A9 or Amerika rocket by special hobby in 1/72

[jetboy]

HI,thought you might like a look at this nice little kit,as ive just finished building it,here it is before,what is it you may ask?.well this was germany,s answer to world domination,but actually this was and is the first version of all thjat was to come,after the war the designs were improved etc and basically this was the forerunner to all that followed,missiles,shell designs,supersonic jets,space flight etc etc etc.Only two of these were built,designated A4b,the first launch a failure but the second was a sucess,only marred by the wings dropping off on the descent?,so this design was envisaged,with straked wings,which proved ideal in wind tunnel testing,but never achieved production......

Anyway heres the kit,ill post the finished one later..

heres the sprues,not many and this does make a detailed launch pad as well,though this version did,nt launch that way.

this is the finished launch platform

decals and two canopy,s vac formed..

and thats it ,nice little project though,going to post a resin version next as well,as a comparison

cheers Don