| US Cal.50 Machinegun Barrel | Schatton Modellbau Kit #72167 |
| Article by Doug Chaltry; last updated 5 January 2018 | |
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| Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale |
| US Cal.50 Machinegun Barrel | Schatton Modellbau Kit #72167 |
| Article by Doug Chaltry; last updated 5 January 2018 | |
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| One of the biggest
issues I have with the plastic machineguns included in
our tank kits is the difficulty in removing them from
their sprues without damaging their delicate barrels.
Almost impossible to do, especially if the piece is
actually molded close to scale, because the barrels are
then quite thin and brittle. Thus the need for this here
accessory from Schatton Modellbau. A single gun barrel in
turned brass, with the end even drilled open. I would
love to replace all of my kit gun barrels with this brass
example, but that may end up being cost prohibitive... Regarding its scale: finding references for this gun has proven difficult, but I found some scale plans for the Sherman tank that included the machinegun. Based on those, it looks like this piece may be about 1.5mm too long, measured between the lines shown below. However, when compared with the barrel lengths on the plastic guns that come with our kits, there is a great variety of lengths, and this piece lays squarely in the middle of the bunch, so I think it will be perfectly compatible with most of our kit guns.
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| Modeling the Sherman Tank in 1/72nd Scale |
