A pair of Kh-29T guided missiles in the small 1:72 scale, resin castings for kits of Soviet attack and strike aircraft.
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The designers in Kaliningrad were looking for a weapon that would take out a railway bridge or a runway with a single hit. The result was an unusually stocky missile: almost half its weight is the penetrating warhead itself. Speed and range gave way to the force of the hit, so the crew attacks from about ten kilometers away, practically within sight of the target.
The letter T in the designation means an electro-optical seeker working with an image. The pilot picks a contrasting point on a screen in the cockpit, the system memorizes it and from launch onward works without the crew. That is what sets it apart from the laser variant, where the aircraft has to illuminate the target for the whole flight of the missile. The weapon appeared under the wings of Su-25 attack aircraft, Su-24 bombers and MiG-27 fighter-bombers.
In the small 1:72 scale the sharpness of the edges is what counts, and cast resin is better at it than injection-molded plastic. The castings have the body panels suggested and thin control surfaces, which need careful handling during cleanup. It helps to support the part when cutting the gate off, so that the thin surfaces do not bend. The package holds two pieces, which matches the usual symmetrical load on one aircraft.
Hanging a pair under both wings also makes sense visually. An asymmetric load does match some period photographs, but on a display model it more often distracts than helps the overall impression.
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