This is just hanging off the end of the EL with friction holding in place. I left off the part shown below because I wasn’t sure if it would interfere with the platform. I’m pretty sure now this will act as a stop and hold it he platform more horizontal to the EL.
All this is only temporary at this point and probably won’t be attached until after paint. This is getting really unwieldy to handle and there’s still a bunch of small parts I’ve left off (handles etc) because I’m sure they wouldn’t survive the build.
Al, just glue them together. Then fill the seams with Mr. Surfacer. Allow to dry for an hour, then remove excess with a cotton bud wet with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner. This will take down the high spots and remove excess without effecting surface detail at all. Repeat until seams are gone.
Thanks. I haven’t worked up the courage to glue the missile together yet, although if pretty much snapped together. There’s a bit of tape holding the 1st/2nd stage together, but other than that, gravity and friction and some magnets are holding everything in place.
Thats an impressive mock up Al and very well detailed by the looks of it thus far. These I love Kits kits look pretty nice all in all … terrific work mate … and yeah, its going to be a whopper
Nice build. I have always liked it. 1/32 Martin Marietta Pershing 1A kit I bid on it many many years ago if I remember right it went for well over $100.00 + shipping x exchange rate, at that time it was to much money for me to to spend on a model, with two children and a wife at home.
Thanks Ralph. In the early-mid 90s I saw one for sale at a model show in Maryland and couldn’t afford the $250 the vendor wanted for it.
@Johnnych01 my only previous I Kit build M65 280mm howitzer back in 2020 (another “Grail” kit) and it was a pretty easy build, other than the size of it. It took a lot of work to get all the paint in all the nooks and crannies….
They’re really no different than Hobby Boss/Trumpeter kits. The instructions are identical. I know HB has haters, but I like ‘em.
I have the Atomic Canon. One by Renwal 1/32 and one from Adams 1/40 plus Corporal Missile Rewell 1/40 and two Teracruzer with Mace Missile Revel1/32 scale one built by Renwal.
I wanted to buy the Atomic Canon by I love kit, but it was to expensive in Canadian dollars with kit + shipping + exchange.
The Pershing 1 and 1B used the W50 war head which had yields of 60, 200 or 400 kilotons.
In 1988 the Army withdrew all Pershing’s and support systems from Europe. Aside from 15 museum pieces, the Army cut up all the launchers and static burned and crushed the boosters.
In 1991 Luftwaffe withdrew all of their Pershing 1A systems from its inventory, even though they weren’t covered by the INF treaty.
The treaty did not cover the Pershing’s W85 war heads, which were re-manufactured into B61-10 gravity bombs after they were shipped back to the US.
The Army recycled the Pershing guidance systems in Hera missiles, which it used as target drones during the development of the THAAD and Patriot missile systems.
This information and $1.75 will buy you a cup of coffee at the 7-11.
I’ve forgotten to comment: great work and very helpful, should I ever get one (I’ve still the M65 cannon unbuilt, to my shame). I do so love these Cold War nukes - which sounds strange now I’ve written it down(!).
There was a Luftwaffe Pershing site near where we used to undertake our annual military tests (Arsbeck), and on one memorable occasion we glimpsed one through the pines, being run up and tested; very atmospheric and even chilling - if you knew what you were looking at.
Actually Al I’ll have that cup of coffee and enjoy this interesting information. That whole passage warms my tax-paying heart that it doesn’t read, “The Army spent 500 million deactivating the W85 warheads, 1.2 billion developing the B61-10 gravity bomb, and 1.5 billion on the new Hera missile…”
And we haven’t even begun to discuss all of the other second and third generation tactical nuclear weapons that the US Army had to remove and from Europe and decommission after INF was enacted in 1988.
Lance missiles, and all of the 155mm, 8 inch and 175mm artillery rounds were included.
I never knew US Army Lance missiles only used .75 and 1.25 kiloton warheads. No conventional war heads were ever intended to be used except in training.
The IDF’s Lance systems were the only issued systems intended for use with conventional war heads.
Kit build M65 280mm howitzer back in 2020 (another “Grail” kit) and it was a pretty easy build, other than the size of it. It took a lot of work to get all the paint in all the nooks and crannies….
