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AGM-114 1/6th Hellfire Missile Set
Class: 60-90 Models
SPS005
Most commonly seen on the Apache and modernized Cobra helicopters, the Hellfire missiles deliver pin point accuracy and are typically fitted
with an armor-piercing warhead for tanks and armored vehicles. Missile sets can be purchased in 2 or 4 at a time and include all the components
to complete each missile.
Length: 10.5" [26.67cm]
Diameter: 1" [2.54cm]
Wing Span: 2" [5.08cm]
SPS005 Super Scale 1/6th Hellfire Missile Set (2) $29.95  SPS006 Super Scale 1/6th Hellfire Missile Set (4) $49.95 |
In 1974, the US Army announced the development of the Hellfire Missile System as a new 'anti-tank' or tank buster weapons
system to be lauched from helicopters to hit armored tanks and vehicles. Early versions were laser-guided but modern variants now use radar
guided technology and are mounted to helicopters, aircraft, UAVs, naval and land based units. Production began in 1982 and a modernized
Hellfire II started in the early 1990's using semi-active laser variants to deliver a multi-role missile system with different warheads:
high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), blast fragmentation and metal augmentation charge (MAC).
Each Hellfire missile consists of a main rocket body, a nose cone, a tail cone, 4 front guide-vanes
and 4 rear guide-vanes with integrally molded, directional vanes. Examine the rocket fins. If there are any gaps or voids in the fins, these
can be filled using plastic modeling putty found at any hobbyshop. Apply only enough to fill the void with a little extra that will be sanded off once it is dry.
Assembly Instructions:
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1. Choose one end of the rocket tube body for the front. Using a pencil, make four marks, equally spaced around the body of the tube to ensure that
each fin is positioned 90° to each other. Hold the tube body in a door frame and extend each of the original marks from the end to just past
the length of the front fins and at the same time, draw the rear fin centerlines. Using medium cyanoacrylate glue, bond each of the front fins
to the rocket body, aligning the front edge of the fins to the front edge of the tube. Bond the nose cone into the front end. |
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2. Repeat the procedure to bond the rear fins and the tail cone into the rocket body. If you are scratch building the Hellfire mount racks, then
take the time now to finalize the mounts. Once the glue is completely dry, the rocket can be painted to match your model using regular Enamel
spray paint from your local hobby shop. If you are building a glow fuel or gasoline powered model, then make sure that the paint used is fuel proof. |
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