Review of Saab 29 "Flygande Tunnan"
Author: Mikael Forslund
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP)
Yellow Series no. 8117
ISBN: 978-83-65281-34-0
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $39.00
Yellow Series no. 8117
ISBN: 978-83-65281-34-0
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $39.00
HISTORY:
The Saab 29, called "Flygande Tunnan" (English "The Flying Barrel") was a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1940's. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R; additonally, it was the first Western European fighter to be produced with swept wing after the war, the Me-262 being the first during WWII.
Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name derives, the Saab 29 was a fast and agile aircraft for its era. It served effectively in both fighter and fighter-bomber roles into the 1970's.
This book is the most comprehensive on the Tunnan yet published. It is a companion volume with the Scale Plans set about the aircraft already reviewed in the books catagory here.
THE BOOK:
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP) is based in the U.K. All their books are printed in English by their associate Stratus in Sandomierz, Poland. Stratus also does their own line of books in both Polish and English.
This book is soft cover and contains 192 pages in 6 1/2" x 9" page format.
There are 1/72nd scale line drawings of:
The J28A version (2 profiles)
The J28A version (wing)
The J29B (a 4-view, profile and fuselage interior bulkheads)
The S29C (head-on, 2-view and a cut-away illustration)
The J29E (wing)
The J28F (profile and head-on)
It contains: 127 color photos and 143 black and white ones.
There are 31 data lists in the book.
For color profiles:
The J29A (3 profiles)
The J29B (2 profiles)
The J29C (2 profiles)
The J29B in UN markings (a profile and a 2-view)
The J29F (3 profiles in Swedish markings)
The J29f (5 profiles in Austrian markings + a unit badge)
3 unit badges for Swedish units are illustrated also.
There is a black and white photo of the cockpit interior with labels for everything, a dashboard line drawing and instrument faces with labels, plus cockpit interior photos with labels.
This is a neat book and very thorough about the Saab Tunnan.
Highly recommended
I want to thank Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of MMP and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
All the MMP titles can be viewed on:
The Saab 29, called "Flygande Tunnan" (English "The Flying Barrel") was a Swedish fighter designed and manufactured by Saab in the 1940's. It was Sweden's second turbojet-powered combat aircraft, the first being the Saab 21R; additonally, it was the first Western European fighter to be produced with swept wing after the war, the Me-262 being the first during WWII.
Despite its rotund appearance, from which its name derives, the Saab 29 was a fast and agile aircraft for its era. It served effectively in both fighter and fighter-bomber roles into the 1970's.
This book is the most comprehensive on the Tunnan yet published. It is a companion volume with the Scale Plans set about the aircraft already reviewed in the books catagory here.
THE BOOK:
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP) is based in the U.K. All their books are printed in English by their associate Stratus in Sandomierz, Poland. Stratus also does their own line of books in both Polish and English.
This book is soft cover and contains 192 pages in 6 1/2" x 9" page format.
There are 1/72nd scale line drawings of:
The J28A version (2 profiles)
The J28A version (wing)
The J29B (a 4-view, profile and fuselage interior bulkheads)
The S29C (head-on, 2-view and a cut-away illustration)
The J29E (wing)
The J28F (profile and head-on)
It contains: 127 color photos and 143 black and white ones.
There are 31 data lists in the book.
For color profiles:
The J29A (3 profiles)
The J29B (2 profiles)
The J29C (2 profiles)
The J29B in UN markings (a profile and a 2-view)
The J29F (3 profiles in Swedish markings)
The J29f (5 profiles in Austrian markings + a unit badge)
3 unit badges for Swedish units are illustrated also.
There is a black and white photo of the cockpit interior with labels for everything, a dashboard line drawing and instrument faces with labels, plus cockpit interior photos with labels.
This is a neat book and very thorough about the Saab Tunnan.
Highly recommended
I want to thank Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of MMP and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
All the MMP titles can be viewed on: