just bought the SAM 2 kit from trumpeter
has anybody built this kit and does it build out to a nice kit

I have no idea if its truly accurate but it looked like an SA-2 when I finished mine. The decals are however atrocious.

I built one, but made the mistake of using the Eduard PE set for it. 75% of that was unnecessary and a wasted effort. The kit itself builds nicely, especially if you take the time to make a jug to ensure the upper and lower rocket motor stages are well-aligned.

The decals are very high quality IMO, but very tricky to work with. Need lots of patience and I ended up losing one or two when they got hopelessly tangled up.

Hi;

The SA-2 is A Fantastic kit, and can be made into Many interesting Subjects. And there are many camo, scemes that the SA-2 can be seen with. The kits Decals were IMHO easy too work with, and gave me No problems, if you use A Setting Solution they are A Breeze. The Two Sa-2s that I built were really nice, altho it took me Forever too Build the Truck Version.

CHEERS; MIKE.

Frank,
If you're just getting started on your SA-2 why not come over and join us in the "what the Flak?" campaign. There's a couple other guys doing that kit.