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Corporal Missile (1953)

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 1

Hawk Models Logo

SCALE: 1/48

INITIAL RELEASE: 1959

MEDIUM: Polystyrene

RARITY: (3)

 

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 2

 

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 3

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 4

 

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 5

 

Corporal Missile - Hawk - 6

Test Firing

 

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

America's first guided surface-to-surface ballistic missile, the Corporal was developed by California's vaunted Jet Propulsion Laboratories (JPL), the same group that would later send rockets to the moon.  Based largely on German V-2 technology, the Corporal was basically an artillery round launched via rocket instead of shot from a cannon, then guided along its course by radar.  The missile had a range of approximately 75 miles.

First released in 1959, the Hawk Corporal missile was re-released 10 years later in a "Glow-In-The- Dark" version.,

This model is built from an original 1959 issue.

 

Corporal Tactical Missile - Hawk Box Art

Original Box Art

 

 

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