VideoAviation SUU-30 (CBU-54)B/B Submunitions Dispensers – Early (197632) 1:32

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SUU-30 (CBU-54)B/B Submunitions Dispensers – Early (197632)

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Formerly known as Cluster Bombs, this Submunitions Dispenser is the early, blunt-nosed variant used in the Vietnam war in large numbers.  They contained small explosive units that could be dispersed over a wider area, denying the enemy the area for longer by adding the fear of delayed-action fuses into the bargain.  This set contains six dispensers in a clear clamshell package, protected by bubble-wrap and the folded instruction sheet.

 

 

The front and rear sections are bagged separately, as are the separate shackles and decals for each item.  Once the casting blocks are removed, the halves can be glued together, and a scrap diagram shows the correct orientation of the fins.  The two lugs fit into their depressions on the front body section, and then it's just a case of painting and decaling them.  The main body is Olive Green, and the stencils are shown on diagrams of the completed model, and you are advised to cut the large dashed rectangle in half to ease adding it to the model.  That's it! Repeat six times if you're planning on using them all in one sitting, and give them a lightly distressed look from handling in the bomb dump.

 

 

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