Model Talking

This is the follow-up of my walkaround depicting the Austrian Saab J-35 Draken. I posted the close-up shots of this fascinating bird here. Here you can see how this plane looked like in 2010.

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Inspired by a brand new MiG-21MF model kit made by the famous Czech manufacturer EDUARD I posted several MiG-21 photographs here. My shots are dedicated mainly to those of you who would like to build this wonderful airplane in Slovak colors. All the airplanes below are MiG-21M type photographed at Kuchyna Air Base (Pls. note, that Kuchyna means “kitchen” in Slovak language). There are many polemics concerning the designation “M” or “MA” (“Izdelije 96A” and/or “MiG-21M, type A” too). Moreover this type is commonly misinterpreted as newer type “MF” – because it is nearly identical. I am no MiG-21 guru so I prefer to use the “M” designation.

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I visited the Army Institute and its Arsenal museum in Vienna – HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) last year. Despite the awful weather I made several pictures of two wonderful Swedish birds – the Saab 29 Tunnan (see my older post here) and Saab J-35 Draken (Pls. note, that Draken means Dragon in English language). I placed several pictures documenting this elegant bird here – more detailed photographs depicting the undercarriage, Ram Air Turbine and various surface details will be published the next time.

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I visited the Army Institute and its Arsenal museum in Vienna – HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) last year. Despite the awful weather I made several pictures of the wonderful Swedish cask – the SAAB 29 Tunnan (tunnan = cask).  Unfortunately it was exhibited in the corner of the museum courtyard, behind the protecting fence and surrounded by parking cars. You can still see something from the airplane on my shots though.

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