Modern Soviet Aircraft Weapons Set 2: Air-to-Surface Missiles
kit no. 2505
Review by Al Magnus - one72guy(at)gmail(dot)com

The kit

Inside the box there are 2 sprues of hard light grey injected plastic, each with 38 pieces.

Five different missiles are available. They are:

 Missile   No. of 
Copies 		  No. of Parts 
per MIssile 		  Kit Part 
No.s 
 Kh-23 (AS-7 Kerry)   2   5   14, 15, 26(x2), 27 
 Kh-25 (AS-10 Kerry)   2   3   18, 19, 29 
 Kh-25 (AS-12 Kegler)   2   3   22, 23, 28 
 Kh-29 (AS-14 Kedge)   2   2   16, 17 
 Kh-58 (AS-11 Kilter)   2   3   2, 6, 7 
There are parts for the wing mounts for each missile. The mounts fit into slots in the missile body. Along with the missiles are parts to make KMG-U Dispenser, 300mm rocket, SPPU-22 Gun Pod and UPK-23 Gun Pod.

The molding of the parts was slightly off resulting in noticeable seams along the missile bodies. Removing them tended to flatten out the bodies and gave them more of an oval cross section than round.

In my box there was just one decal sheet, though I suspect there should have been two because there are not enough images on one sheet to mark two missiles if the instructions are followed. All the markings on the sheet are black. The decal film is a thick but does respond to Microsol very well. The images are opaque but the images are a bit fuzzy looking and not very crisp and clear.

The instruction sheet contains colouring and marking info. Paint numbers are for Italeri, Gunze Sangyo Aqueous and Gunze Sangyo Mr. Color paints. United States FS numbers are included where applicable.



Conclusion

This set's mouldings are now around 15 years old, and the accuracy of the missiles remains reasonably good. But the poorly aligned moldings and the generally poor decal sheet make this kit a bit of a disappointment.



Addendum: 12/April/2020

Parts of this set have now been eclipsed by many newer products that have come on the market since this set was first released circa 30 years ago. It remains a decent value for those wishing to arm their model aircraft on a budget.

Review Last Updated: 12 April 2020

© AC Magnus 2006