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Missile & Guided Bomb Sets

Meng Model, 1/48 scale

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Catalogue Number and Description:

Meng Model Missile and Guided Bomb Sets:

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

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

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

 

Scale: 1/48
Price: TBA
Contents and Media:

Each set contains injection moulded plastic parts and decals to build the following missiles:

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

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:

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:

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

 

Review Type: FirstLook
Advantages: Excellent quality moulding; crisp detail; great variety of US and allied rockets and guided bombs; clear parts supplied as required; excellent decals printed by Cartograf.
Disadvantages:  
Conclusion: These are high quality weapons that will be a must for anyone building modern US aircraft subjects. Highly Recommended.

Reviewed by Brett Green


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F i r s t L o o k

 

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.

 

 

 

C o n c l u s i o n

 

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


Review Text and Images Copyright © 2017 by Brett Green
Page Created on 11 July, 2017
Last updated 13 July, 2017

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