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1/48 German aircraft machine gun MG 151 (20mm) barrels (2pcs)

 product # AM-48-015

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Jan 19 2010

 

This latest release from Master features 1/48 German aircraft machine gun MG 151 (20mm) barrels (2pcs)machined out of brass.

This type of machine gun was used on many German fighters and bombers.

Eight hundred were exported to Japan and were used to equip 388 Japanese Ki-6 Hien.

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The quality of the machining has to be seen to be appreciated........these are amazingly detailed and of the highest quality.

This set includes two turned brass barrels with drilled cooling jacket. It is very simple to use in Your model, and makes it extremely realistic. Simply cut off the original plastic barrel and drill a hole in the remaining plastic parts and insert the metal barrel using Cyanoacrylate adhesives.

You can purchase these and other fine detail items from the many retailers that carry their products.  A list of those retailers can be found on their website.   

This was a very popular gun on German planes during WW2 and these werre also fitted to the early Ki-61s despite the unreliable supply of electrically-fired ammunition for this weapon.  These guns would be a very fine item to fit to your next model if it used the MG 151 (20mm) machine gun.

Steve

I would like to thank Master for providing me with this review sample.  Visit their website for more finely crafted detail items in a variety of scales. 

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford