Hasegawa Aircraft Weapons:VI (U.S. Smart Bombs)

The kit

Inside the box there are 3 sprues of hard light grey injected plastic with a total of 78 parts. Each sprue contains 26 pieces.

One missile is available. It is:

Missile	No. of Copies	No. of Parts per MIssile	Kit Part No.s
AGM-123 Skipper	3	3	A1, A3, A5

Also included are parts for GBU-10 (parts A9, A11), GBU-12 (parts A6(x2), A7), GBU-16 (parts A3, A5) and GBU-24 (parts A4(x4), A8, A10, A13) guided bombs, TER Triple Ejection Rack (part A2) and F-14 Bomb Rack (part A12).

This is one of Hasegawa's newer releases. The parts are excellently molded with fine engraved detail, minimal mold seams and no flash.

There are three decal sheets containing the various lines and stencils for the missiles. The decal film is a bit thick as is common with Hasegawa kits, but the images respond to Microsol very well and snug down tight. The images are opaque, clear and well printed.

The instruction sheet contains colouring and marking info. Paint numbers are for Gunze Sangyo Aqueous Hobby Color and Gunze Sangyo Mr. Color paints. US FS numbers are included where applicable.

Conclusion

All in all, an excellent value for the money.

Addendum: 08/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 2000, some 20 years ago. It remains a decent value for those wishing to arm their model aircraft on a budget, and, as far as I know, is still the only source for 1/72 scale AGM-123 Skipper.

	Aircraft Weapons:VI (U.S. Smart Bombs) kit no. X72-011 / 35011
			Review by Al Magnus - one72guy(at)gmail(dot)com