Saturday, March 30

Preview: The senior span U-2 & Katyusha from Hobbyboss in May

The senior span U-2R & Deuce-and-a-half Katyusha are the subjects of Hobbyboss' May items. We look at the sprues, colours, decals & build up kits in our preview...

Preview: The senior span U-2 & Katyusha from Hobbyboss in May

U-2R “Dragon Lady” Senior Span
by Hobby Boss
Model:81785
1/48th scale
U-2 built in complete secrecy by Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, the original U-2A first flew in August 1955. Early flights over the Soviet Union in the late 1950s provided the president and other U.S. decision makers with key intelligence on Soviet military capability. 

The colour schemes presented in this kit
The decals in the box
Masks for the kit are provided
In October 1962, the U-2 photographed the buildup of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba, touching off the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Model Length: 401.5mm / Wingspan: 653.1mm
Total of 8 sprues
The kit consists of over 130  parts
-Detailed fuselage & wing w/accurate design
- Photo etched parts included

The kit built by Hobbyboss modelers


GAZ-AAA with BM13/16 Katyusha 
by Hobby Boss
Model: 84572
1/35th scale
In 1942, the Russian military engineers were urgently searching for suitable BM-13-16 "Katyusha" rocket launcher chassis as addition to and substitution for their own, by now more and more obsolete ZIS-6 truck. Therefore, in the course of this year, they tested and deployed no less than 9 Lend-Lease truck chassis, partially presented here, among them the GMC CCKW-352, better known as "Deuce-and-a-Half" or "Jimmy".

The colour schemes presented in this kit
The decals in the box
Masks are provided for the transparent parts of the kit
CCKW Out of more than half a million produced from 1941 throughout the war, with all kinds of bodies, with the short 145in. and the long 164in. wheelbase, with open and closed cab, with and without winch, the Russians received only 6,700 pieces.

-The parts & sprues of the kit
Total of 16 sprues and cab
Model  Length: 197mm   Width: 77mm   
The kit consists of over 400+ parts
-Main tires with very good detail
-Photo-etched parts included
The kit built & painted by Hobbyboss modelers

These new kits are (or should soon be) available soon from Hobbyboss' Distributors Worldwide...