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1:72  R-27, R-73, R-77 USSR/Russian A-A missiles, KMGU-2 and other aircraft weapons

Product Article by Anatoly Sushon on Dec 7 2009

 

Today I am bringing up to your attention the latest USSR/Russian aircraft armament sets from ARMORY, the Ukrainian up-and-coming manufacturer of aftermarket goods in 1:72 scale who also are the internet hobby shop. As the manufacturer ARMORY found their niche producing top quality resin items that otherwise would never be available to those of us building USSR/Russian made aircraft

Let’s start from KMGU-2 (pics 2 and 3), the reusable sub-munition dispenser designed to carry AO-2.5 fragmentation bombs, which are dispensed through the container's rotary doors downwards, or to either side, depending on how the KMGU-2 container is mounted. This weapon could be carried by wide variety of planes and helicopters

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  • - AA-10 "Alamo" (pics 5, 6 and 7) is the Soviet "Air-Air" guided missile set incl. AKU-470 & APU-470 launchers for Su-27, Su-33, Su-35, MiG-29, Yak-141

  • - AA-11 “Archer” (pics 8, 9, 10 and 11) is "Air-Air" close combat guided missile with APU-73 launcher  for MiG-21-93, MiG-23ML, MiG-29, MiG-29M, MiG-29C, MiG-29K, Su-27, Su-27K, Su-25T, Yak-141, Ka-50, Ka-52.

  • - AA-12 "Adder" (pics 12 and 13) is the "Air-Air" guided missile for Su-27, Su-33, Su-35, MiG-29, Yak-141

Just to let you know, Armory produced quite a few items to give us choice of what to put under the wing of the plane. Amongst earlier issued sets are

  • - R-40R & R-40RD (AA-6 "Acrid"), the "Air-Air" long range guided missile with radar guidance (pics 14 and 15) and R-40TD (AA-6 "Acrid") the "Air-Air" long range guided missile with IR guidance (PIC 16), all three are carried by MiG-25P/PD/PDS, MiG-31, Su-15

  • - S-25O, S-25OF S-25OFM heavy unguided missiles (pic 19)

  • - UB-32A mod.1968  32x57mm unguided rocket pod (pic 20)

  • - R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid"), the"Air-Air" close combat guided missile on APU-60-I pylon (pic 17)
    for IL-102, MiG-21M/MF/bis/I/SM/SMT, MiG23M/ML, MiG-25PD, MiG-27M/K/D, MiG-29, MiG-31/-31M, Su-15TM, Su-17M2/M3/M4, Su-20, Su-22, Su-24M/MR, Su-25, Su-39, Yak-28PM, Yak-38/-38M, Yak-141, Mi-24P/V

  • - R-60 (AA-8 "Aphid"), the "Air-Air" class close combat guided missile on APU-60-II pylon (PIC 18) for  MiG-21bis/SM/SMT, MiG23M/ML, MiG-25PD, MiG-27M/K/D, MiG-29, MiG-31/-31M, Su-15TM, Su-17M2/M3/M4, Su-20, Su-22, Su-24M/MR, Su-25, Yak-28PM, Yak-38/-38M, Yak-141

The quality of resin cast of each of the items that I have seen so far is very good. There are no bubbles or any other surface imperfections, most of the sets have etched parts to reproduce the real thing in every little detail. The items are well packaged to secure both resin cast and etched parts while in transit. Each set is also supplied with the assembly instruction in English with diagrams and paint guide.

I find it a bit tricky when it comes to putting together some of the missiles especially the ones with tiny etched fins, however it is definitely worth your while as you would get a very accurate scale model of the armaments that is not otherwise available in the market.

You can get any of the above and lots more directly from ARMORY web site
http://armory.in.ua/index.php?cPath=37_85_91_807&sort=products_sort_order&page=1

A big THANKS to Taras Karabin from ARMORY for the samples.

Happy Modeling

Anatoly Sushon

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