1/350 AN/SPG-55 Radar Set
| Reviewed February
2026 by Felix Bustelo |
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The AN/SPG-55 was
an American tracking and illumination radar used for target tracking
and surface-to-air guidance for Terrier missiles.
The SPG-55 had two antennas: the larger main antenna
dish and the small capture antenna dish. The main
antenna handled tracking, guidance, and continuous
wave (CW) illumination. The capture antenna was used
to capture and guide the beam-riding Terriers into
the guidance beam. The AN/SPG-55 was fitted on the
following US Navy ships:
It
was also fitted on the following Italian Navy ship
classes:
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Hellenic Ship Model has produced a 1:350 scale 3D printed AN/SPG-55 Radar Set launcher set which contains a total of four radar units with separate bases. The print raft comes in a zip lock bag stored inside a clamshell plastic box. Each radar unit is fully assembled and very nicely detailed along with delicate railings on the back. You will just need to very carefully remove the radar unit and its base from the print raft, attach the base to the bottom of the radar unit, paint and attach to your model. As the photos show, one of the bases had come loose from the print raft on its journey from Greece to Long Island, New York. |
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| This accessory set from Hellenic Ship Model is very well done and easy to use. The set provides parts for four radars, which is quite generous for the price of €8.00 or about $9.25 US. This is a bargain as this breaks down to €2.00 or about $2.30 each. It will greatly enhance any 1:350 scale ship model that is fitted with AN/SPG-55 radars, especially any of the Iron Shipwrights kits of one of the modern USN ships mentioned above that might be in your stash. I would like to thank Kostas Kokkinos of Hellenic Ship Model for the review sample. |
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