Whilst waiting for the paintwork on the Angel Interceptor to cure I made a start on the EMW A9. In late 1944 work was resumed on a two stage rocket with a view to attacking the continental USA. The first stage, the A10, was to be the booster to get the A9 into an orbital position. As the Germans knew they didn't have the technology to accurately hit targets 5000km away it was decided that the A9 would be piloted and guided on the final part of the mission by radio beacons on U-boots positioned across the Atlantic and automatic weather stations in Greenland and Labrador. On entering the final glide in to the target the pilot would eject and hopefully be picked up.
This is the Special Hobby 1/72 kit, of 49 parts, moulded in softish grey plastic, not quite Airfix figures quality but a sharp scalpel is recommended when removing flash etc. Two vacform canopies and an adequate decal (sticker) sheet. Being a Special Hobby kit I knew some clean up would be required and spent over an hour removing flash and tidying up seams.