Master

1/48 German aircraft machine gun MG 17 (7,92mm) barrels (2pcs)

 product # AM-48-012

Review by Steve Bamford on Sept 7 2009

 

This latest release from Master features a pair of 1/48 German aircraft machine gun MG 17 (7,92mm) barrels (2pcs) machined out of brass.

Used in many German fighters and bombers (Bf 109, Bf 110, Fw 190, Ju 87, Ju 88, and many more)

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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.   

I can not get over the detail on the drilled out cooling jackets, these items are a thing of beauty and will owrth picking up for your next 1/48 Luftwaffe model if it used the  MG 17 (7,92mm) 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