ICM Air-to-air armament set contains ECM pod?

[drake122]

Greetings,

I have recently seen sprue pictures of this armament set,

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/101567-icm-72212-soviet-air-to-air-aircraft-armament

... and it seems parts no. 12 and 13 are halves of a ECM pod - Sorbtsiya?? They are unmarked in the directions sheet and as far as I know not mentioned anywhere as parts of the offering.

Anyone who owns this set able to verify?

Thanks in advance.

[Rob de Bie]

On 12/29/2018 at 1:39 PM, drake122 said:

Greetings,

I have recently seen sprue pictures of this armament set,

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/101567-icm-72212-soviet-air-to-air-aircraft-armament

... and it seems parts no. 12 and 13 are halves of a ECM pod - Sorbtsiya?? They are unmarked in the directions sheet and as far as I know not mentioned anywhere as parts of the offering.

Anyone who owns this set able to verify?

 

Update: sorry, I was mistaken, it's not the same set. Disregard.

 

Original reply:

 

I think I have the first incarnation of this set, by Aeroteam:

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/249880-aero-team-soviet-aircraft-weapons-set

 

If it is the same set, parts 12 and 13 are most likely the body of a rocket pod. Just next to it there's part 14 that is clearly the front half, with the launch tubes. There are more rocket pods on the same sprue. The set has no instructions by the way.

 

Rob

 

Edited December 30, 2018 by Rob de Bie

[drake122]

Ok, so to answer my own question, they are indeed ECM Sorbtsiya pods, since the entire sprues provided in this weapon set are copied from the ICM Su-27 kit 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/142713-icm-72221-su-27-flanker

 

Now they may look trash when compared to the Wolfpack aftermarket offering, or even the ones in the Trumpeater Su-30MKK kit, but they are certainly the cheapest option in this scale out there.