In Box Review of Aeroplast 1/35th Scale BM-8-24
Kit no. 90009
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1998
Out of production.
I paid $17.50 for my kit back in 1998.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1998
Out of production.
I paid $17.50 for my kit back in 1998.
HISTORY:
The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on almost any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks.
This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.
Katyusha weapons of World War II included the BM-13 launcher, light BM-8, and heavy BM-31. Today, the nickname Katyusha is also applied to newer truck-mounted post-Soviet – in addition to non-Soviet – multiple-rocket launchers, notably the common BM-21 Grad and its derivatives.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin: Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
In service: 1941–present
Used by: Soviet Union, and others
Wars: World War II, First Indochina War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Yom Kippur War, South African Border War, Ogaden War,Iran–Iraq War, Uganda–Tanzania War, 2006 Lebanon War, First Libyan Civil War, Syrian civil war, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Designer: Georgy Langemak
Manufacturer: Voronezh Plant Comintern
Produced: 1941
No. built: 100,000
Variants: BM-13, BM-8, BM-31, BM-14, BM-21 Grad, BM-24, BM-25, BM-27 Uragan, BM-30 Smerch
The Katyusha (Russian: Катю́ша, IPA: [kɐˈtʲuʂə] a type of rocket artillery first built and fielded by the Soviet Union in World War II. Multiple rocket launchers such as these deliver explosives to a target area more intensively than conventional artillery, but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload.
They are fragile compared to artillery guns, but are cheap, easy to produce, and usable on almost any chassis. The Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union, were usually mounted on ordinary trucks.
This mobility gave the Katyusha, and other self-propelled artillery, another advantage: being able to deliver a large blow all at once, and then move before being located and attacked with counter-battery fire.
Katyusha weapons of World War II included the BM-13 launcher, light BM-8, and heavy BM-31. Today, the nickname Katyusha is also applied to newer truck-mounted post-Soviet – in addition to non-Soviet – multiple-rocket launchers, notably the common BM-21 Grad and its derivatives.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Type: Multiple rocket launcher
Place of origin: Voronezh, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
In service: 1941–present
Used by: Soviet Union, and others
Wars: World War II, First Indochina War, Korean War, Vietnam War, Cambodian–Vietnamese War, Yom Kippur War, South African Border War, Ogaden War,Iran–Iraq War, Uganda–Tanzania War, 2006 Lebanon War, First Libyan Civil War, Syrian civil war, War in Iraq (2013–2017), Yemeni Civil War (2014–present), Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Designer: Georgy Langemak
Manufacturer: Voronezh Plant Comintern
Produced: 1941
No. built: 100,000
Variants: BM-13, BM-8, BM-31, BM-14, BM-21 Grad, BM-24, BM-25, BM-27 Uragan, BM-30 Smerch
THE KIT:
Aeroplast is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer based in Warsaw, Poland. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
The kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a BM-8-24 Soviet rocket launcher, that is firing its rockets. It is overall olive-drab, with grey launch rails on the roof.
Both side-panels of the box are the same. They have one paragraph info about the BM-8-24 in Polish, English and German, with each language labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the language.
Aeroplast is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer based in Warsaw, Poland. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
The kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a BM-8-24 Soviet rocket launcher, that is firing its rockets. It is overall olive-drab, with grey launch rails on the roof.
Both side-panels of the box are the same. They have one paragraph info about the BM-8-24 in Polish, English and German, with each language labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the language.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
This kit holds 6 chalk-white trees of parts, that are not cello-bagged and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that Is folded in the center to create 4 pages in 9 ¾” x 6 ¾” page format.
Page 1 to 4 gives a grand total of 4 assembly steps, that are numbered with Roman numerals. There are no parts-trees illustrations.
Trees are alphabetized.
Chalk-white letter A tree holds: the bottom, top, rear wall, hatch lids, headlight etc. (16 parts)
This kit holds 6 chalk-white trees of parts, that are not cello-bagged and the instructions.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that Is folded in the center to create 4 pages in 9 ¾” x 6 ¾” page format.
Page 1 to 4 gives a grand total of 4 assembly steps, that are numbered with Roman numerals. There are no parts-trees illustrations.
Trees are alphabetized.
Chalk-white letter A tree holds: the bottom, top, rear wall, hatch lids, headlight etc. (16 parts)
A second chalk-white tree is also lettered as A. It holds: the side walls, engine air intake lid, front hull wall, machine gun (excess) and a round part (excess) (6 parts)
There are 2 identical chalk-white letter B trees. They hold: drive sprockets, road wheels, idler wheels, return wheels, track lengths, fenders, storage box etc. (51 parts ea.)
There are 2 identical chalk-white letter C trees. They hold the rocket launchers and the rockets etc. (66 parts ea.)
Care in using the correct part no. tabs on the trees, to get the right parts for assembly will be needed.
There are no clear parts or crew figures included.
The detail is quite good.
There are no clear parts or crew figures included.
The detail is quite good.
Recommended.