1:32 AN-M64 bombs (500 lbs) for all USAF & RAF of WW2 & Korean War (6 pcs)

Six AN-M64 half-ton bombs in 1:32 scale

Six bodies of the AN-M64 bomb will fill the bomb bay or the underwing pylons of a large model. The parts were made by 3D printing, so they have distinct rivet lines, finely suggested casing joints and a separately printed tail cone. The maker is ResKit from Kyiv.

The most widespread American high-explosive bomb

The AN-M64 was a general-purpose high-explosive bomb of a nominal weight of 500 pounds and it became the backbone of the daylight bombing campaign over Europe and the Pacific. It was carried by heavy bombers, medium aircraft and fighter-bombers, which used it against communications and field fortifications. After 1950 it appeared again over Korea, and British squadrons came to it through the Lend-Lease program. The shape of the body and the arrangement of the tail surfaces stayed practically unchanged throughout its service, so a single mold covers a very long period.

How to prepare the parts

Cut the print supports off with a sharp blade and level the spots with a fine file. The surface takes a water-based as well as a synthetic primer; the typical look comes from a dark olive with pronounced colored bands for the explosive filling on the casing. Cyanoacrylate glue has proved itself for the joint to the pylon. A matte coat applied from a greater distance evens the shade out at the end.

Who the set is useful for

• builders of bombers with an open bomb bay
• for the external stores of fighter-bombers in 1:32
• for a scene with ordnance laid out beside an aircraft
• as a replacement for coarser parts from the basic box

In the package you will find the bombs alone. Paints, glue and the aircraft do not belong to them.