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Hello,

 

I've been looking for WWII (although stocks were used until the 1960's) AMN66 2000 lb bombs in 1/72 scale.  As far as I can find, no one makes any, nor do I know of a kit where any have been provided.   I was wandering whether anyone out there might know of a near-sized smaller type bomb in 1/48 or 1/32 scale?

 

As near as I can find, the bomb I'm looking for would have an L.O.A. of real 90.4", which in 1/72 works out to 1-7/16" or 34.5mm.

 

The length of the bomb body only is 70.00" in real life, or 1-1/8" or 21.5mm.

 

The diameter of the bomb body is 23.3 inches in real life or just a hair over 5/16" or 8.5mm or thereabouts.

 

What I am trying to do is substitute on of the larger scales' smaller bombs for the 1/72 2000 pounder.

 

It looks like this (not to scale):

 

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Appreciate any ideas or leads, as I need two of these...

 

Ed

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Hi,

 

This is a link to my Intruder build from 2015 http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/286950-172-usmc-a-6a-intruder/

 

I don't remember for sure what I used for the bombs, I think they came from Hasegawa or Tamiya 1/48 scale P-47's.

I see that back in the day, I also called them "WW2 bombs". But now I've read that they aren't, they were part of a series of bombs developed just after WW2. It was very sursprising to me that in those days of "everything is going to be atomic" a new series of conventional bombs was developed.

I see in my thread that "Kurnass 77" calls them "Korean war bombs" which is more correct.

 

Cheers, Stefan.

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Thanks, Ed.

 

They came from 1/48 scale kits. I think they represent the 250 lbs bomb in those.

I gave some of them to a friend, also for a 1/72 project. So, I'm not sure if mine came from the Hasegawa or the Tamiya P-47.

Tamiya and Hasegawa's 1/48 P-47 both have them and they are the only bombs in there. Academy's P-47 also has a bigger box-finned bomb.

 

Cheers, Stefan; 

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On 9/14/2019 at 5:10 AM, TheRealMrEd said:

Hello,

 

I've been looking for WWII (although stocks were used until the 1960's) AMN66 2000 lb bombs in 1/72 scale.  As far as I can find, no one makes any, nor do I know of a kit where any have been provided.   I was wandering whether anyone out there might know of a near-sized smaller type bomb in 1/48 or 1/32 scale?

 

Appreciate any ideas or leads, as I need two of these...

 

Ed

 

Although not an answer to your question, I recently built a AN-M66 bomb with conical tail in 1/48 scale. The resin aftermarket bombs turned out to be undersize, and I had to build one up with strips of plastic card (see thread). Maybe that approach could work for you too.

 

Scratchbuilding a 'box tail' is not as difficult as it looks. I built a tiny one for a 1/48 Blue Bird practice bomb, as shown below. I started building a square from four pieces of plastic card, then chamfered the corners a bit so I could glue on the four fins.

 

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Rob

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