Swedish subsonic spear – the Tarangus 1/48th Scale SAAB A32 Lansen A Pt. II

The second part of this Tarangus SAAB Lansen build from Eth and this kit which looked a bit basic is starting to turn into something with potential – today Eth takes us through the major construction of the fuselage and how to fix any problems that occurred along the way. The promise of this kit is developing!

Kit Maker: Tarangus

Scale: 1/48th

Kit no: TA4801

Sprues: 5

Parts: 80 grey + clear Parts

Material: Injection moulded plastic + PE Parts in the Maestro Add-on kits

Where to get it: Tarangus website directly

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. I

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. III
SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. IV

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. V

With the cockpit finished and ready to be installed it was time to add the sub assemblies for the intakes and the exhausts.

These were straight forward to assemble although the fitment to the fuselage is slightly problematical due to the lack of positive fixing point, but nothing that an experienced modeller cannot overcome.

The wings butt up to each other and have some horrendous sprue attachment points that need careful removal, both from the sprue and the wings themselves.

Because of the nature of the butt joint of the wings there was always going to be the risk of a visible gap and the above photograph demonstrates that. However it is easily dealt with and using Squadron green putty the problem was soon over come.

One task that you must do at this point, if you are using the etched speed brakes, is to open up the speed brake panels on the fuselage. This was accomplished by using a small drill in a pin vice to outline the panels that needed removing, there are four in all, two on the sides and two underneath.

There were some problems when assembling the two halves of the fuselage. For some reason a lot of material had to be removed from the cockpit tubs and the sides of the fuselage before the two halves would come together properly, and even then filler was need along the whole join.

With everything glued, filled and sanded it was time to prepare the model for painting, which will be in the next instalment

 

Ethelian Glendawr

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. I

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. III
SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. IV

SAAB A32 Lansen A Build Pt. V

Thanks to Tarangus for this kit and the extra additional etched add on parts more of this build very soon right here - stay tuned.