SAAB J32 Lansen- IPMS Austria 1/33 scale

[Isaac]

Here are the side air intakes for the engine. They are conformal and indented with a long shovel like shape.






My fit was OK, not great. I think the results are dependent on the technique used. I glued one side, let it dry and then the other side. Since it is indented, careful alignment is important. I will re color the edges.


A side note: There is no boundary layer separator in this model. The designer decided on a simple model of moderate complexity.





I would like to see a more complex version of the Lansen that incorporates them, separate flaps and control surfaces and also has a landing gear bays.


Isaac

[Isaac]

The Lansen horizontal fin placement is similar to the North American F-86 Sabre. It is mounted on top of the rear fuselage and has a fairing with flat sides to allow the fins to rotate without binding.


Here are the parts


and installed.



Isaac

[MacSongLi]

Welcome back Isaac. The fuselage is coming together nicely.

Gary

[Erik Zwaan]

Hi Isaac, a very good looking build up so far. I must admit never heard of this aircraft before. There's a bit of Hawker Hunter into the shape I'd say.
Indeed, 160 grams of paper is the best choice for 1:33 aircraft models. And photopaper is very hard to glue, apart from its stiffness.

Good luck, I will follow this one.

Erik

[mor54]

Fuselage parts look very nice Isaac. Happy you had a good time at the show. In 2015 I was 4 dayes at Oshkosh, came back with 1500 pictures. Was planing to be at the 2019 airshow, but the Korona changed every thing.

Shalom Mor

[Isaac]

Thank you Gary, Erik and Shalom Mor,

Yes, the fuselage is taking shape. It is a large model, but nothing complicated.


Isaac

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by Erik Zwaan

Hi Isaac, a very good looking build up so far. I must admit never heard of this aircraft before. There's a bit of Hawker Hunter into the shape I'd say.
Indeed, 160 grams of paper is the best choice for 1:33 aircraft models. And photopaper is very hard to glue, apart from its stiffness.

Good luck, I will follow this one.

Erik

Erik

I guess the wing shape is similar to the Hunter, but that is all. The Lansen is much larger in cross section to accommodate more systems and fuel internally ( even though it has this grotesque underbelly fuel tank that looks like a cancerous growth; this was also common to some early British fighters like the Gloster Meteor and the Supermarine Attacker ).



As for the paper, yes I'm using 160 gsm.

I never use photo paper for my models! It is not designed for any manipulations, rounding or gluing!


Isaac

[Isaac]

Continuing with the dreaded petal design for the RADOM and mated with the next section



ready to mate to the rest of the fuselage



and with all 3 fuselage sections now.



Note: I decided to stay with the petal design because this is a very simple model with limited details. I originally thought of vacuforming the RADOM nose like I did with the Yak-25M ( http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/671882-post28.html ), but decided not to spend all that effort to custom build the nose. Maybe when the model is ever redesigned, I will reconsider the nose then.




Isaac

[Cybermac]

Great work Isaac!

As you say the rear part of the fuselage (bulge with stabilisers) resembles F-86 very much.
Not an easy thing to design, I know that from my experience

Kind regards

Cybermac

[Isaac]

Originally Posted by Cybermac

Great work Isaac!

As you say the rear part of the fuselage (bulge with stabilisers) resembles F-86 very much.
Not an easy thing to design, I know that from my experience

Kind regards

Cybermac

This rear fairing was an easy solution ( for the full scale aircraft ) when you want to keep the rear simple with the mechanism and pivots all within that housing on top.

Also, it allowed for a round rear fuselage since the pivoting was only within the flat sides of the fairing only which was small compared to today's all moving horizontal fins.


Isaac