The KAB-1500L with a universal service cart, 1:72 is a resin set from Advanced Modeling. This is not an aircraft model but a guided bomb supplemented with ground handling equipment.
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This item is a detail set, not an airplane kit. It joins two things that belong together on an airfield: the heavy guided bomb KAB-1500L and the universal service cart on which ordnance is moved to the machine and raised to the rack. Thanks to that the set suits both hanging under a model and a standalone scene of the ground crew on a diorama. The resin castings carry detail that injection-molded plastic in 1:72 scale as a rule cannot manage — above all on the structure of the cart and on the guidance head. The exact composition of the package is not stated here; the manufacturer's part number is AMC-72112-4.
The KAB-1500 is a Soviet family of guided aerial bombs of the 1500 kg weight class. The version with the L index has a semi-active laser homing head — the bomb aims at the reflection of the laser beam with which the target is being illuminated. It is a typical weapon for destroying strongly resistant point targets where both high accuracy and great penetrating power are needed. Ordnance of this class is so heavy that without handling equipment it cannot be brought to the aircraft at all; the universal cart with its lifting mechanism is therefore an inseparable part of preparing a flight.
Wash the parts in lukewarm soapy water. Cut the casting blocks off with a fine-toothed saw, and on the body of the bomb take care to keep the circular cross-section; when sanding resin, protect your airways. It is glued with cyanoacrylate glue (super glue). Put the cart together dry, so that the geometry of the wheels and the frame sits right. Painting: primer, a uniform shade for the bomb, a markedly different shade for the cart, a metallic gloss on the piston rods and the axles. You can imitate the optics of the laser head with a drop of gloss clear over a dark base. The cart takes noticeably heavier weathering than the bomb — dust, chipping and oil traces are in place on ground equipment.
The set is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and a base kit are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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