Eduard Modern US Weapons – CBU-105, CBU-97 & GBU-39 1:48

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Modern US Weapons – CBU-105, CBU-97 & GBU-39

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

 

Eduard's Brassin range are a great source of munitions for the aviation modeller, especially the huge variety of weapons carried by modern jets.  As usual with Eduard's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar Brassin clamshell box, with the resin parts safely cocooned on dark grey foam inserts, and the instructions sandwiched between the two halves, doubling as the header card.

 

 

CBU-97 Cluster Bomb (648275)

Containing ten bomblets called "Skeets", these containers are designed to be dispensed over enemy vehicles, with the Skeets detecting targets and launching kinetic penetrators downwards toward the more lightly armoured topsides of vehicles.  The set includes six canisters with separate tail fins that you must glue to the main body.  A set of stencils are also included on a small decal sheet, with painting guide done using Gunze Sangyo colours.

 

 

 

 

 

CBU-105 Cluster Bomb (648276)

Consisting of the same front end as the CBU-97, the -105 adds a precision guided tail unit that allows greater accuracy.  This set also includes six canisters with separate (different) tail fins that you must glue to the main body.  A set of stencils are also included on a small decal sheet, with painting guide done using Gunze Sangyo colours.

 

 

 

 

GBU-39 Small Diameter Boms with BRU-61 Pneumatic Bomb Rack (648294)

These small (relatively speaking) 110kg bombs are precision guided to enable an aircraft to deliver many smaller munitions more accurately, and loiter longer over a target before having to re-arm due to the effectiveness of the more accurate bombs.  The set contains two racks, plus eight bombs to fill them with four each rack.   The bombs are depicted with their wings folded for carriage, and are cut from their blocks at the base.  Each one fits to a curved tab on the underside of the dispenser, with decals and painting guide showing Gunze Sangyo colours.

 

 

 

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