt in SwAF Service by Björn Goldman   This is the story about the Swedish J 27 Åskbollen. During the past 50 years, it has been one of the many classified and undisclosed stories of the Swedish Air Force. In fact, all but one […]

The Swedish ”Dunderbult”