Hellenic Ship Model
1/350 MU90 Triple Torpedo Launchers  

Reviewed January 2026
by Felix Bustelo
HISTORY

The MU90 is an advanced lightweight anti-submarine torpedo developed and built by EuroTorp, a consortium of French and Italian companies. The MU90 measures 12.75 inches (324mm) in diameter. The operators of the MU90 are the navies of Australia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Morocco and Poland.

The torpedo launching system for the MU90 is the B515/ILAS-3 (international designation) trainable surface vessel torpedo tubes (SVTT). It is very similar to the US Navy Mk.32 SVTT. The Mk-32 SVTT can be modified to use other 12.75-inch torpedoes, such as EuroTorp MU90.

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The Hellenic Ship Model MU90 Triple Torpedo Launchers come printed on two print rafts stored in a zip lock bag inside a plastic clam shell box. You get a total of eight launchers. Each launcher is one complete piece, so no assembly is required, and come on the print raft with a few thin attachment points. You must need to remove the launcher from the print raft, clean up any remnants of the attachment points, paint it and attach it to your model.

However, looking at the CAD image on the box label, it is clear to me that it is a US Navy Mk.32 SVTT and not quite the similar European B515/ILAS-3 SVTT. Look at the images of the two launchers just below to compare.

CONCLUSIONS
Inexplicably, the 3D printed launchers don’t match the CAD image. Take a close look at them and you will see that locations of the electronic boxes on the sides of the launch tubes are not in the same locations as the CAD image for the photos of the actual launchers. This is a real shame and quite surprising given the quality and general accuracy of other accessories and kits I have received from Hellenic Ship Model. Unfortunately, given this apparent error, I cannot recommend purchasing the MU90 Triple Torpedo Launchers. My thanks to Hellenic Ship Model for providing the review sample.


 
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