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REVELL'S NEW 1:72 SCALE KIT DEPICTS the mobile transporter for the SS-25 intercontinental ballistic missile. A single SS-25 is carried inside a long cylindrical housing. Mat Irvine:  If this kit looks familiar, it should do as it originates from Zvezda, which has already been reviewed in Scale Model News . However, Revell Germany’s kit is packaged differently, and gives the builder more options. The kit consists of the TEL (Transporter-Erector-Launcher) vehicle, which carries the SS-25 missile in its launch container. You do not get the actual missile with this kit, instead it’s the cylindrical container. The box back ( below ) has detailed photo reference of the finished kit, useful when you come to build it. There is also a small parts layout pic. A note re classifications. SS-25 is the NATO designation of the missile - surface-to-surface. The codenames for this type of missile all start with the letter S, in this case Sickle. The Topol designation is the official Russian name fo...

WE HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT the 1:72 scale Zvezda kit of the Soviet/Russian SS-25 missile. Now we’ve built a kit, so here is the complete report. We also took the opportunity to add the conversion kit from LVM Studios. This turns the military missile into a commercial satellite launcher. Mat Irvine: The first task is to construct the Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) vehicle. The first decision is to decide whether to build it for travel or launch. Optional parts are provided for the truck’s 14 wheels to be on the ground or raised on jacks for launching. However you can leave a decision for the rocket’s angle for the time being. The main task is really getting your head around the number of parts for the chassis - and working out which are for the travelling and which for the launch version. Most of these parts are very similar in appearance, and you need to cross-check constantly with the detailed instructions to make sure you have the correct items. This not exactly helped by two run...