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There are a number of Pershing missile models of the Pershing 1 and Pershing 1a Field Artillery Missile Systems and of the Pershing II Weapon System.

Scale models

Modelcollect

Modelcollect Hobby Inc. is a Chinese company formed in 2012 and focusing on 1:72 scale military models.

  • USA M983 HEMTT Tractor with Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher 1:72 UA72077 (2016).[1] The model includes the M983 HEMTT which was used only in the US, but is missing the generator and crane.
  • NATO M1001 MAN Tractor & Pershing Ⅱ Missile Erector Launcher 1:72 UA72084 (2018).[2] The model includes the M1001 MAN which was used only in West Germany and includes the generator and crane.

Tetra Model Works

  • ME-72007 is an upgrade kit for the Modelcollect Pershing II. It has better catwalks and work platform, the hydraulic pump cover, the pallet motor cover and parts for the HEMTT.[3]

Arsenal M

  • MGM-31 PERSHING II auf TEL, komplett neues RP-Modell 1:87 (2016).[4]

Monogram

Monogram released several kits with multiple missiles on a base. All are out of production.[5]

  • PS221 U.S. Space Missiles 1:128 (1969); 36 U.S. missiles on display base; includes Pershing 1
  • 6055 U.S. Space Missiles 1:128; (1983); Heritage Edition; re-release of PS-221
  • 6019 U.S. and U.S.S.R. Missiles 1:144 (1993); Nine U.S. missiles and eleven Soviet missiles on display base; includes Pershing II
  • 7860 USA/USSR Missile Set 1:144; Re-release of 6019

H&K-87

H&K-87 specialized in 1:87 military models. The company was sold to United Fun in 1988. All Pershing models are out of production.[6]

Pershing 1

  • HK-1315 M474 complete Pershing battery on M474 carrier 1:87

Pershing 1a

  • HK-1316 Pershing battery, launching vehicle with missile 1:87
  • HK-1317 Pershing battery, carrier vehicle with missile head 1:87
  • HK-1318 Pershing battery, radio carrier vehicle 1:87
  • HK-1319 Pershing battery, radar carrier vehicle 1:87

Pershing 1a; mistakenly listed as Pershing II

  • HK-1331 Pershing II battery, M757 truck-tractor with M757A1 semitrailer + Pershing II missile 1:87
  • HK-1332 Pershing II battery, M656 8x8 truck with radio shelter 1:87
  • HK-1323 Pershing II battery, M656 8x8 truck with radar shelter 1:87
  • HK-1324 Pershing II battery, M791 8x8 command truck with expandable van 1:87

United Fun

United Fun purchased H&K-87 in 1988. They carried the Pershing 1a series for a time but they are now out of production.[7]

  • HK-01321 Pershing 1A - KHD Tractor + Launcher Trailer XM657 1:87
  • HK-01333 Ford 8x8 M-656 Radar carrier 1:87
  • HK-01334 Ford 8x8 M-656 Command shelter 1:87

Martin Marietta

Martin Marietta's Engineering Prototype Laboratory created a model in the 1970s. The model is out of production and quite rare.[8] One of these models was held by the CIA.[9]

  • EPL-1 Pershing 1a with erector launcher 1:32 (1973)

Shizukyo

  • TS-105 XM474E2 Pershing Missile System 1:25; Pershing 1 on M474 transporter erector launcher. The box mistakenly states 1:250. This is a motorized model and extremely rare.[10]

Marco's Miniatures

  • MR4501 1:32 Pershing 1a with erector launcher

Flying model rockets

The Launch Pad

  • KO46 Pershing MGM-31A 1:10.553[11]

Polecat Aerospace

Polecat produced the Pershing II from 2008 to 2010.[12]

  • Pershing II 5.5" diameter

Estes

Estes Industries produced the Pershing 1a from 1974 to 1983

  • 1268 Maxi-Brute Series Pershing 1-A 1:10

Boyce Aerospace Hobbies

  • Pershing 1A 1:70 (1997) discontinued
  • Pershing 1A 1:15 (2017)

Neubauer Rockets

  • Pershing 1A 1:70 (1997); transferred from Boyce; out of production
  • Micro Pershing 1A 1:49[13]; Out of production

Presentation models

Topping

Topping Models produced several versions of Pershing for presentation use.

Model & Pattern Works

Model & Pattern Works is run by Pershing veteran Steve Mackay who produces high quality wooden models.[14]

  • Pershing 1a on erector launcher
  • Pershing 2 on erector launcher

Gaming models

Shapeways

Shapeways has several small scale models mainly intended for gaming.[15]

  • MGM-131 Pershing 1 Battery 1:285
  • PGM-11 Redstone & MGM-31 Pershing 1:285
  • MGM-31 Pershing 1:285
  • MGM-31 Pershing 1:200
  • Pershing 1-A PTS/PS Truck
  • Pershing 2 Missile Battery 1:700
  • Pershing 2 Missile Battery 1:600
  • Pershing 2 Missile Battery 1:350

Other

Martin and Martin Marietta built large-scale models as demonstrators and as training aids for the military.[16]

References

  1. ^ "USA M983 HEMTT Tractor With Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher". Modelcollect. UA72077.
  2. ^ "Nato M1001 MAN Tractor & Pershing Ⅱ Missile Erector Launcher". Modelcollect. UA72084.
  3. ^ "1/72 USA M983 Tractor w/Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher Detail up set (for Model collect)". Tetra Model Works. ME-72007.
  4. ^ "MGM-31 Pershing II auf TEL, komplett neues RP-Modell". Arsenal M.
  5. ^ "Deadly Missile Arsenal: 1:144 Scale Cold War Nuclear Killers from Monogram". Scale Model News. 25 May 2013.
  6. ^ "H&K-87". 87thscale.info.
  7. ^ "Pershing 1A - KHD Tractor + Launcher Trailer XM657 (1/87)". United Fun.
  8. ^ "Almost One of a Kind 1/32 Pershing 1A Tractor & Launcher". Fine Scale Modeler. 28 November 2007.
  9. ^ "Three-Dimensional Model Announcement" (PDF). Central Intelligence Agency.
  10. ^ Kodera, Craig (2015). Collecting Vintage Plastic Model Airplane Kits. Specialty Press. p. 85.
  11. ^ "Pershing". The Launch Pad.
  12. ^ "Pershing II". Polecat Aerospace.
  13. ^ "Micro Pershing 1A Kit". Neubauer Rockets.
  14. ^ "Model & Pattern Works".
  15. ^ "Pershing". Shapeways.
  16. ^ "Modelers at Work in Aviation, Space and Electronics". American Modeler. Condé Nast. August 1962.
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