Author Archives: Erik Gustavsson

About Erik Gustavsson

One of the founding fathers of Plastic Warfare, and the creator and administrator of this website.

SAAB 32 Lansen special

Celebrating the release of the Tarangus kit of the SAAB Lansen I have made a collection of articles that I hope will aid the modeller in his attempt to finishing the kit of this odd, and maybe internationally, not so … Continue reading

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Lansen accessories

I have included some pictures of relevant accessories for the Lansen here. They are: the old, original crew ladder, the tow bar, the old intake covers (although the paint job used to be better), the tow bar and a dismounted … Continue reading

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SAAB J32D Walkaround

At the Swedish Airforce Historic Flight, they have three J32 Lansen aircraft. Two of them have previously done service as target tugs, one of them was used for testing by the airforce testing center. Two of the aircraft has been … Continue reading

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SAAB A32A walkaround

Here is a walk around on the A32A Lansen currently undergoing restoration at the Swedish Airforce Historical Flight at F7 Såtenäs. The modeller should note a few things. A few access panels are missing in the nose gear bay and … Continue reading

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Intruder Alert!

This is Fujimis EA-6A “Electric Intruder” in 1/72. It´s built out of the box, as a companion project to keep my son company. It´s built quite fast, which shows, but I am happy how the weathering and colour scheme turned … Continue reading

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Tarangus 1/48 A32 Lansen review

Finally it arrived, after more than a year since we first heard of it, the Tarangus 1/48 scale SAAB A32 Lansen. The kit is a limited edition injection moulded plastic kit with five grey plastic sprues, one transparent plastic sprue … Continue reading

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SEP T2, the 2nd tracked SEP

This is the final (for now) walkaround of SEP-prototypes. I don´t have any more SEP pictures now, so until Arsenalen gets a fourth SEP vehicle you can rest assured that you don´t have to see any more of these vehicles. … Continue reading

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C4-Open 2011 show report

And so it was over, the 2011 C4-Open competition in Malmö, Sweden. This was the 20th year the competition was held, and the  event is larger than ever. A 100 competitors displayed 450 models to 1650 visitors. There were more … Continue reading

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C4-Open 2011, Aircraft

Aircraft exhibited at C4-Open 2011.

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C4-Open 2011, Dioramas

Dioramas at C4-Open 2011.

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