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1950s Snark Kit Memories from the Past.

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  • Member since
    April 2016
  • From: Parsons Kansas
1950s Snark Kit Memories from the Past.
Posted by Hodakamax on Friday, October 21, 2016 9:55 AM

I've been posting a few pictures lately under Aircraft Photography and found this picture of a SM-62 Snark cruise missle from the 1950s that I shot at the USAF Air Museum in Dayton. Someone produced a plastic model of this that I built as a kid in that era. The craft was cast in red and the carrier was cast in yellow. As I remember it was 1/48 sized or close. Really cool for the time. Is there anyone else as old as me remember or build one of these? I found this picture of the red version which is how it looked as a model.

Olde Max

 

 

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Posted by roony on Friday, October 21, 2016 10:04 AM

Revell released a renewal of it a couple of years back.  I saw it in the LHS.  Every time I walked by it, the saying "snark infested waters" flashed through my mind.  The early testing of the missile sent a lot of them crashing into the ocean, creating the pun. 

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    November 2004
  • From: Cat Central, NC
Posted by Bronto on Friday, October 21, 2016 1:40 PM

Lindberg had a 1/48 kit of this, also Revell in 1/81 and Monogram in 1/90.

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    May 2014
Posted by SubarooMike on Friday, October 21, 2016 4:14 PM
Lindberg has a re-issue on sale at my local Ollies Bargain Outlet

  • Member since
    April 2016
  • From: Parsons Kansas
Posted by Hodakamax on Friday, October 21, 2016 4:56 PM

Hey Thanks Gang, I thought that one was long gone. I'd probably not build it again after 60+ years but the Snark in the museum did stir the old memory. I read up on the Snark yesterday and apparently during testing it rarely reached its target. One of the problems was the mapping of the day but usually the Snark had failed mechanicly on its long trip to the target, so it said. Interesting concept and probably way before its time. Wow, that was a long time ago at least for us mortals.

Max

Ps--Nice cockpit Mike! Yours? We actually flew from Parsons Ks. to the Dayton Museum in that same plane and cockpit you are showing. I was impressed by that technology for sure! It was cloudy most of the way and when we broke through the clouds after 3 hours  of autopilot, the first thing I saw was the end of the Dayton runway. Amazing!

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