After reading the December 2002 FSM, I am now interested in building a B-52 from the Strategic Air Command era. Does anyone know if any kits come supplied with the Hound Dog air-to-ground missile? Does any company manufacture them as an after-market item?
Academy/Minicraft put out a B-52H (kit number 4432) in 1/144th with Hound Dog missles. I built it up last year, converted it to a B-52G, and gave it to a cousin who had the opportunity to take a flight in one out of Keesler AFB in the early 60s. He is probably the only OB/GYN AF type to get a flight in one. I’ve seen it on the shelves of local hobby stores, so I guess its still in production. The Hound Dogs are not state of the art as far as accuracy goes, but with a little work and patience, you can make them look like something.
I don’t know of any after-market outfit making them.
Dick McC
Hi - If you’re interested in 1/72nd scale, AMT released a B-52G in the bare metal with white undersides scheme. This kit features a very nice set of Hound Dogs.
As for the B-52G kit itself, it suffers from the same problems Paul Boyer mentioned in his article.
Regards,
Pat
I’d heard that Cutting Edge had made a set of resin Hound Dogs a few years back, but I never saw them, so I can’t say much more than that.
True or not, its worth checking out.
Thanks for the good leads - I don’t recall see any of those kits at the LHS, but there’s always eBay! [:)]
Jugman - Please contact me via email…
- Pat
You could look for an old kit from CROWN. These kits were made in Japan and rarely made their way to the US. They were in 1/144 and came with any type of missile the BUFF carried.
AMT put out the 1/72 scale B-52G kit in both an “early” and a “late” version. The early version was pre- EVS without the under nose turrets for IR and LLTV and pre Phase VI tail mods. It has the GAM-77 or AGM-28 Hound Dog missiles. The late version has ALCM missiles for the underwing ordnance.
Golden Dragon models, available through www.greatmodels.com has a set of GAM-77/AGM-28 Hound Dog missiles in 1/72 scale #gdpr 72009 for $17.95.
Darwin, O.F. [alien]