What does our V-2 model have in common with a water bottle?  We
were chatting with some model-building friends years ago, when someone idly held up a blow-molded water bottle and asked, “wouldn’t this be a great way to mold a rocket model airframe?”  It turns out that blow-molding is a great way to produce model parts, and the Spacemonkey Models V-2 is the first quality model kit to feature a major component produced using this technique! 


You won’t need to learn any new building or finishing techniques, though, as our blow-molded airframe part is produced from styrene, just like most of the other model kits you’ve ever built.  All of the other parts in the kit, such as the highly detailed fins, rocket nozzle, and nose cone, are injection-molded from steel tools.  Oh, and unlike the original V-2 rocket, it’s all made in America!

 
Shipments of the Spacemonkey Models 1/24 scale V-2 have begun!  There is perhaps no thread in the history of rocketry
more remarkable than that of the V-2 ballistic missile.  Created to serve the corrupt Nazi regime as a weapon of terror during World War II, the V-2 rained down on the cities of London, Antwerp, and Paris during the closing days of that conflict.  In the years following the war, the V-2 became a research and teaching tool in both the United States and the Soviet Union, serving as the basis for the boosters that would launch the world’s first satellites
and manned spacecraft.  The V-2 was perhaps the most significant rocket ever built, influencing the design of rockets from Redstone to Sputnik, Vostok, Saturn, and beyond.


Our V-2 model is the result of a decade of research and planning followed by two solid years of design and engineering.  Standing in at 23” tall, The Spacemonkey Models V-2 features markings for four different V-2 variants, printed in Italy by the decal wizards at Cartograf.











  1. • Operation “Sandy,” a 1947 project that flew a V-2 from the deck of the USS Midway


  1. • The White Sands billboard V-2, used for static training and publicity purposes, as well as facilities checkout during Operation Sandy


  1. •  Two different wartime tactical variants, as displayed at the Museum of the United States Air Force and the Imperial War Museum, London


Included with each Spacemonkey Models V-2 kit is a copy of the rocket.aero DVD “The V-2 in America,” chronicling the story of the rocket in the US in the years following World War II.  Clocking in at over four hours long, this exciting DVD will be a great reference to have on hand as you assemble and paint your V-2 replica!


 

V-2 #3, White Sands, NM, May 10, 1946.  Reached a maximum altitude of 112.9 km, and carried a cosmic radiation experiment supplied by Johns Hopkins University.

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German tactical V-2 missiles emerge from a production facility painted in a “splinter” camouflage scheme.