My missiles arrived slightly damaged, surprising since the missiles are cast in durable gray resin. The components are wrapped in separate bags and a color instruction sheet is provided. The early A model is the subject of this review.Įduard’s package provides 4 missiles and their boosters in resin with a small but comprehensive decal sheet of stencils. Now in steps Eduard Brassin producing a 1/48 resin version, of not only the AIM-54A but the later C variant. These missiles varied in detail, with the Hasegawa offering perhaps being the best. To date the options for Phoenix missiles in 1/48 scale have been the missiles provided in the various F-14 kits and the Hasegawa weapons set. The Iranians used it to deadly effect in the Iran-Iraq war and it was so highly regarded, it was copied by the Soviet Union for pairing with the Mig-31. There was and has been no equal to the missile. It is ironic that the weapon system developed for the F-111B should end up in the Tomcat, the plane Grumman designed to supplant the faltering Navy F-111. The AIM-54 was the long range fangs of the F-14 that gave the aircraft the capability to engage the Soviet Naval Aviation threat and its vast arsenal of anti-ship cruise missiles at very long range. For fans of US Naval Aviation and those fascinated with the Cold War, an incomparable weapon system and platform pairing was the F-14 Tomcat with the AWG-9 radar and the AIM-54 Phoenix missile.
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