Missile & Guided Bomb Sets

Meng Model, 1/48 scale

Reviewed by Brett Green

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These days, some model companies are still a bit stingy with their allocation of weapons for modern American subjects.

If you have stash of Hasegawa kits from the 1980s and 1990s, however, you will almost certainly have a desperate shortage of stores!

Meng Model is just about to release three new sets of weapons that will fill the ordnance gap for modellers of modern American aircraft subjects. Details are as follows:

Item No. SPS-043 U.S. Short-range Air-to-air Missiles

This set provides:

AIM-4C; AIM-4; AIM-4F; AIM-4G; AIM-9B; AIM-9D; AIM-9E; AIM-9L/M; AI-9N/P; AIM-9X (four of each)

Item No. SPS-044 U.S. Long/Medium-range Air-to-Air Missiles

This set provides:

AIM-120B; AIM-120C; AIM-54A; AIM-54C; AIM-7E; AIM-7M (four of each); ACMI; AN/ALQ-188; EML8222 (two of each)

Item No. SPS-045 U.S. Satellite-Guided Bombs

This set provides:

GBU-54; GBU-31-V1; GBU-31-V3; AN/AAQ-33; BRU-61 (two of each); GBU-39; GBU-53 (eight of each)

Each set is made up from multiple sprues of perfectly moulded mid-grey coloured plastic.

Detail is crisp, and the parts are broken down to permit simple assembly. Many of the missiles are moulded with fins in place.

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All the sets include a busy decal sheet printed by Cartograf with markings and stencils specific to each weapon.

The short range set also includes four clear sprues with various seeker heads.

Instructions for assembling the weapons is provided on the back of each package; while colour and decal placement guides are included on the sides of the box.

These are high quality weapons that will be a must for anyone building modern US aircraft subjects.

Highly Recommended.

Thanks to Meng Model for the samples

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