Takom- PLANAVY HHQ-10 Surface-to-Air Missile

The HHQ-10 missile launch system is a short range (9km) surface-to-air defensive system designed to defend a ship (or ships) from incoming targets such as cruise missiles and helicopters as well as unmanned aerial vehicles.  The HHQ-10 system can initially acquire targets within 10 seconds and launch a fire and forget ALC (Anti-Aircraft Guided Missile) every 3 seconds thereafter.  The system is fully automatic but can be used in a manual configuration if required.

The missile Turret Launching Unit (TU) is designed to be customizable in terms of the number of missiles carried.  It can be configured to hold 8, 15, 18 and 24 missiles.  The size installed is determined by the type of warship: corvette, frigate, destroyer or aircraft carrier.

For more detailed information check out the following link:https://en.missilery.info/fl-3000n

What's in the Box:

The kit arrived in TAKOM's standard heavy duty top opening  box with all sprues sealed in individual plastic bags.  Although the box top claims there is "1 Type of Marking", there are no decals included in the kit or shown in the instructions.  The kit contains 2 sprues and a 15 piece photo etch fret for a total parts count of 54.  An 8.5x5 inch 7 step assembly guide is included.  Each step appears to be simple with well drawn instructions and I would not anticipate any issues in building this kit.  Step 7 details the 10 piece assembly of a ALC missile that can be displayed along side the TU.  Once assembled the launcher will elevate and rotate.  One set of missile launch doors (front and rear) can be posed open to show the launch of the included missile.  However there does not appear to be any way to support the missile exiting the TU and there is no internal detail in the TU.  When viewed from the back there will be an opening looking into the hollow interior of the TU. 

Sprue Map:  

Sprue A: 

Parts for the TU base and sides.

Sprue B: 

Sprue B contains the rest of the TU and the ALC missile.  There are several delicate parts that will require care when removing them from the sprue.  One of the hand holds in review kit was broken on arrival.  This was the first damaged or broken part I've encountered for any TAKOM kit I've built.  Overall the TU parts lack surface detail, they are basically a large box with access panels. This isn't a shortcoming of TAKOM's kit.  I reviewed many pictures of the actual TU and it is just that: a large box with access panels.

The Photo Etch Fret contains six ALC missile fins and a few other detail parts for the TU.

Painting Guide:

The painting guide shows only an overall light gray color with a greenish yellow color for the missile body.  Review of internet images of the ALC missile show it to have an off white, light grey or medium green color or as opposed to the greenish yellow color shown by TAKOM.  Images for the TU show it as a light grey, bluish grey or even a dark grey.  The color may depend on the overall color of the ship it is installed on.  Some images show the rear launch tube doors as a bright red color.  There are no paint color callouts on the guide to help solve this issue.

Conclusion:

Highly Recommended for Beginner to Advanced builders, pending Full Build.

Thanks goes out to TAKOM for this review kit.

Reviewed by Brian Campitella

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