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SCALE: 1/144 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 2010 |
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MEDIUM: Resin |
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RARITY: (2) |
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LENGTH: 10" |
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BoMi MX-2276 and Pilot |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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In the years following WWII,
Bell Aviation hired former German rocket engineers Walter Dornberger and
Kraft Ehrike to work on long-range spacecraft concepts for both military
and civilian purposes. One of these was the BoMi (Bomber Missile), a
"boost-glide" concept not unlike the "Silverbird"
posited 15 years earlier by Eugene Sanger. The first stab at the BoMi
concept was dubbed the MX-2276. It was a three-stage system composed of a
horizontally launched piloted first stage, a disposable second stage, and
a piloted third stage designed to "skip" over the upper atmosphere before
dropping its payload on an enemy target and then returning to Earth.
The precursor to the X-20 Dyna-Soar, the MX-2276 concept was ultimately scrapped as too complex and replaced by a winged orbiter to be launched atop a conventional booster. |
Released in February 2010, the BoMo
MX-2276 kit was made possible by the research of aviation historian David Stern
who provided detailed documentation direct from Bell Aircraft's archives.
The 1:144 kit was patterned by Alfred Wong and cast by Masterpiece Models.
All three stages were separable. To see this kit's availability, please visit the Fantastic Plastic Virtual Museum Store, |
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Original Box Art |
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