Renwal 1/32 Skysweeper 75mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - M51 (D48), M552-169

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Renwal 1/32 Skysweeper 75mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - M51 (D48), M552-169 plastic model kit

1/32 M552-169 Renwal Skysweeper 75mm Anti-Aircraft Gun - M51 (D48)

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Good++

First issue from the late 1950s. Fantastic model features over 130 parts, almost all the moving features of the real weapon, combat crew of 5 and more. The kit has never been started. Inventoried and includes all parts but one (see below), decals and instructions. NOTE: missing one part, #3, the round gun base. This is an important part and can be made as follows: cut flat styrene stock plastic to the correct diameter. Now using thinner styrene, cut a lip. Cement the lip to the outside of the piece. Then drill a hole in the center. The Skysweeper was a 45 round-per-minute advanced AA gun/electronics package that was teamed with the Nike Ajax in the late 1950s/early 1960s to defend America against Soviet Attack. The gun system was radar controlled and fully mobile. It could be set up on any terrain and ready to fire in 2 minutes. The unit was considered very advanced and complex at the time; it took army maintenance crews 37 weeks each to train on the system at Aberdeen.

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