Airfix 1/72 Stratos 4 (TSR.2MS) Rocket Kit (08011)

A special edition of the Airfix BAC TSR.2 kit with additional sprues provided to recreate the fictional Metoer Sweeper high-altitude interceptor. The directors of the Stratos 4 anime adapted a number of cancelled aircraft projects for their needs the TSR.2 being equiped with RATO (Rocket Assisted Take-Off) boosters.

The alterations are supplied as a separate sprue, so the kit can be constructed as either the prototype TSR.2 aircraft, or as the science-fiction version.

Number of parts 120.

Model length 377mm

Glue and paints are required to assemble and complete the model (not included).

The TRS.2MS is an interceptor aircraft from a ground-based "Meteor Sweeper" group. She is lifted by ZELL (Zero-Length Launch) like a surface-to-air missile, flying to a mid-altitude using the two jet engines and RATO (Rocket-Assisted Take Off) rockets equipped under the wing. After the RATO rockets finish combustion they are dropped from the wing. The main rocket in the bottom of the vertical tail is then ignited, and when she has gained altitude to the stratosphere, she locks onto the meteorite, and launches the big missile that is mounted under the fuselage. She is controlled by a pilot and a radar operator, both situated within the cockpit in a riding position. When the TSR.2MS interceptor returns to base, in very thin air, she rolls her fuselage by RCS (Reaction Control System).